Y14 August Week 4

[Cruisey]

GRADE FOUR DIRT SPRINT
WIN Daydream    
place Mainspring

[Cruisey]

GRADE ONE DIRT
WIN Sweet Inferno
place Ramirez

DQ - Loud and Clear (6-9F)

[Cruisey]

GRADE ONE + G3 DIRT SPRINT
WIN Tears Of An Angel
PLACE Tears Of Blood
show Attractive Flight

My goodness it was the battle of the twins today. Attractive Flight kept with the two higher classed siblings but just wasn't enough to catch Tears Of An Angel. This filly wanted to win after losing to her sibling one too many times. She really wanted and needed this win today and she was determined to get it. 

[creativecause]

GRADE FIVE TURF - G5
Win: Devil's Blessing
Place: Indian Night
Show: Refute

[creativecause]

GRADE FOUR DIRT
Win: Lethal Dose
Place: Ivory Storms
Show: Radiant Silver

If Radiant Silver is going to win this race with me judging he's going to need a workout. 

[*Ripley*]

Grade Two & Three Turf Sprint
Win. Royal Assassin
Place. Mighty News

[*Ripley*]

Grade Three Dirt
Win. Maliah (neck)
Place. Restricted Access
Show. Akumabuelle

Akumabuelle did not have the consistency and back class of the younger fillies. Additional workouts would help this one make that needed step.

[*Ripley*]

Grade Three Turf
Win. Acantha
Place. Samhain
Show. Handsome Tabby
Fourth. Manhattan Royalty

Even though Manhattan Royalty has the ten furlong extension, I just couldn't picture this handsome colt getting ten furlongs against this competition. Dropped down to shorter distances, I see him as very tough with a bright future. Handsome Tabby strikes me as more of a miler. Samhain just missed to his stablemate and as always looked like the farther the better.

[*Ripley*]

Grade Five Dirt
Win. Speak Easy
Place. Calypso's Fury
Show. Impress The Moonlight
Fourth. Whispering Melody
Fifth. Vengeance

[Isabelle]

Ugh that is the SECOND time I entered in the wrong race . . . -.-

I blame it on the constant sinus pressure and ear fluid from this dang infection.

[*Ripley*]

Grade One Turf
Win. Abastor
Place. Blue Me Away

[Isabelle]

GRADE TWO TURF - G2 10F T
FIRST Dirty Diana
SECOND Immortal Flight
THIRD Princetta

[LK]

*Ripley* can you give me more feedback on handsome tabby? I'm confused. All but one of his winning races this year have been 9 and 10 furlongs. And I'll double check but 3 of the 6 were at 10 furlongs. And actually over all he's won only once at 8 furlongs. So I'm confused as how you see him as more of a miler.

[*Ripley*]

Hmm.. Unless you mark the distances next to his starts, I wouldn't know which races were 10F and which were not. Perhaps I only paid attention to the races where he was running shorter. So I'm sorry for the miscall, but I still see him as finding tougher competition in Acantha and Samhain. The turf division for three year olds is quite stellar this year and Handsome Tabby will make his break soon. He's just there, but grade two and grade one are the hardest grades to get into for good reason. Don't give up because I have appreciated this one from afar. I just think he needs more consistency, particularly in HOTY level races.

[Cavallo]

GRADE TWO DIRT - G2 10F D
WIN Amarillo Sky
PLACE Lusitania's Solider
SHOW Dysphoria

[Snowflake]

Aug 24, 2014 13:45:29 GMT -5 Cruisey said:

GRADE ONE DIRT
WIN Sweet Inferno
place Ramirez

DQ - Loud and Clear (6-9F)

You can't DQ a horse for not being able to go the distance