3/16/2024

  1  OP  Whitmore Stakes (GIII)   

$250.000  4yo&Up     6f  Dirt       122lbs

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Back to the dirt roads and we catch a group of older main-track sprinters set to go 6f in the Whitmore Stakes (GIII) here at OP.  I must have the worst random luck in the world… seem like every single race, the favorites catch the outside posts… my random number generator is not checked daily, but let’s go to the outside and give Crush Rush the edge as the top pick… and I do mean edge, this race is loaded.  But, this one is tough right now… two wins, and second and a fourth from his last four races, all stakes, three of them graded.  He looked good winning the Toboggan (GIII) at AQU last out as the 7/2 favorite.  Watch him today.  Let’s go to the far outside and give Tea And Sympathy a big look as well.  He won four in a row, including the Mr Prospector (GIII) at GP before that runner-up finish in the Clockers Corner, sprinting down the hill on the SA sod.  The four-peat was all on the main track, so look for big things.  I like Wyatt Langmore and Indian Summer on the bottom of the tri, so let’s see if we can get this one home. 

Here’s The Field –

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1		American Star		Smokey Stover		Lopez P		122		10/1
2		Lennon		Arindel		Centeno D E		122		4/1
3		Quality Road		D J C Racing Stables		Elliott S		122		6/1
4		Surprise Authority		Riggins Racing		Eramia R E		122		8/1
5		Nutmeg		TwinTowersRacing		Geroux F		122		9/1
6		Pure At Heart		Night Rider Stables		Castellano J J		122		10/1
7		Wyatt Langmore		Fractious		Velazquez J R		122		9/2
8		Crush Rush		Maxmillion Farm		Hernandez R M		122		8/5
9		Indian Summer		Diablo Diablo		Garcia Mar		122		7/2
10		Tea And Sympathy		YME Stable		Husbands P		122		9/5

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COZMAN   8 / 10          Willie’s Green Card  10 / 8 / 9               

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