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![]() 8th (10:22) Meadowlands Cup H. (G2)
1 1/8 Miles | Open | 3 Year Olds And Up Stakes | Purse: $350,000 1 Da' Tara Garcia Alan 123 L 2 Timber Reserve Desormeaux K J 119 L 3 P V Lightening Dunkelberger T L 119 L 4 Anak Nakal Bravo J 123 L 5 Past the Point Velazquez J R 119 L 6 Actin Good Velasquez C 123 L 7 True Resurgence Sanchez J 119 L 8 Arson Squad Prado E S 119 L
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![]() Not a bad field, better than I expected. I think I'll make a trip over there Friday if anyone is thinking of attending.
Will also be there Saturday for the NHC qualifier. |
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![]() What kind of conditions are these when the 3yo's are carrying 123 and the older horses 119?
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lbs.; $75,000 at a mile or over in 2008, 4 lbs. I think the weights listed here are wrong. Back of the envelope should be: 1 Da' Tara Garcia Alan 120 L 2 Timber Reserve Desormeaux K J 119 L 3 P V Lightening Dunkelberger T L 119 L 4 Anak Nakal Bravo J 120 L 5 Past the Point Velazquez J R 123 L 6 Actin Good Velasquez C 121 L 7 True Resurgence Sanchez J 119 L 8 Arson Squad Prado E S 119 L |
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![]() Wonder what kind of reversal of form we'll see here with Arson Squad, who not only gets off the synthetics where he has goose egged after being a double Grade 2 winner on convential dirt, but also goes to the barn of Rick Dutrow.
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![]() da tara a scratch, will run sunday in the jerome instead.
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![]() I pre-bet this race, thinking I wouldn't get home on time. Glad I went for PV Lightening(at this point, 20 mtp) instead of my other choice, Arson Squad, who is being heavily bet early. Some would say this is the smart money, I suppose
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![]() Timber Reserve is oscillating between even money and odds-on?
As Ice Cube put it so eloquently: I don't know KARATE but I know KA-RAZY... |
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![]() Always liked arson squad...i hope he does well.
Doesnt this race set up pretty well for anak nakal? There is nothing but pace in here and he is the only one coming from the back. Im going to give him a shot at 7-1 over this questionable group of older horses. Good luck all. |
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Hope the limb holds up, cuz I'm going pretty far out there... |
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How the hell did that piece of garbage Anak Nakal get second? I could've sworn Timber Reserve won that photo for me.. Ugh. |
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Dutrow just said post-race that the horse will target the Clark. Too bad, would have been interesting to see him in the BC Dirt Mile. That way, I could have figured out if the move up was cuz of the real dirt or cuz of Dutrow. |
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The :45+ half mile fraction probably helped the 1-2 finishers, too. |
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Surf Cat is the one that is most interesting to me. He clearly doesnt not have that powerful stride he used to have and I have always wondered if it was the synthetic or the injuries he has had....or a combo of both. |
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In fact, this looks bad for every trainer in CA with "good" horses that don't put out. |
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I don't think he ever won a route race that had decent horses in it. Going back to Arson Squad, and the Danzig turf discussion, I wonder if Headley wouldn't have held on to this horse if he moved him to the grass. His sire Brahms is by Danzig, and Arson Squad's only grass start was the La Jolla at Del Mar a couple of years ago. He was an even 4th, but I remember him being a little closer to the pace then usual and possibly stuck inside waiting for room on the turn. At the very least, the turf was worth another shot at some point. |
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Of course, at the time, I thought Brahms was going to be a big time sire. He's in Louisiana now. |