Dullahan has arrived at Belmont

....and he looks GOOD.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktRgrg58dTc&feature=youtu.be

Ogden Phipps Handicap

I think that It's Tricky is my favorite older female in racing, but she did not run well at all today despite winning the Odgen Phipps Handicap at a mile and a sixteenth.  The field as a whole all ran pretty flat, besides longshot Cash for Clunkers who was on the lead running the until the last 1/16 of the race, she ran a great race for her price.  It's Tricky, just pulled in front to win by 3/4 of a length.  Awesome Maria finished third.  Where was she?  What happened?  It just seemed like she didn't have it in her today.  She's  All In finished fourth, and Juanita, the winner of the La Trionne on Oaks day finished fifth.

The filly and mare division is going to be tough this year, and right now, these ladies need to pull it together.

Happy Memorial/Met Mile Day!!

Talk about a deep field in the Met Mile (Win and You're in for the BC Dirt Mile) this year, Caleb's Posse (my personal favorite) To Honor and Serve, Jackson Bend, Shack, Caixa Electronica, and Saginaw, all ran in the 10th race at Belmont Park today.  They seemed to spend a long time in the starting gate,  I guess To Honor and Serve was having a some issues.  Shack broke on the lead, which he held for the entirety of the race, Caleb's Posse rallied toward the end and it was a photo finish, Shack won by a nose.  To Honor and Serve was bottled up on the rail, but still finished third.  Jackson Bend, was off his game today and finished last.

I vow, from here on out, I will now have more respect for Shack.  I thought he had no chance against Amazombie, which he did beat him, and I really didn't think he had a chance today.  Shack has just come back at a 4 year old and he is ready to run.  I'm excited to see the majority of this group run again in the Breeder's Cup Dirt Mile.

Preakness Day

All I want is a Triple Crown winner, but I don't think it will be this year.  The Preakness is 1 3/16th miles long, I'll Have Another is a closer, Mario, a very good, but a very young jockey, I am not confident that he will be able to get this horse to attack at the right time.  If he goes to early, I think the horse will tire, if he goes to late, he will not be able to rally enough for the win.  I think I'll Have Another, with in running style only, has better chances of winning the Belmont (although, I do not know enough about his pedigree to comment on the Belmont distance).

Bode- possibly could be too tired?  Going with my "Plum Pretty" theory (I said about her running in the La Trionne, that she did not have enough of a layoff after the Apple Blossom) I think he may have run to hard in the Derby, that is he able to do it again today?  Shack, who was the leader in the majority of last years Derby came back to win the Preakness.  Overall, my point is, I will not be surprised if Bode wins, but I think he may have a Derby replay, be on the lead the whole race, then end up hitting the board, but not with the win.

Went the Day Well- I think this horse has a chance.  He impressed me in the Derby, now he's on my short list.

Creative Cause- For some reason, I just have never really got to rally behind this horse.  I am an emotional horse-woman, and I just do not like this horse that much.  This does not take away from the fact that he can win this race, but after a sub-par Derby performance (finishing 5th), he should of joined his peers and skipped over this race.

Daddy Nose Best- with Julien, why bother talking about him.  Daddy did nothing in the Derby, finished 10th.  I'm not sure why his connections are racing him.  Give him a break, then have him come back against Grade 2 and 3 company... I like this horse, but he is not fully Grade 1 material.

Optimizer- why is he even racing?

I think a non-Derby runner, will win this.  Other than that I have no idea, and with the new job I have not been reading as much as I usually do.  I'll probably through small bets on Bode, Teeth of the Dog, and Cozzetti (due to Dale Romans sex appeal)

$1 million Preakness Stakes (gr. I, Race 12, 6:18 p.m.), 3YO, 1 3/16 Miles (Dirt)

PP. Horse, Jockey, Weight, Trainer, Odds

1. Tiger Walk (KY), K J Desormeaux, 126, I Correas IV, 30/1

2. Teeth of the Dog (KY), J Bravo, 126, M R Matz, 15/1

3. Pretension (NY), J Santiago, 126, C W Grove, 30/1

4. Zetterholm (NY), J Alvarado, 126, R E Dutrow Jr., 20/1

5. Went the Day Well (NY), J R Velazquez, 126, H G Motion, 6/1

6. Creative Cause (KY), J Rosario, 126, M Harrington, 6/1

7. Bodemeister (VA), M E Smith, 126, B Baffert, 8/5

8. Daddy Nose Best (KY), J R Leparoux, 126, S M Asmussen, 12/1

9. I'll Have Another (KY), M Gutierrez, 126, D F O'Neill, 5/2

10. Optimizer (KY), C S Nakatani, 126, D W Lukas, 30/1

11. Cozzetti (KY), J Lezcano, 126, D L Romans, 30/1

Where was Robbie Albarado this weekend?

