Captain Cook ran onto his own island in the Withers under mild urging:
Captain Cook was awarded a 94 Beyer Figure.
Surfside Moon was a longshot second. Both of these horses were way a head of the 3rd place horse. Nice race.
Burnham Square was fully in command winning the Holy Bull at Gulfstream Park:
It's interesting to see the jockeys look at the big screen in the infield rather than under their arms to see who might be gaining on them. The early pace was brisk, which might explain why the lead horses folded.
Ferocious was not ready. Burnham Square is a gelding, and there have been only 2 geldings to win the KYD in the past century (Funny Cide and Mine That Bird). Burnham Square is by
Liam's Map. Liam's Map is a half brother to
Not This Time. Their dam,
Miss Macy Sue, died this past week at the age of 22.
There has been more than a slight bit of discussion about the closing of Gulfstream Park. The owners (the Stronachs) have stated that the land is too valuable; but they are still committed to TBred racing in Florida. This story has a lot of tentacles; there is an interdependance of the horse track with an onsite casino. But the Stronachs want to keep the casino but moving the track; not part of the agreement. We've seen Hialeah and Calder vanish, not to mention the last harness track in Florida, Pompano Park. Everything changes.
Citizen Bull was outstanding winning the Robert B. Lewis:
Baffert horses were 1,2,3.
Rodriguez is a big horse and might develop further with more time.
For the fillies:
In the Forward Gal at Aqueduct, it was
Eclatant:
Very fast fractions facilitated the come from behind win.
There were no PPs for the Ruthless at Aqueduct, for the 3YO fillies, so I didn't post about it. But the winner
Volleyballprincess was eye popping:
The name just fits the 18 character naming limit for TBreds, but she had plenty of room at the end. She was awarded a 77 Beyer Figure.
Las Virgenes later today at Santa Anita for 3YO fillies.
Larry
DevilHorse
