RACE 6 - [S] MSW - Five and a Half Furlongs Dirt
A’s
# 1 Hot Rodin (Morning Line 5-2)
# 5 Sir Studleigh (ML 3-1)
B's
# 3 Am I Blue (ML 4-1)
# 8 Mizter Kool Kat (ML 4-1)
C's
None
This contest for state bred non-claiming maidens is for older horses, those three years old and upward. The finale, also for state bred non-claiming maidens, is for juveniles.
Sir Studleigh missed graduation by just a neck last time out at this class level, back on Veterans Day, with Hot Roddin taking the Show less than a length behind him. Am I Blue and Mizter Kool Kat are a pair of first time starters trained by Mike Harrington. To be honest, I couldn't find much to separate this non-coupled entry; and, based upon the fact that they have identical Morning Line odds, I presume that at least one other person agrees.
RACE 7 - [S] OC 20k/N$Y - Five and a Half Furlongs Dirt
A’s
# 7 K Thirty Eight (ML 4-1)
B’s
# 2 Eddie's First (ML 5-2)
# 4 Smack Talk (ML 4-1)
C's
# 3 Ultimate Luck (ML 7-2)
# 5 Kenny Benny (ML 10-1)
K Thirty Eight has run well in the past on dirt, and is getting some tremendous class relief here. Eddie's First and Smack Talk are a pair of recent claims by Trainer Robertino Diodoro who have both run well in the past over this track.
Ultimate Luck fits well with the contenders here but settles for way too many minor awards. Kenny Benny tries winners for the first time after graduating last time out in front of our two "A" Selections in the opening leg of this sequence.
RACE 8 - Alw 25000s - Eight and a Half Furlongs Dirt
A’s
# 6 Indygo Bo (ML 5-2)
# 7 Deep Consideration (ML 3-1)
B’s
None
C's
# 2 Mucho Besos (ML 15-1)
# 3 Dadtaughtmewell (ML 4-1)
# 4 Freddies Dream (ML 6-1)
Note for future reference that there is no lifetime Win restriction for entrants in this contest, as is frequently the case in SoCal Starter Allowances. Rather, this one is for runners that have started for a claiming price of $25k or less either this year or last, and have not won a Claiming, Starter, or Optional Claiming race in excess of $25k since.
Indygo Bo goes first off the claim for Trainer Jonathan Wong, who tends to do well with such. Deep Consideration was an easy winner versus $25k Claimers last time out, albeit for different connections.
Mucho Besos is coming back from a nearly ten month layoff; and while he may need a race, this looks like a good spot for him to be slotted. Dadtaughtmewell defeated a next out winner in a $20k Claimer last time out.
Freddies Dream, going first off the claim for Trainer Jerry Hollendorfer, is intriguing here. After claiming Freddies Dream out of a turf race at Del Mar in August, Hollendorfer has Freddies Dream work out on the main dirt track at Santa Anita in September and October, Freddies Dream is then shipped up north to Golden Gate, where he has been working out over the synthetic surface for the past six weeks. But instead of finding a spot for Freddies Dream to race on either the Golden Gate main track or its turf course, Hollendorfer has him shipped back down to SoCal to make his first career start on a dirt track in this race.
Why? I have no idea; but I feel that if the plan when claiming this horse was to run him or dirt, or if running him on dirt was an idea they came up with after seeing him work out, then Freddies Dream would have been left at Santa Anita to keep working there, and not sent to Golden Gate.
Now, Hollendorfer is a great trainer, and Freddies Dream fits here on class; but I'm only going to use this horse as a "C" Selection, because I have to presume that his being in this race is a stop gap measure intended to just get him some work, and that competing on dirt tracks is not what this barn ultimately has planned for this runner.
RACE 9 - [S] MSW - Five and a Half Furlongs Dirt
A’s
# 9 Lil Awecim (ML 5-2)
B's
# 8 Vidaks Back (ML 6-1)
# 10 Potente Alba (ML 3-1)
C's
# 11 Pampers n' Boots (ML 6-1)
Scratch # 1 Cal Cal Li Gowchris (No Line) and # 12 Patience ofa Saint (ML 6-1)
As mentioned above, these are juveniles. Lil Awecim took the Place at this class level last time out, with Potente Alba taking the Show behind him; both runners were making their career debuts in that contest. Vidaks Back is a first time starter sired by Tannersmyman, whose progeny tend to do well at first asking. Pampers n' Boots took the Place in his debut last time out, and may have enough early speed to pull off the step up in class.
OK, that's the analysis. Playing our tickets in Crist fashion, we get:
All A Entries
$1.00 P4: 1,5 with 7 with 6,7 with 9 $4.00
All A Entries with All B Entries
$0.50 P4: 1,3,5,8 with 2,4,7 with 6,7 with 8,9,10 $36.00
A's with One C
$0.50 P4: 1,5 with 3,5 with 6,7 with 9 $4.00
$0.50 P4: 1,5 with 7 with 2,3,4 with 9 $3.00
$0.50 P4: 1,5 with 7 with 6,7 with 11 $2.00
Total: $49.00
Post Time for Race 6 is 5:58 EST / 2:58 PST. Good luck to all.
Peace and Love,
Jimbo
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