Free selection from DiscreetPicks.com
DiscreetCat
Moderator
Saratoga - Race 2
#5 Argyle Pink (8/1 ml)
2yo firster for Eddie Kenneally worked heads-up 5 consecutive times with Grizzly Peak, another 2yo firster who debuted for Kenneally on Wednesday. That one set blazing early fractions of 21.57 and 45.06 before being passed in midstretch by an impressive off-the-pace winner. Grizzly Peak held on quite well however, pulling away from the rest of the pack to finish well clear for second. Regarding those early fractions, compare them to those of the Adirondack Stakes (run later on the card). The stakes fillies went in 22.36 and 46.10, so Grizzly Peak went a full second faster to the half-mile mark than did Adirondack winner Mani Bhavan (who was on a clear lead thru that 46.10 half). Going a bit further, the Racing Form points out that Argyle Pink is a half-sister to the outstanding multiple stakes winner Smoke Glacken, whom most of you probably remember. Hard not to like here at the price.
Btw, i should probably mention that #1 Seminole Lass worked heads-up at Fair Hill with Cocktail Attire, who shipped into Saratoga off that drill to run extremely well in a maiden turf-sprint on Aug 3. That one showed very keen speed before being caught very late, so i'm guessing Seminole Lass will be the one battling Argyle Pink in the early going. Might be worth an exacta play, particularly considering Trombetta is 30% with firsters and 30% with Dominguez.
HRT record:
47 for 152 (31%)
$405.80 mutuels ($8.63 avg)
#5 Argyle Pink (8/1 ml)
2yo firster for Eddie Kenneally worked heads-up 5 consecutive times with Grizzly Peak, another 2yo firster who debuted for Kenneally on Wednesday. That one set blazing early fractions of 21.57 and 45.06 before being passed in midstretch by an impressive off-the-pace winner. Grizzly Peak held on quite well however, pulling away from the rest of the pack to finish well clear for second. Regarding those early fractions, compare them to those of the Adirondack Stakes (run later on the card). The stakes fillies went in 22.36 and 46.10, so Grizzly Peak went a full second faster to the half-mile mark than did Adirondack winner Mani Bhavan (who was on a clear lead thru that 46.10 half). Going a bit further, the Racing Form points out that Argyle Pink is a half-sister to the outstanding multiple stakes winner Smoke Glacken, whom most of you probably remember. Hard not to like here at the price.
Btw, i should probably mention that #1 Seminole Lass worked heads-up at Fair Hill with Cocktail Attire, who shipped into Saratoga off that drill to run extremely well in a maiden turf-sprint on Aug 3. That one showed very keen speed before being caught very late, so i'm guessing Seminole Lass will be the one battling Argyle Pink in the early going. Might be worth an exacta play, particularly considering Trombetta is 30% with firsters and 30% with Dominguez.
HRT record:
47 for 152 (31%)
$405.80 mutuels ($8.63 avg)
Comments