3/15/2025

  5   GP   The Hutcheson Stakes       

$115.000   3yo  6f   Dirt     122lbs  +penalties

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The TC Trail continues, but we can’t look past a nice group of sophomore sprinters going six panels in Saturday’s Hutchison Stakes, here in SoFla.  Fractious won the past two renditions of this race, but his departures means no three-peat… so where do we go for our selections? 

It seems apparent that Mb is pulling Meant To Be off of the trail, but the gelding has shown a real liking at these sprint distances, so I’ll give him the edge in this one.  He broke maiden at CD but was a tiring fifth in the San Vincent (GII) and tired late again in the Davis (GIII), so it’s back to the abbreviated distance, where he does show a lot of promise. 

I will head down to the rail for the second choice and give Aggravated Jung a shot.  He’s won four of seven starts, on the board in two other races, and really seems to like the distance.  Patient handling and pure speed… dangerous.  A few of these have state-bred stakes wins that add weight, but they certainly could be in the picture.

Here’s The Field – 

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1		Aggravated Jung		Noblepark		Ruiz Jo		122		9/2
2		Neon Nightmare		Blazin D		Perez Edg		122		10/1
3		Roman Hound		Riggins Racing		Salles L		124		6/1
4		Cause For Suit		Oneonta Racing		Bravo J		124		6/1
5		Power Blaze		Power Racing		Husbands M J		124		8/1
6		Barn Breath		Our Athletes		Van Dyke D		122		5/1
7		Meant To Be		Mb Stables		Berrios Hector		122		7/2

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 COZMAN  7 / 1            Willie’s Green Card  1 / 3  

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