They paid $4.1m for this one.

CLAIRIERE was not a horse I was considering until I watched her toy with MAX PLAYER in their last two works in company. I will have her on all my tickets now.

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> they\'ve raced 3 times or more, LY if not.  # 2 5 6
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> had WP on it too.  For $200 which is a lot to me.


Might be a dumb question but do you count $$$ earned on dirt or synth when you do this? For example, horse has 5 starts in 2021 but two were on dirt. DO you attempt to calculate the $$$ earned per start only on grass?

This is going to sound like I\'m defending Bob and I\'m not but can somebody show me where Bob blamed this Derby positive on the peeing groom?

Everyone is running with this narrative however I\'m pretty sure he told Dan Patrick that he once had a positive because a groom pee\'d in some hay and the horse ate it. I don\'t see any reputable news source reporting that Bob said this is what happened with the Derby winner.

CD just announced they won\'t take Baffert entries.

Holy Crap. That press conference was bananas. Baffert was defiant and on the verge of tears a few times.

Maybe I was a bit dramatic regarding favoritism but CONCERT TOUR will take a TON of money. I do stand by comment that the barn and owners hold  him in much higher regard than RESTORING HOPE who blocked for JUSTIFY. Interesting that both are owned by Gary West.

Baffert has said, he was surprised by the off effort by CONCERT TOUR as the odds on favorite in the Arkansas Derby and was scratching his head over the lack of punch in the stretch. He also implied that it was The West\'s call to run at Pimlico so not sure what to make of it all.

I think CONCERT TOUR is a much higher regarded horse than RESTORING HOPE who blocked for Justify. I could even see him ending up the chalk.

I thought he might be talking about ROMBAUER. Paired 2yo top off bench, moved forward second off layoff, sitting on another move forward in Derby? I believe that is what Commanding Curve did?

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This one is a sib to American Pharoah sired by Tapit.

I thought this horse was visually impressive in replay of last. They walked the half mile and PUBLIC SECTOR was closing fast and making up ground. He gets a normal pace and he could roll.

She is definitely slow on paper but I think everyone can agree that she has jogged so far in her 3 efforts. Many are saying don\'t use her but I can\'t past the stuff that you don\'t see on paper;

1) Baffert callers her special, Espinoza says one of best he has ridden
2) Watch her last few works, two  back she toyed with G1 Stakes placed, $1mil colt SPEILBERG and the work before that she toyed with 6yo stakes placed, LEADING SCORE


In spite of Baffert\'s recent lack of tops in the BC, I think this one moves forward a few points today off her top two back. . I\'m also taking position that VEQUIST and DAYOUTOFTHEOFFICE regress a bit off the one turn numbers in NY.

FIRENZE FIRE Looks like an absolute standout to me. Put a line through his off track figs and look what you have left.

Somebody took down the pool, appx $173k with a $30k ticket. Hmmmmm, not unheard of.

The ticket though was played for $8 instead of the $2 minimum. WTF?

Re: The Schuylerville

Prior to the CD debut by HOPEFUL PRINCESS, her trainer at the time John Hancock was quoted as saying she was the best 2yo he had ever trained. Gutty win followed by private sale and transfer to new barn.

I didn\'t think the Casse chalk looked that good on paper myself but after reading some of Mark\'s comments, I think she might be the goods. She was bet down to 2/5 in the debut. Casse has been quoted as saying she is \"extremely special\" and \"doing things he has never seen a 2yo do\" The man has had some pretty nice 2yo\'s to compare.