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Del Mar - Race 2
#1 Stoney Fleece (5/2 ml)
Slow, but extremely impressive win by this colt in his debut last month, and note that he was claimed straight out of the debut (always a very positive sign) by a guy who's hitting a whopping 33% off the claim. Hopped at the break to be off slowly and awkwardly, then bolted inward to lose even more ground, dropping back to dead-last early while racing some 10 lengths off the pace in a short 5 1/2 furlong event. Came moving sharply between horses approaching the turn, then came very wide into the lane before darting outward sharply to avoid a horse in front of him, then came absolutely roaring down the straightaway to somehow get up for the win. Almost certainly has more early speed than he was able to show last time out due to the bad break, and clearly possesses a monster late kick (note that he got the final sixteenth in an eye-popping 5 3/5 seconds). Could be at a bit of a disadvantage here due to the rail draw and the apparent early-pace advantage of the favorite Hot Ride (2/1 ml), but as mentioned, i expect this one will be much closer early today, and the additional half-furlong will be a definite bonus here. And also as mentioned previously, Sadler is deadly off the claim. Fairly certain this guy is the horse in the race, and i suspect that he's stakes-material.
HRT record:
82 for 304 (27%)
$685.80 mutuels ($8.36 avg)
#1 Stoney Fleece (5/2 ml)
Slow, but extremely impressive win by this colt in his debut last month, and note that he was claimed straight out of the debut (always a very positive sign) by a guy who's hitting a whopping 33% off the claim. Hopped at the break to be off slowly and awkwardly, then bolted inward to lose even more ground, dropping back to dead-last early while racing some 10 lengths off the pace in a short 5 1/2 furlong event. Came moving sharply between horses approaching the turn, then came very wide into the lane before darting outward sharply to avoid a horse in front of him, then came absolutely roaring down the straightaway to somehow get up for the win. Almost certainly has more early speed than he was able to show last time out due to the bad break, and clearly possesses a monster late kick (note that he got the final sixteenth in an eye-popping 5 3/5 seconds). Could be at a bit of a disadvantage here due to the rail draw and the apparent early-pace advantage of the favorite Hot Ride (2/1 ml), but as mentioned, i expect this one will be much closer early today, and the additional half-furlong will be a definite bonus here. And also as mentioned previously, Sadler is deadly off the claim. Fairly certain this guy is the horse in the race, and i suspect that he's stakes-material.
HRT record:
82 for 304 (27%)
$685.80 mutuels ($8.36 avg)
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