Good Morning, BoyZ .. oh so close, Venetian Harbor to Win for Friday's POD, & she ran second $3.80 Place. : (
VENETIAN HARBOR broke in good order and quickly sprinted clear, set a quick set of fractions while under light restraint, responded when the winner challenged far turn, dueled into the lane, held a narrow advantage past the furlong marker before giving ground grudgingly, remained well clear of the others.
GOOD LUCK SATURDAY, BOYZ !!!
Got to love NADAL Race 13 ARKANSAS DERBY & undefeated in three races winning G2 San Vicente at S.A.,
& a race over the this track winning the G2 REBEL at Oaklawn, & trained by Bob Baffert winning at 50%, &
Rosario in the saddle winning at 32% .. Nadal has already won $753,000 in his three races to recoup his
purchase price & Timeform has his early pace speed at 130 .. I was a little aggressive yesterday choosing
a WIN POD, so I am going to back off a little and call a PLACE, because this is the much stronger half of the
Arkansas Derby, and with 11 entries Nadal shouldn't be too much less than his morning line odds of 5/2.
He has had a slew of bullet works since his last race on March 14th .. be kind Lady Luck.
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POD SATURDAY ( Horseracing ) >>>>>
RACE 13 OAKLAWN PARK DIRT 1 1/8 MILES 2ND DIVISION 3YO ARKANSAS DERBY-G1 PURSE $500k:
#5 NADAL to PLACE expecting hot pace, so Baffert has asked him to rate just off rivals in recent works
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GOOD LUCK, BOYZ !!!
OMR