12/14/2024

  2  GP   Tropical Park Oaks         

$125.000   3yoF   1 1/16th m   Turf   122lbs +penalties

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Tropical Park has been gone for decades… did you know, the first artificial surface was used there?  That was many, many moons ago but doesn’t stop the ongoing “Oaks Parade” so we look at the field of nine set to go a mile and a sixteenth over the GP lawn in the Tropical Park Oaks.  I’m headed to the outside posts for my picks, and The Card is on-board with me… I took When Doves Cry as the top selection today, that one fresh off of a third-place finish in the Pebbles (GIII).  She just missed in the Glen Cove prior to that, both of those on the AQU grass… she loves the green stuff, and I think she can add another victory today.  Let’s give Z Bandit a big look, that one also running hard up in NY.  She was third in a pair of NY-bred stakes, then was second vs. similar… even though she hasn’t won since April, I think she gives them something to run at today… his speed could be the key.

Here’s The Field –    

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1		Amant Sournois		In2thesunset		Simpson Ja		122		10/1
2		Huntee		Hunterman Stable		Van Dyke D		122		10/1
3		Tufani		D J C Racing Stables		Gonzalez El		122		8/1
4		Yoohoo Sidewinder		Invicta Group Llc		Bravo J		122		10/1
5		Beat Down		TwinTowersRacing		Ruiz Jo		122		7/1
6		One Spirit		Nakamura Stables		Perez Edg		122		4/1
7		Pointedly		BomBay Stables		Arrieta Rey		122		8/1
8		When Doves Cry		Big Jd Racing		Jaramillo E		124		3/1
9		Z Bandit		La Canada Racehorses		Vasquez M A		122		7/2

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

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