Something Alan said at Sat's seminar has me thinking for tonight

[covelj70]

Alan mentioned at the seminar on Saturday than anytime you like a longshot play on the sheets for a race, even if that doesn\'t hit the first time you play it, keep him on the radar because he could hit next time and you kick yourself if you don\'t play it.  Sometimes whatever you liked just takes another race to manifest itself.

That has me thinking about the Cougar Handicap at Del Mar tonight.

I highlighted Richard\'s Kid as a sheets play for the Eddie Read and that wound up being a terrible call as he got whooped by that crowd.

However, in looking at the sheets for today\'s race, he ran a number in the Eddie Read that makes him very competitive with this bunch and he gets weight.

The surface is unknown again but he runs numbers on the dirt and his number on the turf was good so I think we can safely assume he can run on the del mar plastic.  

He\'s coming back quick for this but he was off a bit of a layoff in the last and he has a history of pairing good efforts back quick last year so I am ok with that issue.

If he\'s 10-1 or more, I think he\'s worth a stab.

[jack72906]

Thanks for this Cove. I played him in the Eddie Read in a box with GH. Half right gets nothing:).

Good luck today!

[covelj70]

right back at you, here\'s hoping it\'s different today!

[Lost Cause]

From Bloodhorse..
Unusual Suspect, the second-longest shot on the board at 24-1, won a head-bobbing decision over Richard\'s Kid to capture the $150,000 Cougar II Handicap at Del Mar and sew up a starting berth in the Breeders\' Cup Marathon

I hope you back wheeled a little Covel.

[covelj70]

Man, that was a tough beat.  Was only getting 4-1 but I still thought it was a decent price as he was the fastest coming in and getting weight.

Unusual Suspect came up the rail while Espinoza tool RK wide and he got nipped right at the wire.

Tough one.  Don\'t think we will get any kind of price on RK at all next time as I would suspect he ran a pretty decent number in this race.

Thanks for the thoughts.

[jack72906]

I watched the race and was glad I passed. Didn\'t have the TG numbers. Were US\'s anywhere in the ballpark so a case could be made?

[covelj70]

don\'t have them in front of me but not that I recall.