Pretty nice card at Aqueduct today, including an all stakes late Pick-4. I think the Gotham has a decent field of horses hoping to show enough to be part of the Kentucky Derby field. Firenze Fire has a lot going for him and is definitely maturing. But he’s likely to be even lower than morning line odds at post time. If you’re looking for a price, check out Beautiful Shot. He’s improving with each race and might outrun his odds.
Race 1
2 Three to Thirteen 8 Heart in Hand 3 Danebury
Race 2
3 Blame Us All 1/1A Acoustic/Micozzi 5 Cheyenne Bull
Race 3
2 Milo Milo 7 Power Nap 3 A Fleet Attitude Secondary (4, 5, 8)
Race 4
3 Ransome Note 8 Alum 7 Adirondack Dream
Race 5
8 Ethan Hunt 5 Formal Start 6 Proletariat Secondary (1, 7)
Race 6
11 Bourbon Did It 7 Crossways 10 Speke Secondary (2, 4, 5)
Race 7
6 Vulcan’s Forge 7 Fellowship 1 Securitiz Secondary (2, 5)
Race 8
3 Highway Star 6 Boule 1 Divine Miss Gray
Race 9
1 Green Gratto 6 Do Share 4 Threefiveindia Secondary (2, 5, 10)
Race 10
5 Firenze Fire 3 Beautiful Shot 9 Enticed Secondary (6)
Race 1
1 Bank Elaboration 2 Princess Maeve 3 Madeline’s Hope
Race 2
6 Picture Day 5 Tiz Rae Anna 1 Tiz the Light Secondary (2, 3)
Race 3
3 Crimson King 1 Numerical
Race 4
8 Lady Constance 1 Exchanging Secrets 4 Special Dividend Secondary (3, 6)
Race 5
3 Ekhtibaar 1 Halloween Horror 5 Storm Prophet Secondary (4)
Race 6
2 Set the Trappe 6 New Moon 5 Shoe Loves Shoe Secondary (8, 3, 1)
Race 7
8 Guick 6 Dublin the Pleasure 7 Dynamax Prime Secondary (3)
Race 8
8 My Miss Lilly 7 Shamrock Rose 3 Midnight Disguise Secondary (1, 2)
Race 9
3 My Lightnin Strike 10 Big Expense 7 Starlite Mission 2 Lune LakeSecondary (9)
For those of you wondering, I finished 119th out of 695 entries in the NTRA-NHC in Las Vegas. I was actually only about $20 from making it to the finals. Disappointing, but being in the top 20% was a pretty decent debut. On Friday it really took me a while to get my bearings, and that is probably where I lost the chance to make the finals. I had a 23-1 shot finish second by a nose, and if that horse had come in I’d have finished around 30th and played on Sunday. We’ll see what happens next year.
Doesn’t really look like a good day to make a big score at the Big A. A number of races where the favorite appears far superior. I guess we’ll see what we can conjure up.
Race 1
6 Jacqueline D 1 Woundwithhereyes 3 Forres Lily
Race 2
6 Milaya 2 Perina’s Pride 5 Arewehavingfunyet
Race 3
4 Beautiful Buzz 3 Trinni Ninja 2 Pauseforthecause
Race 4
1/1A Desert Affair/Thirtydaysinjune 7 Connie A 5 Ouro Verde
Race 5
5 Delta Outlaw 6 Valyrian 7 Hard Hitter
Race 6
7 Bluegrass Singer 5 Battle of Evermore 3 Arbitrator
Race 7
6 Frau Blucher 3 Walk of Fame 4 Queen Apollo 9 Gabriella
Race 8
5 Belleville Spring 2 Flash Drive 9 Nolinski Secondary (1, 4, 8)
Race 9
7 Gypsy Jo 5 Amanda Lane 6 Forever Rising 8 Tough Old Bird
Race 1
2 Arbitrator 4 War Eagle’s Return 3 American Road Secondary (6)
Race 2
5 Wushu Warrior 2 Surprise Wonder 6 Theresa’s Boy Secondary (4)
Race 3
1 Decorator Jenn 3 Angel Food 5 Short Kakes Secondary (2)
Race 4
8 Shoe Loves Shoe 2 Asphalt Paving 4 Three to Thirteen Secondary (5)
Race 5
7 Lady Vicki 1/1A Under Suspicion/Out of Orbit 3 Starlite Mission
Race 6
2 Driven West 1/1A Independent Worker/Full of Mine 6 Wondermeister Secondary (5)
Race 7
8 Sudden Surprise 2 Jewel Can Disco 6 Foreset Secondary (5, 3)
Race 8
2 Marconi 4 Avery Island 1 Firenze Fire
Race 9
4 Daring Destiny 6 Musicality 9 Tammany Giant 8 Barefoot Angel
Race 1
3 Littlefirefighter 6 A Dixie Twister 2 For Honor
Race 2
8 Blue Eyes 2 Go Kelly Go 7 Baby Boss
Race 3
2 Takaful 5 Life in Shambles 3 Vulcan’s Forge Secondary (4)
