6/23/12 BHP R7 - Two To (Potentially) Watch

Saturday, June 23, Hollywood Park, Race 7, was a $50K MSW for state bred fillies and mares three years old and up, covering six furlongs over some California grass.  Two horses coming out of that race may bear watching in the future.

Gypsy Friday, a three year old filly sired by In Excess, was steadied twice, but managed to improve position in the stretch and finish fifth.  This was her eleventh start, so Gypsy Friday may just be a career maiden; but she's been in the money in half of her last six races, so it could be that she's just starting to figure it out.  Her dam sire is Royal Academy, so there's definitely class in the bloodlines.  She's never run on dirt (nine times on grass; twice on the plastic) and she's never been in for a tag.  She's bred, trained, and owned by Edward Freeman.  Gypsy Friday could be close to breaking out; perhaps a change (surface, class, and/or barn) may give her the spark she needs.

Paralyzing Eyes, a three year old filly sired by Decarchy, made her debut Saturday, and showed herself to be totally green, as she completely blew the start, and manged to be twenty (yes, twenty) and a half lengths behind the leader at first call.  When the winner crossed the finish line forty-seven and four-fifths seconds later, Paralyzing Eyes was way,way back, twenty-one and a half lengths away from the finish line.

Now, following horses that manage to lose by over twenty lengths in a six furlong sprint is rarely a winning strategy.  But remember where Paralyzing Eyes started, and you see that she lost only one length on the leader over the final half-mile, covering those four furlongs in approximately forty-eight flat.  So if Trainer Bruce Jackson can teach her to break with the rest of the field when the buzzer sounds, I would expect Paralyzing Eyes to be listed much higher on the chart her next time out.

Peace and Love,

Jimbo