He was busy beating up another woman, his current girlfriend. This douche cheated on said girl, she tried breaking up with him and so he beat her up. He bailed himself out on Friday. He should get his jocks license revoked. End of story.

Union Rags

Union Rags is going back to Florida. Michael Matz is none to pleased with his performance and gas said that everything he told Julien to do, he didn't. Julien also said that he heard a pop at the 3/16ths pole, but Rags still rallied a little to finish seventh. Matz ended up galloping Rags out last night to see if there were any injuries, which the horse came back with a clean bill of health. Nice excuse Julien. Rags is going to rest up, skip the Preakness and make his return in the Belmont, with a new jockey. And for the record, Julien, you can kiss all your Matz mounts goodbye. Todd, you maybe right about this jock.

Yes, I'll Have Another... Continued

Well here is the sober version of my Derby weekend update, still from this stupid iPad though, so all errors, blame them on Apple. Well, I was saying that Daddy Long Legs maybe a Derby threat and after watching the replay on the news here about 15 times, DLL got the best break from the one hole that anyone could ask for. He looked great but before he even got into the gate, the horse was extremely sweaty. Colm Odonoghue said that the horse was overheating which is why he stopped asking DLL. Not surprised considering it was 95 degrees yesterday and the horse probably isn't used to those temps being stationed in Ireland. Regardless of what others may say, I still love this colt and I want one of his babies to be made into one of my dressage horses. Take Charge Indy who finished second to last is going to have ankle surgery. I was just at The Galt House, having a drink and who happened to be there, none other than my love, Mike Smith. Of course I didn't say anything considering he would probably get a restraining order against me, but I did hear him talking about his ride on Bode. Bode is an inexperienced horse, and they need to get his speed under control, and the Derby isn't the place to be learning how to do this. I understand this. And hey, second place isn't all that bad. I think Baffert is pleased with the run. Everyone wants to win, but if you can't win, you might as well run second. I have been saying that I like I'll Have Another for sometime now. I think people want to believe that he won the Bob and Bev Lewis Stakes by luck, but when he came back to take the Santa Anita Derby (over Creative Cause) that just proved he has more luck than talent. Now that he won the Derby, I hope people will start thinking that this is a legit horse and not a case of beginners luck. And on top of that it was his jockeys, Mario Gutierrez first Kentucky Derby. Who wins in there first Derby? Really, that's amazing! Dullahan ran third, don't love this horse but I think he will be tough competition. I have a tendency not to love Dale Romans horses for really no good reason. Went The Day Well came out of no where to finish fourth and that surprised the hell out of me. I didn't not for one second think this horse had it in him, but apparently he did. Union Rags, what the he'll happened to you? And race fans, our we now over Gemologist and his unabated record. Please. I love Winstar farm, but this horse has been overrated since day one. He only had two graded races under his girth, and really what Derby level horse can't win an allowance race. Other than that, moat of these horses ran poorly, or they just couldn't find their way out of the pack. Tomorrow I'll Have Another ships to Maryland for the Preakness, I'm sure Hansen will ship, but other than that I'm not sure who will continue on to the next jewel in the Triple Crown.

Yes, I'll Have Another, lily that is....

What a Derby weekend. Rosie kicked ass on Believe You Can in the Oaks. Mike Smith let me down. Multiple times and I'll Have Another won the Derby. I had a big great entry typed up and this stupid kipad deleted it. And now I'm too drunk/tired to write it over again so I'll update it tomorrow. But I did have a win bet on I'll Have Another. Two, Gemologist is overrated. Three, the Preakness will be great. Four, I have a sunburn

My Oaks Horse Got the 1 Hole!

1. On Fire Baby/Joe Johnson/4-1
2. Grace Hall/Javier Castellano/5-2
3. Summer Applause/Garrett Gomez/15-1
4. Eden’s Moon/Martin Garcia/12-1
5. Hard Not to Like/Robby Albarado/20-1
6. Broadway’s Alibi/John Velazquez/4-1
7. Sacristy/Mike Smith/50-1
8. Jemima’s Pearl/Joe Talamo/10-1
9. Believe You Can/Rosie Napravnik/10-1
10. And Why Not/Julien Leparoux/15-1
11. Karlovy Vary/James Graham/20-1
12. Colonial Empress/Corey Nakatani/50-1
13. Amie’s Dini/Jon Court/10-1
14. Yara/Jesus Castanon/30-1

AE- Oaks Lilly/Rafael Bejarano/50-1