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Sunday, March 11, 2007
Saturday's Fair Grounds Oaks did quite a bit towards clearing up the Kentucky Oaks picture.
Let's forget about the winner for a minute, and focus on the also-rans. Appealing Zophie is not a router. If she doesn't get her own way up front, she is not a threat at this level, at this distance. I have thought this all along.
Total is also better suited to one turn, that is if her connections want her to be competitive against top class fillies. I like Total, but she showed absolutely nothing today.
Get Ready Bertie, in my opinion, has a class issue, not a distance issue.
Octave is a legitimate threat to win the Kentucky Oaks. Her effort was terrific for her first race since the Breeders' Cup. Not much else to say.
The winner, Mistical Plan, looked great in the final 1/4 mile. She really gave them the slip at the top of the lane, and was never in danger.
Great race from Octave. Great race from Mistical Plan. No one else showed anything.
Justin Dew has been handicapping horses and following the Kentucky Derby trail for 15 years. His Derby Day triumphs include a current streak of three consecutive Derby exactas, including the Giacomo-Closing Argument combination that returned over $9,800 in 2005. His top selection for the 2006 Derby, Bluegrass Cat, ran 2nd but keyed an exacta with Barbaro that returned over $500.
Dan Shapiro, 27, has worked in the racing industry since 1999 when he completed internships at Churchill Downs and Suffolk Downs while pursuing a journalism degree at Boston University.
David Gutfreund has been working and living in England for the last year working on a TV network called Racing World, which brings American horse racing into the living rooms of U.K. punters showing the best of sport in the U.S.
John Asher, vice-president of Communications at Churchill Downs, has worked in the Thoroughbred racing industry as a journalist and a publicist for more than 20 years.
Justin Dew has been handicapping horses and following the Kentucky Derby trail for 15 years. His Derby Day triumphs include a current streak of three consecutive Derby exactas, including the Giacomo-Closing Argument combination that returned over $9,800 in 2005. His top selection for the 2006 Derby, Bluegrass Cat, ran 2nd but keyed an exacta with Barbaro that returned over $500.
Toby Callet has been a professional handicapper for more than 30 years. His web site, tobycallet.com, features key plays at tracks in Florida, Kentucky, California and Louisiana.
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Currently Director of Media for Del Mar Thoroughbred Club at Del Mar racetrack in California. Has worked at Del Mar in media since 1981. Been in racing industry since 1971, primarily as a writer, editor and publicist.
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