DevilHorse
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Takethemoneyhoney scratched from the Ruffian to compete in the less contentious Serena's Song at Monmouth. Takethemoneyhoney won that race in a gritty stretch duel:This weekend, the Peter Pan Stakes:
[ URL above; May 10, 2025; Belmont at the Big A - Race 11; PPs ]
Captain Cook didn't have enough points to dance in the KYD. His Wood Memorial was sub-par. But he should have enough Jet Fuel to be near the lead at the wire. Hill Road could make it into the exacta.
The Ruffian will also be run:
[ URL above; May 10, 2025; Belmont at the Big A - Race 10; PPs ]
My Mane Squeeze is the class of this field. Takethemoneyhoney looks sharp.
Larry
DevilHorse
Triple Crown trail horses are sorting themselves out now that the KYD has been run. Some are pointing toward the Preakness, others are looking to regroup. An early summer race that has been getting increasingly higher levels of entrants is the Matt Winn Stakes on June 8 at Churchill. Burnham Square is looking at that race as his next tune up. Previous winners of the Matt Winn include Cyberknife, Maxfield, and Gun Runner.
Sovereignty's jockey, Junior Albarado, was fined $64k for striking Sovereignty 8 times (only 6 times are allowed under the HISA rules) in the KYD. This seems a bit much, but those are the rules. Perhaps there should be rule adjustments made. How about a proportional number of crop uses relative to the distance of the race? Perhaps more strikes allowed if you use a smaller crop. My guess is the judges are doing all they can just counting to 6.
Larry
DevilHorse