7/11/24

  7   SAR   The Schuylerville       

$175.000 & Up to $26.25 NY-bred      2yoF    6f   Dirt      118lbs +penalties

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Well, boys and girls, we are down to the final trio of races for the ol’ Cozman… here, we catch opening day at SAR and a full field of freshman fillies for The Schuylerville, a six furlong test for the young ladies, and these races have befuddled me forever.  Weather could play a factor here as it looks like rain for Wed, and Thur is 50/50, at the time of this being put together – updates may follow, so check back.

First, note that The Card and I agree on nuthin’ here, so there’s that.  I landed on Down On The Beat as my top selection today.  She looked solid breaking maiden in her second trip to the gate, at AQU, and came back to be a solid second over this track in the Astoria, on BEL day.  That was a wet track, so she gets a check-mark there, never off the board in three tries, check, stakes placed, check… hard to fault her at this point in her brief career.  Another stakes-placed horse is in the outside post, and Marina is my second pick in this race.  This will be her fifth start, so she doesn’t spend a lot of time in the stall… she broke maiden at CT, was third in the Royal Palm Juv F at GP, and just missed at PRX in an Alw race, in her most recent trip to the gate… again, she checks all the boxes.  The W9 barn has seen a bit of success with youngsters this spring/summer, so let’s put Auction Plate in the third spot.  She broke maiden at first asking, down at PRX, then ran fourth in both the Royal Palm and Astoria… a couple lengths and she would be odds on.  Still she deserves a big look.

Here’s The Field –

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1		Haukea	Acber Farms	Gaffalione T	118	6/1
2		Sophos	Nakamura Stables	McCarthy T	118	6/1
3		Fellowship	TwinTowersRacing	Davis D	118	5/1
4		Auction Plate	Williams9	Rosario J	118	7/2
5		Gator Bait	Jive Inc.	Geroux F	118	9/2
6		She Has It All	D J C Racing Stables	Lezcano J	118	5/1
7		Williamson	Royalty Stables	Alvarado J	118	5/1
8		Chilukki	Fractious	Franco M	118	5/1
9		Down On The Beat	Night Mare Racing	Velazquez J R	118	3/1
10		Light The Universe	Riggins Racing	Dettori L	118	5/1
11		Aquitaine	Mb Stables	Prat F	118	9/2
12		Marina	The Sidley Stud	Saez L	118	7/2
13		Youre All I Am	Big Guns Stables	No Rider	118	AE
14		Burkes	Team 7 Illusions	No Rider	118	AE

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COZMAN   9 / 12 / 4          Willie’s Green Card   2 / 9 / 6          

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