An explosion is about to Happen

Seeing the best horse win felt good this time.

Not too often I say stuff like that but it felt good watching the son of Giant Gizmo take the Prince of wales title.  Well done.





Let's see what this weekend brings to the table for you handicappers out there.


July 30th

Woodbine Thoroughbreds

race 1-Cavalletta
race 2- French Romance
race 3-Wild and Confident
race 4- March to My Tune
race 5- Mysterion
race 6-Lady Baccara
race 7-Reserve Love
race 8-Lexie Lou
race 9-Phil's Cocktail



July 31st

Woodbine Thoroughbreds


race 2-Allied Instigator

race 4- Dixie Whistler
race 5-Sli's Halo

race 7- Another Bid
race 8- She's Explosive
race 9- Remebel

You can try catch her

We spoke about this amazing filly earlier in the season and she is really quite amazing.  If you didn't see her last race you missed a beauty of a race.  Catch A Glimpse, the three year old filly from the Mark Casse barn put on quite a show for all the New York fans watching.  She broke and Florent Geroux took her straight to the front never to see another tail again.

Connections as of last Start:

Jockey: Florent Geroux
Trainer: Mark E. Casse
Owner: Barber, Gary, Ambler, Michael James and Windways Farm
Breeder: Branch Equine, LLC

BUYER / CONSIGNOR (MOST RECENT):

Sold to Windways Farm
Consigned by Warrendale Sales

Career Honors:

Sovereign Award 2015 Horse of the Year
Sovereign Award 2015 Champion Grass Mare
Sovereign Award 2015 Champion 2 Year Old Filly

Best Racing Class Achieved:

Multiple Graded Stakes Winner

Breeders' Cup Participation:

1st Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf - 2015

Top 100 Rankings (Since 2000):

Ranked 49^th by Earnings - 2015



 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYIbwtOFb58


 https://youtu.be/-FHURgwwtL0

Headley's  Picks

 July 23rd


Woodbine Thoroughbreds
race 6 -  Weekend Rose
race 8 - Calgary Cat
race 9 - Danger bay

Saratoga Race Course
race 7 -  Slim Shadey (GB)***
race 10 - Strike charmer

July 24th


Woodbine Thoroughbreds

race 1 -  Cheburashka
race 2 -  Grand Mixture
race 3 -  Rocket Plan
race 4 -  Miss Bao to U
race 5 - Fleetway
race 6 - Teresa's Pride
race 9 -  Kentuckiana


Saratoga Race Course
race 7 -  Trend
race 9 - Now Power
race 10 - Songbird
 

Catch a Glimpse - 2016 Belmont Oaks Invitational

Sir Dudley Digges

So we have a champ so far in the 2016 triple crown run in Canada.  He goes by the name of Sir Dudley Digges and he is own by the admirable and charismatic American sir Kenneth Ramsey.  Going off at 15-1, I am sure that he was a surprise to most spectators who were watching this race.  Owners and trainers will always tell you different that they always knew the horse had talent and it was only a matter of time or distance.  Well hail to the champ and well done, I don't see another win at the Fort but if he crosses that line first I am sure those fantastic folks just north of the border will be very happy they showed up.  What an amazing year Julien Leparoux is having so far, it's funny how he flew under the radar here at Woodbine and brought the winner in at a wonder price.

Dimension took July2nd, 8th race in style

Headley's Picks

 

Woodbine Thoroughbreds

July 9th

race 2- Splashy Gizmo

race 3 - Conquest Streetkid

race 4 - Keep It Simple

race 6 - No Risk No reward

race 7 - French Romance

race 8 -Motown Lady

race 10 -  Lady St Clements

Can't be Coward and Lucky

If you think you have the winner of the 2016 Queensplate, I will advise you to look no further.  No need to keep checking the past performances of the other horses.  Stick with your horse and if you have doubts then play another ticket.  How many times have you doubted yourself and of course you jinx yourself in the process just to see your original horse win.  Sounds familiar to you?  Many times I have spoken to horse players and its the same story over and over, telling me how they picked the winner but changed at the last minute.  Of course, it never sounds true obviously to me but the look on the losers faces can always let me know that they wished they had that one back, to do it all over again.  You can afford to lose but to lose when knowing you had the winner saddled and ready to cash in can really hurt.  I have had my share of misfortunes along the way but no sense complaining, I just jump right back on that saddle and giddy yup!  

Do you fall in love with horses, jockeys, trainers or owners?  What determines a winner for you.  A good jockey can give you a winner but I always look at the horse and its running style before choosing my selection.  Your favorite jockey will probably not be my favorite jockey and an argument can break out at the track trying to determine who is a better jockey.  Some folks stick to numbers and others just go to the wicket and ask for a quick pick.  No sweat, right!

Patrick Husbands (triple crown winner at Woodbine)

Well the great Patrick Husbands is back on "Gamble's Ghost" a filly this year and Josie Carroll who is the only Female trainer in the race trains this one.  She also trains Amis Gizmo who by the way happens to be one of the favorites in this race this year. Luis Contreras who is second in the jockey leaders statistics at Woodbine gets the mount for this one. 

Another interesting horse in this race is Narrow Escape who attracts the mount of Sheena Ryan.  This colt won an allowance race last time in a short field but wired them all the way with a low speed figure.  I like this colt even with the low speed figure and the mount of Sheena Ryan who sometimes gives you a good ride and sometimes could be lost in the shuffle.

Leavem In Malibu is a big beautiful colt by Malibu Moon,ridden by Gary Boulanger and trained by Mark Casse.  I am really excited to watch this one go on Sunday but can Gary get him to wake up early and blow away this field?  Only time will tell but he is a very interesting horse and cannot be left out.

All on Red is a Hard Spun colt who was a very good horse in his time and ridden by the leading rider at Woodbine, Eurica Rosa Da Silva and train by Sid Attard.  This is a nice horse who look like he was just testing the waters last time out only to lose by a head.  Da Silva isn't the leading rider at Woodbine for nothing and shouldn't be overlooked, he loves winning.  Good luck to everybody!

I cant help but to tell you about the jockey Simon Husbands who is a very good story.  One day I have to chat with him to hear directly from the horse's mouth, his story. So Simon gets the mount of Rocket Plan in this race.  Simon Husbands is a jockey who for whatever reason had to leave Woodbine for a few years, he rode across the border in the USA only to return last year and did a helluva of a job with the mounts he got.  This year he is doing a pretty good job again and I will be cheering him along.


Headley's Picks

Woodbine Thoroughbreds

July 2nd

race 6 - Sugar Jones
race 7 - Papa Zulu
race 8 - Hammerstein
race 9 - Where's the Widget***


July 3rd

race 4 - Lady Shipman
race 6 - Bear'sway
race 7 - Guitar George
race 8 - Danish Dynaformer
race 9 - Industrial policy
race 10 - Leavem In Malibu