Parx Sat Weekly Play

Weekly Play

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Race 1 Maiden Claiming

 Wahoo legal - Blinkers on, drops from MSW, Lasix first, 107 lb, others are at 118/114 etc.

 Crowned Warrior - ran well last time and ships in from Delaware..


win on the  and 1-2 ex box ..

- See more at: http://stockgage.blogspot.com/#sthash.2LNIarUU.dpuf

Probably Field for the 2013 Preakness Stakes & DRF odds

The Daily Racing Form has come out with the probable field for the Preakness, with Orb (the Derby winner), Normandy Invasion (4th), Mylute (5th), Goldencents, Itsmyluckyday, Oxbow, Vyjack and Will Take Charge being the colts returning from the Kentucky Derby.

Read more at: http://www.drf.com/news/2013-preakness-field-odds

Orb is set at 7-5 and rightly so. The newcomers are Departing, Governor Charlie, Titletown Five and Street Spice. An interesting side story here is that Departing and Orb were growing up in their early months on the same farm and can be referred to us "childhood buddies" (see Haskin's story here).

Coming back to the race itself, we have not looked at the different scenarios or past performances, but Titletown Five (from the Lukas barn) and Will Take Charge (who had to steady in the stretch) could definitely prove to be dangerous.

Who do you think will win the Preakness? Will Orb go on to win and be line for a Triple Crown..or will be get upset early and shift the elusive triple crown discussion to the next year?

Horse Racing in Kenya - Random Article

I definitely stumbled upon this article..

The only track, outside Nairobi, for ~3300 miles

http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/05/01/outside-nairobi-the-only-track-for-3300-miles/

Post position Draw for Derby Field at 5pm today

The post position draw for the Kentucky Derby (presented by Yum brands) will be held at 5pm today (Wed).

The post position draw will be shown on NBC Live extra (link -for subscribers)

Paulick report will be live blogging this event as well as a few others..SB nation
A field of 21 horses are expected to line up for the Derby field, with Giant Finish and Fear the Kitten (also eligible) being the last two to join the fray recently.
Source: http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/77945/21-horses-to-be-entered-in-kentucky-derby

May 4th Trivia

Just thought I would add that May 4th - which is Kentucky Derby day this year..

is also the day when:

1991 BC juvenile champion and a horse that gave one of the greatest moves in televised history of horse racing - ARAZI - was born in 1989 in Kentucky.

2013 Pittsburgh marathon and half marathon is being run

2013 River Towns marathon and half marathon is being run - <<- I am running the half and my 4 furlong workouts have been nowhere near 50 secs. They have been more like 300 secs. Of course, I realize am not a horse!

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D Wayne Lucas Horse

Just thought I would throw in a workout that caught my eye. This is from almost a week back, but the D Wayne Lucas traineer Will Take Charge worked out at Churchill Downs. I am still a newbie to figuring out horses, but this seemed to relish the run on the dry track.

Workout by "Will Take Charge"

You have to remember, this horse (Will Take Charge) was in a long drive and went past several horses and collared Oxbow (also a Lucas trainee) close to the wire, in the Rebel Stakes. (Click to see Race Video)

On Oxbow, I feel like this horse gets played up by the experts, but if you look at this performances, he has gotten to the lead and then relinquished it, in multiple races.

His lead shrunk from 3.5 lengths to just 1 1/2 in the LeComte (which he won).
He got up to the lead entering the stretch in the Risen Star Stakes, but 3 other horses managed to beat him to the wire.
He led in the Risen Star before losing to Will Take Charge.

Oxbow's connections even switched Jon Court off of him and put hall of fame jockey Mike Smith on him for the Rebel Stakes, but it did not help him win. Jon Court instead got some revenge? by winning the Rebel. I don't think Oxbow has what it takes to come out in the stretch and finish in the top 3 of the Derby, unless there is a super fast pace early on.

Here's his workout

Oxbow workout

Feel free to share your comments on what you think.

Animal Kingdom at Ascot: Johnny V back on board

Team Valor Intl has put John Velazquez (Johnny V) back on board Animal Kingdom to ride in the Royal Ascot in June.

Joel Rosario rode Animal Kingdom to victory in the Dubai World Cup recently.

But, considering the course switch (uphill and straight) from the synthetic track with turns, Team Valor announced that they will go with the more experienced Johnny V who has ridden at Ascot about 3 times previous.

Best of Luck Animal Kingdom!

Source: http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/77802/velazquez-to-ride-animal-kingdom-at-ascot?source=rss