Headed north to Louisville
In a few hours I'm going to hit the road to take in racing at Churchill Downs. Night racing on Friday is enticing not so much because of all the festivities at the track but that it allows me to take in two race cards despite being able to spend only a little more than a day in Louisville.
Three good reasons to be at the track on Saturday -
Truxton Stables' Big Striker makes his career debut in the second race going 6 1/2 furlongs against $10,000 maiden claimers. Former meth addict Greta Kuntzweiler is in the irons.
Aunt Dot Dot's half sister Global Gala (by Distorted Humor) runs in the 8th race, an N1X allowance race over a mile.
Sting James, a Giacomo 2yo, runs in the 7th race, a 6f Md Sp Wt. Giacomo has two stakes horses, but very few other runners. He has fallen to 3rd on the first crop sire list. Sting James will be a longshot but is worht a flyer.
Three good reasons to be at the track on Saturday -
Truxton Stables' Big Striker makes his career debut in the second race going 6 1/2 furlongs against $10,000 maiden claimers. Former meth addict Greta Kuntzweiler is in the irons.
Aunt Dot Dot's half sister Global Gala (by Distorted Humor) runs in the 8th race, an N1X allowance race over a mile.
Sting James, a Giacomo 2yo, runs in the 7th race, a 6f Md Sp Wt. Giacomo has two stakes horses, but very few other runners. He has fallen to 3rd on the first crop sire list. Sting James will be a longshot but is worht a flyer.
So you'll miss Mine that Bird running on Sun.?
Looking forward to an update -- go Big Striker!
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I got back in time to bet against Mine That Bird -- I think he'll he'll have a good season but he made no sense on the turf.
Big Striker ran well enough to make the trip worthwhile. All I was hoping for was a sign of life and he gave a good effort for half a mile. The race was used as a prep for his next start at Penn National. In the conditions book there is a PA-bred Md 10000 on July 31st that looks like a fit.
I did end up in the winner's circle. A buddy of mine is part owner of Circleboundbay, 22-1 winner of the nightcap.
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