Two more I like:
Big Invasion at a big price in the Turf Sprint.
Clairiere to come from out of the clouds in the Distaff at good odds.
I hit 4 of the 5 exactas, and they just kept getting smaller. Had Cerin on top at 24/1 and the exacta only paid 100.00.
Had another at 22/1 run second and got 58.00. Nothing, besides Cerin horse paid crap yesterday. lol
Good luck with In Italian today, she's ran 4 straight Grade 1's with a performance rating of 1,1,1,1 so steady as can be. My only question is getting the distance because she's gonna be on the front end and should be able to run her race.
I look at Warm Heart under O'Brien on the distance cutback, and Lindy with Brendan Walsh (IMO a great trainer) and had a big improvement first time under Walsh after arriving in the USA.
(She ran very well, Lindy didn't run well) Hit a small exacta).
At any rate, I hope they all chase Italiano for 1 1/4mile and 1 step. So go them 'em Pelini!!
Cody's Wish in the Dirt Mile is very tough, I do like Stage Raider (15/1), Zozos (6/1), and Practical Move (3/1) and will put Cody in the 1 and 2 hole in the tri. (At least i think i will if Stage Raider has 15/1 plus odds).
(Cody's Wish won and the others did not)
I think in the Mile i'm gonna give Gina Romantica (12/1) a shot along with 6-10-14. Gina has 7 straight improved races but she is light on number power so will have the odds dictate this one.
(She ran decent and caved the last 1/16th. Had another dinky exacta)
In your Distaff, your horse out of the 9PP needs to grab the rail early, she has not fared well when she loses ground (duh) and it looks like the Cox horse Idiomatic is really rounding into form and Brown's horse Randomized at 6/1 looks tough. I'm hoping your horse gets the kind of winning trip she will need.
(Idiomatic won and and Randomized ran 2nd. Again, another small exacta).
I normally don't make so many predictions on such tough races, but wanted to recognize your efforts in this thread and hope you have a big day Pelini. Good luck buddy.
You know how the game is, one race or one day you look like a genius, the next race or day you can look like an idiot. Especially with the best horses in the world running against each other.
**Edited**
In the Classic, IF and its a big IF, Abarrio doesn't bounce off his last effort he is gonna be awful tough. Ever since Dutrow got him before his last start, he runs like a new horse, however, the number says is a likely bounce candidate.
The horse a couple of you like from Japan looks salty. So i think, contingent on the odds i'll play Abarrio on top of the Japanese horse along with Derma at 20/1 and Cox's horse Saudi at 12/1. Then mix up the tri with Japan on top of the 3 others. At any rate, its actually a lot better race to watch than bet on, but since we're playing with money, may as well take our shots.
(This race i hit pretty good cause Abarrio won and Derma ran 2nd at about 25/1. Had the tri and just missed the super). Derma Sotogake ran today like i thought he would run in the Kentucky Derby, but got buried out of the gate.)
Good luck to all that make plays today. I don't rely on good luck, I just hope to avoid bad luck.
(All in all for the day, all the exactas paid crap, the only decent one i hit twice was 89.00 each. Made a fair amount in the Classic and in the 5f turf, where Pelini's horse Big Invasion ran huge and ran 2nd. I had the exacta a 12/1 to a 12/1 and it paid a lousy 100.00+.) (This was the worst paying 2 days for exacta and supers that i can remember. Made
$ 900.00 for the 2 days which is nothing to shout about, but beats the alternative).