Friday, May 8, 2009

Monday Madness

The weekend weather may play havoc with this card. Rain Saturday, but if it stays nice Sunday and Monday and the track dries out, there may be some great opportunities including a horse coming off a near six-year layoff (Bus Stop) and a race where the entire field has a summary of 76-0-1-3 (the 4th) which would be an .020 UDRS. For comparison purposes, in my Billings driivng career, I am 45-0-2-1, .034 (and I have made more money, too). Good luck!

Race 1: 5 Lucky Job- Big Ben looks for Sugg-cess tonight in a wide-open group; 7 Sand Jamie- Can step up off her breeding has raced well; 6 Cindora- First starter from an underrated barn.

Race 2: 3 Swing To The Top- Did good work with a tough trip in local debut; 1 Beach Bunny- 2nd time tag, 1st time Kakaley, a player; 6 Cam’s Honey- Huge after the ix, no idea how good she might be.

Race 3: 2 Rap S J- Gets Matt K off two solid efforts; 7 Colby’s Prayer- Big effort in last, can improve despite the post; 1 Khasseem- Raced green, but did some work late, adds value to tri.

Race 4: 4 Go For It- Better showing last week, field is 0-76 and one of them will win; 3 Splash Of Tequila- Did work in last two, may surprise; 7 Imperative N- Lost last two by nearly 70 lengths, but has Aaron and back class; 9 I’m Patrick- There was a time he would have laid over these.

Race 5: 9 Cg Rain Princess- Gets the trotting master in the bike; 1 Dees Bomber- Kennedy has been much improved lately; 3 Fugeddaboudit- Needed the last start and should be better here.

Race 6: 4 In Two Win- Gets Matt K. after some decent work for Myrick; 5 Herecomeslasvegas- Improving with every start, but moves up here; 2 French Worker- Dittoes.

Race 7: 9 Happytime- Was competitive with better at Leb; 1 Harmony Oaks Tom- Another chance after a soft effort in last; 3 Thebigguyfromtown- Inconsistent, but competes with this group; 2 Bus Fare- Should be the fresh horse, he’s been off five-and-a-half years.

Race 8: 5 Sister Kathy- Third back and first time claiming tag; 9 Parris Island- Won for the trainer and now gets Kakaley and a tag; 6 Pembroke Party- Gets Stahl as Matt chose off, but still figure with these.

Race 9: 6 Dublin Dollars- Yes, last week really was just nw200ps, this group will be more to his liking; 9 Touch Of Nay- Drops to level of last win, but not wild about the 2nd tier for Elvis’s army mate; 1 Anastasia Willie- Solid qualifier, could be anything if he stays flat.

Race 10: 4 Iconic Style- Stepped up big-time in last and could repeat; 2 French Attack- The major threat, fits very well with here; 1 Modern Mojo- A pretty good Q over the Toledo oval, don’t dismiss; 7 L Dees Dr Norman- One day he may race like his mom, ‘til then he wraps up super.

Race 11: 9 Fox Avenue Mom- OSS effort not as good as it looks, but should best these; 2 Scorin’ Lavec- Good qualifier after a decent three-year-old season; 5 Tripoli- Overmatched in OSS, but I really like this filly.

Race 12: 9 Leach- Does his bets racing with Aaron and gets class relief; 3 Jtshadow- The other class dropper also figures off a ‘55 win at Sarnia last year; 5 Oho Star- Will cut this one, but can he hold on?

Race 13: 2 Chupp Don- Races well when he draws well, he does, he should; 1 Liltycantbedenied- It’s all about the post draw for this one, too; 9 Eye Of The Dog- Will be well-placed to strike; 5 Covered Connection- Beat these last time, but draw was not so kind here.

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