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Title: Hal's Hope Stks - sunday
Post by: shanahan on January 06, 2008, 06:51:32 AM
Commentator and Chatain will be favs, of course - and rightly so.  I\'l looking at Calvin Borel riding the 3 horse along with eibar Coa on # 8, Actin\' Good to balance a solid exacta/tri.

Elite aquadron\'s best race was on an off track.  By Officer, h\'es won 4 of last six - all sprints.  what is interesting to me is that he is rested, went to the front early in his graded stk loss (not likely today with Borel up) and has two bullets prepping at GP.

Although it\'s quite early in the meet, the Jersey guys are off to a fine start.  # 9 Actin Good spent most of his recent career up that way, will be overlooked in the wagering - especially with CV taking off the mount.  But Coa won\'t go 4 wide into the first turn fighting for the lead, any moisture helps him also.  After the summer layoff he came right back to near/at his tops, and then broke through two back.  

Still, the top two look tough - any comments on Commentator routing?  I think he\'s vulnerable since they haven\'t tried a route in a few years.