9/8/24

  4  DMR OT Juv Turf (GIII)         

$100.000   2yo    1m Turf    120lbs +penalties

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Sunday Stakes Action… we head out to SoCal and look at a field of seven freshmen ready to do battle on the DMR lush lawn in the OT Juv Turf (GIII).  Talk about a wide-open race… we have more maidens than multiple race winners.  I’m taking First To Fight as the top pick.  He’s won both of his starts including an OptAlw race over this track, and he was finding his best stride late in that five-furlong dash… this could be right where he wants to be.  Let’s go right next door and put Mad Jung in the second spot… that one fresh off of a maiden win over this track, at the distance… you know I like home-cookin’ and that’s the story for this one. 

 

Here’s The Field –

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1		Tank Davis		Royalty Stables		Centeno D E		120		4/1
2		Mad Jung		Riggins Racing		Hernandez R M		120		6/1
3		First To Fight		Allinthegate		Velazquez J R		120		9/5
4		Gray Opus		Maxmillion Farm		Maldonado E		120		8/1
5		Alvin Smedley		The Sidley Stud		Geroux F		120		7/2
6		Always Look Eye		Maxmillion Farm		Cedillo A		120		8/1
7		United Kingdom		Threshold		Elliott S		120		8/1

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COZMAN Picks  3 / 2            Willie’s Green Card  5 / 3 

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9/8/24

  5  DMR Futurity (GI) 

$300.000   2yo    7f Dirt    120lbs

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Big Sunday Stakes Action where the Surf Meets The Turf, and the youngsters are the name of the game with a field of twelve set to go seven panels in the DMR Futurity (GI). 

 

My abilities in these races is very well documented as not favorable, but Ali won’t play along so it is what it is.  I’m taking Maymum as the top pick off of that closing win over this track in the Best Pal Stakes (GIII).  The gray loves to come from far back, and that can always be a tough thing to love, but I think he just keeps getting better and wins again.

I’ll put Ello Santa in the second spot… He looked good winning the KY Juv and then tired to be fifth in the Bashford Manor.  I think he comes right back here and is right in the middle of things.

I’ll put Comanche Smoke in the third spot… does this one have seconditis or what?  Four consecutive runner-up efforts in some very big races.  He could be the one to beat if he finds just a bit more. 

 

Here’s The Field – 

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1		Ello Santa		Iolaus Racing		Bridgmohan S X		120		7/2
2		Valley Of Death		Riggins Racing		Hernandez R M		120		10/1
3		Out Of Touch		TwinTowersRacing		Cedillo A		120		9/2
4		Maymun		D J C Racing Stables		Centeno D E		120		9/2
5		Hubble		Mb Stables		Ortiz I Jr		120		10/1
6		Lazarus Project		Fractious		Prat F		120		8/1
7		Comanche Smoke		Mb Stables		Franco M		120		7/2
8		Soho Jackson		Allinthegate		Geroux F		120		8/1
9		Point Given		Fractious		Velazquez J R		120		6/1
10		Ill Be Around		Alydar Stables		Smith M E		120		8/1
11		Food Man		Williams9		Elliott S		120		4/1
12		Tuff Gong								SCR
13		Kali Yuga		Barcelona Farms		Espinoza V		120		10/1

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COZMAN Picks  4 / 1 / 7           Willie’s Green Card   9 / 11 / 6  

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9/8/24

   1    KD The Untapable Stakes       

$750.000   2yoF    6 1/2f Turf    122lbs

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Out in the field… big races, big purses, big barns and big horses… it’s the young ladies go for a big payday in The Untapable Stakes, a six-and-a-half-furlong dash that carries some serious cash.  Nothing really blows me away in this one, and I will not be surprised by any outcome, but let’s give Belles Conquest the slight edge off of that third-place finish in the Colleen Stakes at MTH.  She was flying late in that five-panel dash, so she my really like the extra distance in this one.  Let’s go one over and keep the picks in the outside posts, which I think is an advantage on this dogleg course and give Rocket Science a shot to be in the picture.  I think this barn has a nice duo, but this one ran what I believe is her best race in her only turf try, a runner-up finish in the Royal Palm at GP.  Her other three races have come on wet tracks, so…

