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