FINAL SAUHBR SELECTIONS!

FOREGO:
1)LUCKY ISLAND
2)FOREFATHERS
3)TASTEYVILLE
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WOODWARD:
1)CURLIN
2)OUT OF CONTROL
3)DIVINE PARK
alt: Loose Leaf
ONTARIO COLLEEN S:
1)LICKETY LEMON
2)FAREENA
3)FORESTRY’S MAGIC
alt:Sugar Bay
DEL MAR DERBY:
1)KILDERRY
2)GIO PONTI
3)SKY CAPE
alt:TizWest
LINCOLN HANDICAP:
1)PEPPER’S PRIDE
2)SILVER EXPRESSION
3)MISS POSSIBILITY
alt:Letthemusicbegin
PENNSYLVANIA DERBY
1)SMOOTH AIR
2)ATONED
3)READY SET
alt:Numaany

GO TO HELL OLE MISS!!!

And now for something completely different… MY UNIVERSITY of MEMPHIS TIGERS football team will travel deep into enemy territory tomorrow for the first game of the season, against Houston Nutt’s Ole Miss Rebels.  This is a heated rivalry: they call us “Tiger High”, we tell them to GO TO HELL.  They bring out their cowbells [...]

SAUHBR Week 6: FINAL FURLONG!

Tomorrow will be the beginning of the end for SAUHBR Round 1.  BT’s Pick Power selections represent the best of the final Summer Stakes from around the country.  It being a holiday weekend, BT has chosen a Monday race to keep the party going just a little bit longer.  After this weekend, most of my faves will [...]

INDIAN BLESSING should go to the BC SPRINT

Benny The Bull retired today (damn).  Midnight Lute effed up his foot in the Pat O (damn).  Elite Squadron retired (damn). 
So what to make the Sprint more exciting this year?  How about if they run the best sprinter in the country in it? 
INDIAN BLESSING owns the SA track record for 7 furlongs.  She has won [...]

SAUHBR WEEK 5 — RIDING HIGH!! Infield 126, BT 112!!

Though I only had one 4pt winner this past weekend, I managed to hit the TRI in the Pac Classic!!  GO BETWEEN-Well Armed-Mast Track!!  I love that son of Point Given <3  I also had hits in the Pat O’s (Rebellion/Barbeque Eddie). 
Before this contest, my favorite play was the Exacta.  Over the past 5 weeks, I have [...]

Del Mar Live Blogging

Home from work in time for the races.  Seemed like forever to get to the stakes.
Del Mar Mile:
Whatsthescript is the fave as they go to post…
Daytona looks awesome…
Bold Chieftan is nice looking…
Stoneside pretty…Monzante calm & collected…
4 mins to post…Win & Yer In race…I think Daytone has got this…
The polytrack looks like the stuff people use [...]

Travers Good Times

This year’s Travers turned out to be one for the ages, with Col. John and Mambo In Seattle practically dead-heating it (if not for today’s advanced digital photo tech, I am sure it would have been deemed DH officially).  It also tells me that despite Big Brown’s perceived weaknesses, he really is an outstanding individual.  [...]

TRAVERS WEEKEND SAUHBR PICK POWER

The Travers.  The 4th Classic.  The Midsummer Derby (actually the end of summer, but anyway).  Whatever you call it, it’s this week’s feature race for SAUHBR!
Before I get to the Travers Memories, here are my picks!
TRAVERS Gr1:
1)HARLEM ROCKER
2)PYRO
3)AMPED
alt:Court Vision
 
KING’S BISHOP Gr1:
1) J BE K
2) KODIAK KOWBOY
3)I’M SO LUCKY
alt:Lantana Mob
BERNARD BARUCH Gr1:
1)THORN SONG
2)SHAKIS
3)DISTORTED REALITY
alt:Proudinsky
SUNDAY on the [...]

GENUINE RISK — Derby’s Grand Dame Dies at 31

1980 Kentucky Derby winner Genuine Risk died at her home in Virginia today.  She was 31, and the oldest living Derby winner.  The daughter of Exclusive Native competed in all 3 Triple Crown races that year, finishing 2nd in both the Preakness and Belmont.
She produced only 2 foals, neither of whom raced, but she has [...]

Handicapping Dominatrix SAUHBR Week4 Results!!!

Just give me the tall boots and the whip, ‘cuz I’m kickin’ BT’s butt in SAUHBR! 
BT just posted the accurate scores from last week (I’m sure glad he’s honest, because I cannot do math and he could so take advantage of me) and I’m running on a comfortable lead that just got better this weekend!!
In [...]