Here’s The Field –

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1		Precision		Mb Stables		Gaffalione T		122		7/1
2		Jaime Sings		Robeth		Dettori L		122		8/1
3		So Glad Youre Mine		Maxmillion Farm		Garcia Mar		122		10/1
4		Mind Of A Cat		D J C Racing Stables		Rodriguez A R		122		10/1
5		Plucky Avery		TwinTowersRacing		Beschizza A		122		10/1
6		Dead Rumble		Riggins Racing		Gallardo A A		122		4/1
7		Unbridled Grace		Acber Farms		Gutierrez Mario		122		8/1
8		Uninvited		Night Mare Racing		Davis D		122		8/1
9		My Beautiful Ballon		Maxmillion Farm		Dominguez J		122		12/1
10		Chant War		Threshold		Pennington F		122		8/1
11		Belles Conquest		Acber Farms		Lopez P		122		7/2
12		Rocket Science		Riggins Racing		Bejarano R		122		4/1

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COZMAN Picks  11 / 12          Willie’s Green Card   5 / 1 / 11   

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9/8/24

  2  KD KD Juvenile                       

$750.000   2yo    1m Turf    122lbs

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The big day in the field for the youngsters continues as we get a field of ten ready to go a flat mile in the KD Juvenile.  The purse money is spectacular, and that brings out the big boys… and they don’t get any bigger than Mb Stables.  I don’t think Fake Fury will be the favorite, but this trainer/jock combo has been lethal during the KD stakes races, and you are not going to hit me with a stick but so many times.  I like See The Light quite a bit in this one… he was third in the ELP Juv, and I think the move to the grass will fit well with this one.  I’m horrible at these baby races, but the fact that The Card agrees in-part, makes me feel like I’m on the right track.  Let’s see how this one goes. 

Here’s The Field –

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1		Suit And Tie		Mb Stables		Gutierrez Mario		122		6/1
2		Fake Fury		Mb Stables		Buick W T		122		7/1
3		Trojan Horse		Arkansas Elite		Alvarado F T		122		8/1
4		Free Casino		Team 7 Illusions		Corrales G		122		7/1
5		Zion Birdie		La Canada Racehorses		Beschizza A		122		9/2
6		See The Light		TwinTowersRacing		Gaffalione T		122		7/2
7		Boogie Bomb		Riggins Racing		Gallardo A A		122		10/1
8		Apples To Aces		Ace Racing Stable		Garcia Mar		122		7/1
9		Cross Traffic		D J C Racing Stables		Pennington F		122		4/1
10		Total Stud		Mo Mentum Farm		Lopez P		122		4/1

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COZMAN Picks  2  / 6       Willie’s Green Card   6 / 5 / 2   

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9/8/24

  2  KD KD Juvenile Fillies         

$750.000   2yo    1m Turf    122lbs

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The big races just keep coming and we get the girls going a flat mile in the KD Juvenile Fillies, here in the field at KD.  Color me stupid, but I’m not changing the plan… I’ll take Icing On The Cake with the hot trainer/jock duo.  She broke maiden on the SAR grass so it’s not like I’m going out on a limb or anything.  Still, I’m more into it for the hot combo than anything.  I’ll take Queen Mia in the second spot… that one just missed in the Bolton Landing at SAR and broke maiden before that, and she certainly likes to show her speed.  Again, I’m horrible at handicapping these races, so pick your poison and head to the gate… it should be a great one!   

Here’s The Field –

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1		Misconduct		Riggins Racing		Lopez P		122		6/1
2		Icing On The Cake		Mb Stables		Buick W T		122		8/1
3		Eighteen Ninety Two		Mo Mentum Farm		Bejarano R		122		7/2
4		Queen Mia		Red Fox Farms		Pennington F		122		3/1
5		Lucille		D J C Racing Stables		Lezcano J		122		8/1
6		Pinnacle Bella Party		Maxmillion Farm		Garcia Mar		122		7/1
7		Give Me A Reason		Nakamura Stables		Gallardo A A		122		9/2
8		Exult		TwinTowersRacing		Gaffalione T		122		8/1
9		Smokin Aces		Ace Racing Stable		Alvarado F T		122		8/1
10		Not Yet		Mb Stables		Gutierrez Mario		122		5/1

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COZMAN Picks  2 / 4       Willie’s Green Card   4 / 3   

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