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08-02-2012, 09:35 AM
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Impressive looking South American import set to make US debut in Clement Hirsch
Amani is entered in the Clement Hirsch on Saturday at Del Mar.
 She's only faced females once beyond a mile -- and when she did, she took a 10 runner Grade 1 race by offically 28.5 lengths -- though it shows just a 25 length win for that race in the DRF. Oddly, she's not an early speed horse -- like most horses who fracture races and win by large margins tend to be. She's a deep closer. Here is the video of her 28.5 length Grade 1 win. She closed from 9th position and was about as many as 12 to 15 lengths off of the early pace. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1IKhD...eature=related Amani goes for Sumaya Us Stables. They also owned Wild Spirit ("The filly from Chile") Wild Spirt was also a champion 3yo filly in Chile. She was 6-for-10 lifetime in Chile before coming to Frankel's barn and racing in America. Without lasix, she made her US Debut a winning one in the Shuvee with an easy win over You and Smokn' Frolic and ran a 106 Beyer. In Wild Spirit's 2nd start in this country, she ran first-time-lasix and won the $750,000 Delaware Handicap by 6 lengths over Take Charge Lady, getting a 110 Beyer. Wild Spirit easily took the Grade 1 Ruffian Handicap with a 109 Beyer two races later. Oddly, Neil Drysdale is not going to run her on lasix Saturday. CJ, what is the stat of imports on Lasix versus imports who run here without lasix? 
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08-02-2012, 09:59 AM
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What was that, like a 5 turn race?
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08-02-2012, 10:28 AM
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Here's the horse who finished 2nd by 28.5 legnths in that Grade 1 race. She just finished a good 3rd at Del Mar in a $73,000 ALW race a few days ago:
 She's basically a solid 85 Beyer type on turf for a low percentage trainer. Interestingly, her sire was a plodding son of A. P Indy that Pletcher trained who HATED grass. The broodmare sire Stuka won the Santa Anita Handicap in 1994 via DQ of champion older male The Wicked North. He never raced on turf, but had a pedigree for it.
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08-02-2012, 10:35 AM
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The best recent horse to come out of Chile was Lido Palace.
Here he is winning the first of his two Woodwards -- beating Tiznow and Albert The Great: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VzZmSndYUJY Here's Lido Palace's best losing effort. Finishing in a photo with Street Cry for 2nd in Left Bank's super fast Whitney Handicap win. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3k73AXxl3eY That was Left Bank's last race, he dropped dead after it. He was probably the best performer Todd Pletcher has ever trained in his entire career.
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08-02-2012, 05:48 PM
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What can you tell us about Quick Casablanca, the horse that ran second to her in her last race? I think there are a couple of grade one wins on her record since then too right?
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08-02-2012, 10:26 AM
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