The value is in the winter...trust me!

It's been a while since I posted anything but that doesn't mean our team haven't been busy.  Did you hear about that 40-1 winner at Woodbine in the Pattison Canadian International?  That by the way was  a grade1 race and what is even more shocking is... that horse was ridden by Woodbine's leading jockey Eurica Rosa Da Silva. 

The pay outs have been erupting here and there and for the risk takers it's been paying off.  On November 29th at Woodbine in the last race the tote board blew up once again.
 This by the way paid a whopping $294.70 $104.60 $28 if you had $2 across the board.  I'm telling you, you just have to think big when it comes to winter racing.  It's the end of season and you just never know when someone will sneak a nugget into a race, plus horses are tired at this time of the meet.

We may still have a few more nuggets at woodbine but in the mean time let's focus elsewhere for a horse race minute.

We potentially could have some value at Gulfstream Park on November 2nd.

Payouts

Finish

	PGM#	Horse	MLO	Final	Win	Place	Show
1	7	Bullards Alley	20	40	$87.90	$29.50	$10.90
2	1	Oscar Nominated	8	8		$9.40	$5.80
3	2	Flamboyant (FR)	6	10			$8.40

 

 

Finish	PGM#	Horse	MLO	Final	Win	Place	Show
1	2	This Is the Way	30	99	$294.70	$102.60	$28.00
2	5	Miss Forester	8	4		$7.20	$4.20
3	12	Penny Stamp	3	8/5			$3.20

Finish PGM# Horse MLO Final Win Place Show 1 9 Bangor Ridge 20 25 $59.20 $27.80 $14.60 2 5 Be the Change 6 7 $8.90 $5.40 3 2 Incredible Dee 3 2 $3.20

For those who reached out to me on the side, I hope the pay offs were good for you.

Do we have a champ already?

Last year I blogged quite a bit about Mark Casse and his all-star barn.  The run for the roses is here again and this time Casse has a legit star in the race  in Classic Empire.

It's derby time again and the fans cant wait to see who comes out on top.

I think Classic Empire is quite the star  even though there was a minor set back with progression leading up to this point.  Casse is quite the trainer and if anyone can get Classic Empire ready it would be him.  I would have loved to personally see Patrick Husbands on one of Casse's american based horses but I don't think it's going to happen.

Glad I got that off my chest!

MIne That Bird won at 50-1

This year everyone seems to think that we could have an up-setter win this race, meaning we could see a long shot win.  I feel like we could have a long shot win but that long shot is already a star.  The public sometimes gets blinded with all the experts dismissing horses who quite frankly haven't done anything wrong.

Please have a good look at these stars in this year's Kentucky Derby.

Gunnevera gets no respect with his quick turn of foot.  I like this guy but I don't trust the jockey on him and his impatience in a race like this.  Always Dreaming is going to be the public's favorite obviously with Todd Pletcher being the trainer most people figure this one will do well.

Classic Empire and Thunder Snow are the two horses with a bulls-eye on their back.  A change of scenery will probably be the newest thing for Thunder Snow, he is call Thunder Snow but he loves the desert, winning all of his starts outside the USA.    

Really!!! If you are reading this it is because you need an angle which may sound different from the rest and the derby comes around only once a year with great odds.  I'll tell you which  horses should be very close to the finish line and perhaps win this race.  Gunnevera, Classic Empire, Irish War cry and Irap.

I will put my $2 on Irap and hopefully he is at 200-1 and wins.

April 1 is no Joke

Gunnevera at 8 days old 

The racing season is here and after tomorrow's Florida's Derby we will know a bit more about the horse which stands out the crowd to me.  Gunnevera is trying to be the class of the crowd after putting on some amazing shows in Florida and at Delta.    I remember after seeing him winning the Delta Jackpot I said to my buddy, there is your Kentucky Derby champ for 2017.  At that time it was a bit presumptuous and after watching him get beaten to Irish War Cry, I still was convinced that he could still do it.  Unless Mark Casses's  Classic Empire pops his head out again and claims his title being the two year old champ I will place my $2  on Gunnevera in May.

By the way he sits comfortably on the ML at 9-5
but in the Futures he has a pretty price of 6-1.

Is this champ worthy?

Where is the 2016 Queens Plate champ these days?  Since winning the 2016 Queens Plate at Woodbine, Sir Dudley Digges has lost his winning way.

It took him seven tries to break his maiden and with a really hot rider at Woodbine he won the Queens Plate.  Since winning Canada's most prestigious horse racing prize he has done nothing spectacular besides placing second in the breeder's stakes on August 21st.

Fans can only hope the champ is off trail and not completely lost.  It's looking like these winners aren't living up to their title as champs
and I wonder if the Queens plate has lost it's grit and hold as prestigious.