3 year olds run 1-2.  A very dull effort by Strapping Groom, who finished out of the money.

Clearly Now
Forty Tales

Quote from: Goldi on October 26, 2013, 02:22:58 PM
STANWYCK, half to Giacomo and Tiago, won the Turnback the Alarm at BEL this afternoon.

I had a feeling she was regally bred, but couldn't remember who her siblings were.  I want a piece of her dam. 3 graded stakes winners so far.

She has a 2 year old filly by Medaglia D'Oro called "Rutile," which is an interesting name. Wonder if Anne Moss likes rutile quartz, which is a type of gemstone that has rutile (titanium dioxide) needles running through it.

Quote from: Lakeway on October 26, 2013, 02:19:50 PM
Unfortunately, as I was rooting for Lady Cohiba, she faded. Centring finished 2nd...

I misheard Tom Durkin, I thought he said Lady C was comng on the outside. Phew, I need more coffee.

How cool is that? Shirreffs, the Mosses and Alex Solis take the race with Stanwyck.  She was the longest shot on the board.

1. Stanwyck
2. Lady Cohiba
3. Fantasy of Flight

Looks like the stretch out wasn't so great for F of F. Oh well.

Let's start this thread off with .....

Bill of Rights, a full to Colonel John and Mr Hot Stuff, finished 2nd in the 2nd at Keeneland today.

The Ramseys, who claimed him before, won the race with another horse, and claimed back Bill of Rights, who prior to this race had won, I believe, 2 in a row on the turf.

Islandgirl, try using the "attachment" button at the bottom of a new post.  I believe that's how it was done at TBC. The "img" button with code is primarily for placing URLs to images located elsewhere online.

Anyone got the PPs to post in a new thread? I'd like to pick Chips All In as my longshot pick but I doubt with his experience running down the hill that he'll go off at much higher than 5-1.

No Jet Lag looked phenomenal working this morning.  This is a horse with some definite upside.

Chips All In looked good too - my longshot pick for the BC Turf Sprint.

My name has an unusual spelling, but there are a few horses with my name in them. 

If someone names a horse "Dreaming of Christina" I will bang my head against a wall. Aren't there enough "Dreaming of ..." horses yet? One just won the first @ Calder - Dreaming of Bella! Ack!

The coolest instance for me of "horses named after people I know" came when, in a stakes race @ Gulfstream, My Pal Chrisy and Appealing Stella made up the exacta. My mom's name was Stella (and the race was run just after she passed away 2 months ago). I was rooting for the horse with my mom's name to take that race, but she faded in the stretch.

As for my buddy Dave in TJ Mex, he's got a slew of horses with his name, the funniest of which is Poker Dave (chuckle!).

Poor Forty Tales, he's the Rodney Dangerfield of racing. He and Joel get along; he's the obvious choice here.

Bold Ruler H. (Grade III)
Purse $200,000. A Handicap For Three-Year-Olds And Upward. No nomination fee. $2,000 to pass the entry box. A supplemental nomination fee of $4,000 in addition to the entry fee can be made at any time prior to the publications of weights. All starters including supplemental nominees will receive a $1,000 rebate. The purse to be divided 60% to the winner, 20% to second, 10% to third, 5% to fourth, 3% to fifth and 2% divided equally among the remaining finishers. A trophy will be presented to the winning owner. Closed Saturday, October 12, 2013 with 27 Nominations. Seven Furlongs.
P#    PP    Horse    Virtual
Stable    A/S    Med    Jockey    Wgt    Trainer    M/L
1    1    Forty Tales (KY)               3/C    L    J Rosario    119    T A Pletcher    3/1
2    2    Big Screen (KY)               4/C    L    I Ortiz, Jr.    117    T Albertrani    4/1
3    3    Saturday's Charm (KY)       4/C    L    J R Velazquez    116    S M Asmussen    10/1
4    4    Politicallycorrect (KY)       4/G    L    J Castellano    116    W A Ward    5/1
5    5    Clearly Now (KY)               3/C    L    J Lezcano    117    B A Lynch    6/1
6    6    Strapping Groom (KY)       6/H    L    J Alvarado    122    D Jacobson    9/5

Race 9 - 5:06 PM     Exacta, Trifecta (.50), Super (.10), Double Wagers
STAKES
   
Turnback the Alarm H. (Grade III)
Purse $200,000. A Handicap For Fillies And Mares Three Years Old And Upward. No nomination fee. $2,000 to pass the entry box. A supplemental nomination fee of $4,000 in addition to the entry fee can be made at any time prior to the publication of weights. All starters including supplemental nominees will receive a $1,000 rebate. The purse to be divided 60% to the winner, 20% to second, 10% to third, 5% to fourth, 3% to fifth and 2% divided equally among the remaining finishers. A trophy will be presented to the winningowner. Closed Saturday, October 12, 2013 with 27 Nominations. One And One Sixteenth Miles.
P#    PP    Horse    Virtual
Stable    A/S    Med    Jockey    Wgt    Trainer    M/L
1    1    Fantasy of Flight (KY)       5/M    L    J R Velazquez    116    T A Pletcher    9/2
2    2    Street Secret (KY)               5/M    L    J Castellano    116    C C Brown    3/1
3    3    Lady Cohiba (KY)               4/F    L    J Alvarado    116    C Clement    6/1
4    4    Stanwyck (KY)                       4/F    L    A O Solis    114    J A Shirreffs    20/1
5    5    Moon Philly (PA)               4/F    L    C H Velasquez    115    M J Trombetta    10/1
6    6    Centring (KY)                       5/M    L    J Rosario    117    T Albertrani    2/1
7    7    Royal Lahaina (KY)               5/M    L    J L Ortiz    116    T A Pletcher    6/1
8    8    Roman Invader (KY)       6/M    L    D Cohen    116    D Jacobson    12/1

As much as I like the stretch out for Fantasy of Flight here, it's hard to go against Centring, the 3rd place finisher in the Beldame.

Quote from: Kennedy on October 26, 2013, 09:49:02 AM
Moreno would be a great pick in the Dirt Mile. Unfortunately he was only entered in the Classic.

You'll get a good price in the classic but you have to be quite a bit more brave.

I had no idea, Kennedy.  **red faced**  The mile would have been a better spot for him. I don't think Verrazano is unbeatable, or any horse in that race for that matter.

After a VERY long layoff, Tizracer runs in the 7th at Gulfstream today. He had briefly been on the TC trail last year before being injured and put on the shelf. He returns favored off a year layoff (after being injured in last year's Dixiana).

Fantasy of Flight, an underachieving 5 year old mare, will be running in the Turnback the Alarm (G3) @ Belmont today. This will be her first start for Pletcher.  I liked his comment this morning on HRTV, "She's a big scopey filly, a route of ground should suit her."  She had been running mostly in sprints up until now.

Pointsoffthebench, dual graded stakes winner and contender for BC Sprint, died on the track this morning.. .RIP. He was my favorite for the race.