Louisiana Downs notes for July 10th
My 3rd week as Louisiana Downs Track Handicapper started out in wild and wacky fashion to say the least. It was bombs away with winners paying $27.80 (race 2), $72.40 (race 3), $69.20 (race 4), $75.60 (race 8), and $49.80 (race 10). Both Pick 4’s paid on 2 of 4 winners…
Race 3: Tough trip for favorite Touch of Gray. He was going for a three-peat and figured to regress 3rd race off a long layoff. He steadied into the turn, dropped back, was boxed in and lacked room in the lane. He finally found racing space in late stretch and gained late to miss by less than a length while best.
Race 5: Zarpen grabbed the early lead from the inside post as expected, but rider Cody Meche allowed eventual winner Wildwood Ella to seize the early initiative, forcing Zarpen to steady and drop back along the inside. She came again to threaten in the stretch before racing evenly in a better than appears 5th place finish.
Race 7: Brutal trip for Kelly’spremonition in this sharp turf sprint. She switched to turf and smartly graduated at this course/distance last time, and her pedigree said she should continue to thrive on the green. She was bumped at the start and lost valuable position early, but she started to get things going and was advancing rapidly in the lane, but rider Don Simington dove her to the inside and had nowhere to go. She never had a clear path in the stretch and cantered in to finish a better than looked 5th, beaten less than three lengths.
Race 9: Great ride by PVal aboard horse for course Fabuleaux Joy in the grass feature. Pat made a smart early move to engage the leaders, opened up in the stretch and held off a pair to win by a diminishing neck. Tar Pot was up close early, dropped back a bit and came again late for 3rd, but it was a simple case of Cody Meche getting outfoxed by PVal.
*** John Jacinto booted home a pair of winners on the day.
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