Race 4
2 Port Arch 6 Barefoot Angel 7 Mr. Massena Secondary (3)
Race 5
13 Blaze’n Prospector 2 Big Guy Ian 4 Big Zip Secondary (7, 8, 12)
Race 6
5 All Clear 3 Jack Straight 6 Monteleone 2 Nolinski
Race 7
10 Killala Bay 3 Belleville Spring 1/1A Scottish Devil/Spake Secondary (4, 5, 6, 7)
Race 8
5 Playinwiththeboys 1 /1A Cotton Candy Cutie/North End 6 Tiz R Bella Secondary (8)
Race 9
5 Velvet Trinni 6 Missimpazi 7 Status Asthmaticus Secondary (3)
Race 1
1 Dial Josh 9 Water Trough 5 Love Your Buttons Secondary (3, 4)
Race 2
1 Preservationist 6 Fooch 5 Anchor Secondary (2)
Race 3
5 Harlan Punch 6 Turco Bravo 1 Doyouknowsomething
Race 4
10 Karma Delight 2 Brianbakescookies 5 Vilma Secondary (4, 6, 9)
Race 5
10 Proletariat 2 Bear Clause 4 Grassady Secondary (3, 7, 8)
Race 6
1/1A Forge/Special Story 4 Fuel the Bern 2 Professor Snape Secondary (3, 9)
Race 7
6 Hammerin Aamer 1 Mr. Buff 5 Shamcat Secondary (4, 7)
Race 8
7 Wonderful Light 2 Westwood 4 War of Ideas Secondary (3, 6)
Race 9
5 Valyrian 1 Lightning Buzz 4 Adirondack Dream Secondary (9, 11)
Race 1
3 Conquest Bigluck E 8 Ro Bear 2 Preatereo Secondary (1, 5)
Race 2
5 Belleville Spring 3 Threefortyfive 1 Lem Me Tel Ya Secondary (4, 7)
Race 3
3 Pioneer Spirit 2 T R Crew 5 Flash Trading
Race 4
5 Barefoot Angel 1 Ed’s Quick Cat 6 Tammany Giant Secondary (9)
Race 5
4 My Boy Tate 8 Candid Desire 1 Ostrolenka Secondary (3, 5)
Race 6
6 Polar City 5 Best Surprise 6 Light the Vow Secondary (4)
Race 7
2 Bluegrass Jamboree 8 Shimmering Moon 3 Nisha Secondary (5, 6)
Race 8
7 Firenze Fire 4 Factor This 2 Seven Trumpets
Race 9
3 Hokulea 8 Pequeno Grande 11 Now a Factor Secondary (12)
Race 1
2 My Perfect Gem 3 Honor and Pleasure 7 Peculiar Sensation Secondary (4)
Race 2
11 Thenameescapesme 3 Pence 14 Barefoot Angel Secondary (2, 1)
Race 3
7 Lady Suebee 6 No Deal 4 My Miss Lilly Secondary (3)
Race 4
1/1A Clutch Cargo/Heart in Hand 4 Blewitt 5 Get Game 7 Conquest Prankster Secondary (8)
Race 5
8 Tusk 2 Fox Rules 4 Harlan Punch Secondary (5, 6, 7)
Race 6
4 Cain is Abel 12 Nolinski 6 Flash Drive Secondary (2, 10, 11)
Race 7
3 Life in Shambles 7 Threefiveindia 6 Great Stuff Secondary (2)
Race 8
3 Watershed 9 Kurilov 8 Alex the Terror Secondary (1, 4, 6)
Race 9
10 My Won Love 7 Loyal Heart 2 De Wildcat Girl Secondary (3, 6, 8)
Race 1
4 Scarf It Down 1 Alaapatique 7 Shadow Rider Secondary (1)
Race 2
5 Leah’s Dream 8 Party Spot 10 This Bird Can Sing Secondary (1, 4)
Race 3
3 Town Tart 2 Boule 1 Full House Secondary (4, 5)
Race 4
5 Niko Strong 10 Steelersfanforlife 12 Conforto Secondary (8, 2)
Race 5
6 Bar None 4 Bluegrass Prevails 8 Bluegrass Singer Secondary (1, 5, 7)
Race 6
4 Puffery 10 Queen Apollo 9 Lady Moyne Secondary (8, 11, 12)
Race 7
4 Valyrian 2 Incorporate 5 Casigordo
Race 8
5 Miss Hot Stones 6 Wegetsdamunnys 2 Pure Silver
Race 9
3 Are We Not Men 2 Midnight Cello 7 Nominal Dollars Secondary (1, 8)
Race 1
5 Black Sea 2 Memories of Peter 3 War Bond Secondary (1)
Race 2
1 Lady Rullah 5 Fair Regis 4 Leah’s Dream Secondary (10)
Race 3
1/1A Docs Legacy/Any Questions 9 McIlroy 7 Captain Dixie Secondary (3, 4, 5)
Race 4
6 Lune Lake 12 She’s Delightful 7 Nazay 1 Iridescent Morn
Race 5
2 Vintage Matters 9 New Jersey John 3 Minsky Moment Secondary (1, 5, 8)
Race 6
2 Highway Star 5 Verve’s Tale 4 Lucy N Ethel Secondary (1, 6)
Race 7
12 Stonefactor 5 Silverado Mist 9 Straw Hat 11 Scatback
Race 8
4 Held Accountable 5 Indy Union 6 Maurer Power Secondary (1, 3)
Race 9
3 Avery Island 5 Catholic Boy 7 Alkhaatam 2 Triple Dog Dare Secondary (4, 8)
Race 10
2 Seymourdini 1 Mind Your Biscuits 6 Sharp Azteca Secondary (10, 4, 5, 8)
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