Here it is Thursday afternoon heading into Labor Day Weekend. The kickoff of the NFL season and I;m feeling good and confident in an afternoon of racing. Kentucky Down oh Boy.
I start with Colonial I track I play only occasionally. I like the #8. It\'s obvious to me this one has the early foot in a 5.5 turf sprint. Sure enough the #8 looks like a quarter horse vs Arabians. The lead is approaching 10 lengths as the leader begins to exit the turn. The odds on favorite begins to reel in the Speedball. What I hadn\'t foreseen was the Speedball faded like so far he didn\'t even make it into the Super. Not really a rare happening but geez. Colonial I thought with a question mark and a short field of Ho Hum Maidens to boot.
Then race #2 showcased the questionable Virginia Jockey Colony. This time in a full length Turf route with plenty of horses. But, turn one looked like rush hour on Friday afternoon. I watch and play tracks from Asia, Africa, Australia and they offer full fields and patient mannerly riding. This Colonial race was demolition derby. If it had been the UFC some one would have been disqualified. The #3 looked more like a Rodeo Bronc the jockey CONCEPCION AXEL was all over the place hard to tell if it was the rider or the horse?
OK I better try a different track somewhere sophisticated like Saratoga. Only to catch #6 make a move to get off the rail that bumped and bounced the the favorite a couple of paths. Given the 6 is a big horse but wow. I mused who was the rider so bold to make a move like that, only to find that it was a gal Katie Davis on a 1st time starter.
My last hope is Kentucky Downs, there I expect the unusual but its a big track and hopefully they have enough room to avoid bumper car trips.
I just had to vent! Sorry. Make America Great Again Behavior seems to be more and more pervasive and gets us back to when we were known as the Ugly Americans. I like the 7 in the 3rd @ KD probably over or with the #5 in an exactas.