In the early fifties MLB was signing Bonus Babies like Dick Wakefield and Paul Petitt

For $100,000 signing , by the end of the Fifties they were signing 10 players for $10,000

each, thought the odds were better for one to make it to the biggies.

A breeder could breed to 50 1st crop sires to close to the price of one

top sire. Deep pockets savvy people just might be doing that today.

1/22/23 

Santa Anita Race 6 Today 8.5f Dirt MSW

Bafferts Harlocap Won and Mandellas yellow Brick was 2nd.

BTW Bafferts 3 yr olds have to be dispersed to other trainers before 2/28/23

to be eligible for the Derby.

Nothing to write home about, but Funtastic Again couldn’t have looked more impressive. He never got out of second gear! It is Turfway, so I don’t know if he will be as good on dirt. He’s tried it before, but he didn’t look like this!

Remember MTR passed last year!

Southwest Points race 20-8-6-4-2
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E1 E2/LATE SPEED PARS: 91 97/ 89      97 ,      94 99/ 104    104  (7f) Arabian Night)

Speed Last: 

104 - 7f Arabian Knight, 99-6f Corona Bolt, 96-8.5fJace's Road,  95-6f  Frosted Departure,

 89-8f Hit Show,  88- 8f Sun Thunder, 82- 8.5 f Red Route One ,81-8f, Western Ghent 81-7f  El Toma
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Back Speed :

96Jace's Road 89 Hit Show 88 Sun Thunder 88 Red Route One 81 Western Ghent 69 Frosted Departure NA Corona Bolt NA Arabian Knight NA El Tomat

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Early Pace:107-6f Frosted Departure,  100-6f Corona Bolt , 99 - 7fArabian Knight,  94-8.5 Jace's Road,
 83-8f Sun Thunder 83-8f Western Ghent, 83-8f Hit Show 83-7f El Tomate 64-8f Red Route One
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Late Pace :

104  7fArabian Knight, 104 8f Red Route One,96 8f Hit Show, 95 6f Corona Bolt, 87 8f Sun Thunder

 87 7f El Tomate, 86 8,5f Jace's Road 83 6f Frosted Departure 80 8f Western Ghent
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10th Race Oaklawn Park - Saturday, January 28th, 2023

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raced on Lasix :Sun Thunder, Corona Bolt, Frosted Departure, Hit Show, El Tomate
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3 speed Balls Coming Off sprints and one Arabian Knight has a Fast Late Pace Number
Frosted Departure, Corona Bolt will try to go with or stay behind and try to rate or

Arabian Knight Could Rate behind them and he is outside those 2.
Cox has 3 in here He could have Corona Bolt Duel with the Lead and Set it up for

Hit Show and Jaces Road. 
I think the first 4 Pedigree numbers are Arabian Knight, Hit Show, Corona Bolt, Jaces Road

Cox Trains the last 3 , and Baffert the other one. Arabian Knight and Jaces Road are Lasix Free of the 4.

I think the winner will be from these 4 on a fast track. 

See if the Lasix helps anybody.

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Best speed at the Distance:

3 Jace's Road 96 7 Red Route One 88 8 Hit Show 84

Prime Power:6 Arabian Knight 145.2 2 Corona Bolt 137.6 3 Jace's Road 133.5
Class Reading : 

6 Arabian Knight 119.2 2 Corona Bolt 117.0 7 Red Route One 116.5

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I'm all in for swinging away for ya in skid row. I guess I dont understand Baffert either believes he will be able to run in derby or feels can transfer and get enough points for AK by derby time. I suspect the first.

100 Days to Ky Dby.

Churchill Dws will flood the court with stalling counter claim objections while Roberto Baffman team claims time is of the essence.

The over/under is whether the court will allow timeliness as a consideration. Time is of the essence...in racing and in this court battle.

Over: Court does not adjudicate in timely fashion. Mute as Derby day runs. 

Under: Decision made for one party's contention. Causing enforcement. Don't think court wants to override and create precedent.

 Over  (d)

smartyslew said...

BTW Bafferts 3 yr olds have to be dispersed to other trainers before 2/28/23 

Freudian slip, i read "dispersed" as "disappeared"    LOL  

Anyway, this paper trainer trick should be an embarassment to US Racing but it's not, which actually puts a lot of things in perspective.  About US Racing.  


It reminds me of a neighbor I once had, real trash who beat up on his girlfriend, she called police that night, then got a restraining order on him and made the landlord pay to change the locks (she was a manipulator, too, as it turns out)  . At his hearing he was found guilty, and the judge made a STATE ORDERED declaration that he was not allowed on the premises anymore....state ordered means even if she invited him over he can't be there.   

So she of course, takes him back.  And he walked around like he was clever,  and they were both proud that they had "gotten over" on everybody.  The neighbors didn't call because he was a gun nut and very large, so they thought they might be hurt if they reported this. 

Basically, "power" w/in a group, whether that power is perceived or real, allows these things to happen.  It allows some to be where they have no right to be.   Here is the "but why?" : 

The guy continued to physically abuse his girlfriend, of course.   She acquiesed, and so did everyone in the immediate environment out of fear.  Maintaining STATUS QUO and agreeing to what is not ethically correct.   Seems to be a common model when inside a dysfunctional and corrupt bubble.