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Horse betting: Bernardini
Returns At Saratoga
This
Saturday at The Spa in the $500,000 Jim Dandy
Stakes, Belmont Stakes winner Bernardini will
make his first appearance of the summer. I like
the race although there are only five challengers;
I will bet this race.
Bernardini,
in order to get the three-year old of the year
award, will have to win the Jim Dandy and then
the one million dollar Travers Stakes later
this meet at Saratoga and then make a good showing
in the Breeders' Cup in November at Churchill
Downs.
Otherwise Barbaro
should win it.
In the Jim Dandy, the field
will include Oh So Awesome, the horse I liked
in the Belmont who came over from France in
May and loves this distance of 1 1/8th miles,
Sunriver, who made a stretch run in the Belmont
but flattened out the last 1/16th of a mile,
Hemmingway’s Key who ran 6th in the Belmont.
They will all take another shot at some big
$$$$.
But the danger for Bernardini
is the John Ward entry of Dr. Pleasure and Minister’s
Bid. Minister’s Bid has been burning up
the Saratoga track with his morning workouts.
I’m not a big workout player, but when
you look at the form of this horse you have
to say he is the horse to beat, and his stable
mate Dr. Pleasure is no slouch either.
Both are on the improve
and Edgar Prado will ride Minister’s Bid.
This colt is a monster. He broke his maiden
at Keeneland in April when he won by 8. Then
he went in a NW of 2 at Belmont and won for
fun, now he gets his chance at the “graveyard
of favorites”.
So I’m on him rain
or shine. He has been a bit unruly at post time
but his talent will make up for his behavior,
and Prado will do the rest. So I’ll take
the entry.
FURLONGS:
-Pat Valenzuela, he of the several drug suspensions,
will miss the entire Del Mar meet…He needs
back surgery and will return for the Oak Tree
at Santa Anita meet.
-I told you about young
jockey Martin Garcia, I said he would be hot
at Del Mar. Well Friday he had his first hat
trick, winning three races including the CTBA
Stakes with C’est Mark and taking down
a $150,000 purse.
-Ever hear of Scat Daddy
or Teuflesberg? No? Well they finished 1-2 in
the Sanford Stakes at the Spa, that’s
the first big race for two-year olds, which
means they may be in next year's Triple Crown
events. Scat Daddy is a Todd Pletcher horse
ridden by who else- JR Velazquez. He caught
Teuflesberg at the wire in the 6 furlong sprint.
-For a free horse pick
every Thursday email me at the address below.
HORSES
TO WATCH:
-Hostile Takeover… a maiden who had a
ton of horse but was blocked in the stretch
last time out at Saratoga.
-Julie’s Fast Cat… a cheap claimer
at Ellis Park who has been freshened up and
will be trouble.
Pete Cataldo can be heard
every Wednesday at www.BetUSradio.com at 3pm
EST. You can reach Pete via email at [email protected].
Posted
on Friday, July 28, 2006 @ 10:32:09 AM
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