2/3/24

  8  GP   The Kittens Joy (GIII)

$150.000   3yo     1 1/16m Turf    121 + penalties

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SoFla and a nice group of sophomores set to go a mile and a sixteenth in The Kittens Joy (GIII), over the lush green lawn here at GP.  My top pick in this one is a bit of a head-scratcher, but… Trouble Brewing closed well to be third in the BC Juv Turf (GI), but threw a couple of bad races at the Alw level since then.  One was on the main track, so we can look the other way on that, and that sixth place finish on the SA lawn was a closing effort… so I’ll look for him to bounce back, use his normal closing kick to had advantage with the extra sixteenth, and get home first today.  Right next door to that one in the starting gate, Were Wolf looks like a horse that is running very well right now, free off of that Dania Beach win, over this turf (the imaginary innerTurf)… it was wet that afternoon, but he shows two firm grass wins, and looks like a tough cookie.  Let’s just move over one more gate and put Perfect Sunday in the picture… the cold was second in that Dania Beach race, and was third in the Summer (GI) at WO.  The barn is always tough, and I think we have a solid tri to go after here.  

Here’s The Field –

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1		Brilliantly		Arindel		Rodriguez Jam		121		12/1
2		Best Of West		Williams9		Dominguez J		121		10/1
3		Haggis The Horrible		Team 7 Illusions		Zayas E J		121		8/1
4		Convincing		Diablo Diablo		Husbands P		121		6/1
5		Diamond Haggis		Fractious		Lopez P		121		4/1
6		Off Gold		Asgar		Franco M		121		8/1
7		Trouble Brewing		Maxmillion Farm		Saez L		121		4/1
8		Were Wolf		Riggins Racing		Bocachica A		121		3/1
9		Perfect Sunday		Mb Stables		Velazquez J R		121		7/2
10		Stage Door Johnny		D J C Racing Stables		Ferrer J C		121		7/1
11		Grand Zion		La Canada Racehorses		Juarez A J Jr		121		9/2
12		Damiano		TwinTowersRacing		Hernandez R M		121		10/1
13		Well Done		Team 7 Illusions		No Rider		121		AE

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COZMAN    7 / 8 / 9             Willie’s Green Card      2 / 7 / 9    

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