Two plays for Opening Day @ Del Mar
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Belmont - Race 6
#3 Butler Field (5/1 ml)
Pricey yearling purchase for Chad Brown comes into his debut today off a heads-up drill with barnmate Connect, who is 2-for-2 this year including an allowance win in extremely fast time (1:40 flat). If that weren't nice enough, Butler Field also recently worked twice in a row with Bobby on Fleek, who came out of those drills to win his debut by 6 lengths last week. Brown's top rider Castellano gets the call here, and it's very clear they mean business today. Strong opinion.
Del Mar - Race 9
#5 Dr. Door (7/2 ml)
Family-owned comebacker for Baffert outworked today's Oceanside Stakes favorite Moonlight Drive last time out, and also worked heads-up with the older graded stakes runner Hoppertunity a few weeks back. Yes please.
HRT record:
96 for 361 (27%)
$822.40 mutuels ($8.57 avg)
#3 Butler Field (5/1 ml)
Pricey yearling purchase for Chad Brown comes into his debut today off a heads-up drill with barnmate Connect, who is 2-for-2 this year including an allowance win in extremely fast time (1:40 flat). If that weren't nice enough, Butler Field also recently worked twice in a row with Bobby on Fleek, who came out of those drills to win his debut by 6 lengths last week. Brown's top rider Castellano gets the call here, and it's very clear they mean business today. Strong opinion.
Del Mar - Race 9
#5 Dr. Door (7/2 ml)
Family-owned comebacker for Baffert outworked today's Oceanside Stakes favorite Moonlight Drive last time out, and also worked heads-up with the older graded stakes runner Hoppertunity a few weeks back. Yes please.
HRT record:
96 for 361 (27%)
$822.40 mutuels ($8.57 avg)
Comments
Well regardless, good info. I'm have a stack of P3's. He's the favorite there too. Thanks.
I put together a cheap pick 4 ticket at Del Mar. I didn't single Dr. Door but I did the Baffert turf Euro.
7th---3/6/7
8th---2 the BB Euro
9th---5/8/10
10th--5/6
He tossed Javier in the gate, and looked very wound up. Ran very greenly in spots, even looked a little jumpy and never leveled out. Try again at 5-1 during the SPA.
Yeah, I saw that he inseated Javier in the gate. I thought they were gonna back him out and look at him, but they never did. I was praying he wouldn't break slow; but of course he did. You could see it coming. I agree he's live next out (hopefully on dirt). Plan to back him again unless something else really jumps out at me.
Yeah, I thought he was gonna be shorter price, too. Had the rest of p4, too. Fuck.