Private Play Sunday Aqueduct 6th
John Greenhaw
Senior Member
Aqueduct Race 6 SUNDAY
3yo NY Bred fillies $40,000.00 alw n1x 6 Furlongs
#1 GLACKETY
One year ago, this young filly was running heads up at the Dogwood Aiken track with other youngsters who would go on to win and some graded stakes wins. We shipped her to Belmont/Saratoga where she proceeded to run 3 of the worst races you could ever witness. In fact, I was ready to ship her to Finger Lakes and lose her in a NY Bred $5,000 clm race. It was clear that she was not ready for prime time so we shipped her to a young trainer in Bowie, Maryland named Chris Grove, who ran her several times at Charles Town and she kept getting better in each race. Since she left New York, she has hit the board in five straight races, and in her last at Laurel she finally broke her maiden in a quite impressive fashion. Now, we bring her back to New York and expect a huge effort and a square price.
On paper, Pletcher has a horse who has only raced once, a winning effort and a huge number, but that was 2 months ago with only one work since. This sends up warning signals to me on a horse who will probably be 6/5 or less at post time. Ramon has the mount on a Dutrow filly out of Freud who has numbers which suggest that she will be up against tougher than she has seen, and we all know that Ramon could take the mount on a fuckin mule and the price will be 7/5.
Glackety shipps in and will be stabled in George Weaver's stable(her former trainer) but will be listed as trained by Chris Grove and she will keep her Mid-Atlantic leading jock, J.D. Acosta, who many in NY may not know. I suspect that this, alone, will keep the odds at 5-1 or better. We expect her to sit just off a fast early duo up front and make a wide sweeping move around the turn and get up late at a square price.
3yo NY Bred fillies $40,000.00 alw n1x 6 Furlongs
#1 GLACKETY
One year ago, this young filly was running heads up at the Dogwood Aiken track with other youngsters who would go on to win and some graded stakes wins. We shipped her to Belmont/Saratoga where she proceeded to run 3 of the worst races you could ever witness. In fact, I was ready to ship her to Finger Lakes and lose her in a NY Bred $5,000 clm race. It was clear that she was not ready for prime time so we shipped her to a young trainer in Bowie, Maryland named Chris Grove, who ran her several times at Charles Town and she kept getting better in each race. Since she left New York, she has hit the board in five straight races, and in her last at Laurel she finally broke her maiden in a quite impressive fashion. Now, we bring her back to New York and expect a huge effort and a square price.
On paper, Pletcher has a horse who has only raced once, a winning effort and a huge number, but that was 2 months ago with only one work since. This sends up warning signals to me on a horse who will probably be 6/5 or less at post time. Ramon has the mount on a Dutrow filly out of Freud who has numbers which suggest that she will be up against tougher than she has seen, and we all know that Ramon could take the mount on a fuckin mule and the price will be 7/5.
Glackety shipps in and will be stabled in George Weaver's stable(her former trainer) but will be listed as trained by Chris Grove and she will keep her Mid-Atlantic leading jock, J.D. Acosta, who many in NY may not know. I suspect that this, alone, will keep the odds at 5-1 or better. We expect her to sit just off a fast early duo up front and make a wide sweeping move around the turn and get up late at a square price.
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GOOD LUCK TO ALL!
Btw, i caught a nice Weaver winner @ Gulfstream the other day. I was actually going to ask you about that one, but i'm guessing you just know about the Dogwood horses?
Glad you hit one, and hope it was a good one! We communicate often with Bill finley, who is George's asst. trainer and is currently in Florida. We had good word last week in stakes race on Boots Ahead, who got mugged at the start and didn't run a step thereafter. Keep an eye on Weaver's horses who are owned by Agnes Peace, as these seem to be the ones who are primed for a big effort in Florida. Most of the Dogwood horses are taking time off right now and will be gearing up for Keeneland/CD/Belmont/Saratoga. Gulfstream is a great place for watching races, but the daily fees and lack of more than one condition for several weeks makes it a difficult place to keep your head above water, unless you're on the derby trail and winning those races. Also, the level of competition there is very tough. I'll ask George & Bill how they feel about upcoming races/chances and keep you advised.
Incidentally, she was owned by Smart Choice Stable and ridden by Castellano.
http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/race/USA/LRL/2011/1/6/3/race-3
BTW. DC, thanks for the video above, it's always good to watch $16k coming our way again!
GOOD LUCK TO ALL!