Aqueduct 7th (3:16)

1 1/16 Miles (Turf) | Open | 2 Year Olds Allowance | Purse: $46,000

Prg. # PP Horse Jockey Trainer Wt. Claim $ Equip. Med. ML

1 Trippo Velasquez C Alexander Frank A 122 L 3-1
1A Golly Day Garcia Alan Weaver George 118 L 3-1
2 See the U S A Napravnik A R Small Richard W 120 L 10-1
3 Mint Maker Saez G Contessa Gary C 122 L 15-1
4 Paniolo Garcia Alan Bush Thomas M 118 L 5-1
5 Kuggerand Lezcano J Donk David 122 L 10-1
6 Overlap Dominguez R A Tagg Barclay 118 L 4-1
7 Idol Image Cohen D Martin Carlos F 118 L 10-1
8 Icy Stare Maragh R Boniface Kevin C 118 L 8-1
9 Mr. Vegas Prado E S Hushion Michael E 118 L 15-1
10 Drover Velazquez J R Pletcher Todd A 122 L 6-1
11 Middle of the Nite Prado E S Albertrani Thomas 122 L 2-1

Word of warning, though. The course is listed as SOFT again. This guy can't catch a break with the weather.

4-6 Exacta Box

The forecast today is sunny and clear, plus it appears to have been sunny and clear yesterday also. Hoping that the course will dry out to a large degree. They must have gotten a ton of rain earlier in the week...

Mr. Vegas, baby!

$19.20 to win

Way to stay with him DC... Nice job.

It was pretty obvious that he just didn't like the surface last time. I mean, okay if he loses, but he couldn't have run THAT bad without some kind of legitmate excuse. And of course the good thing about him running so poorly is that was that he was listed @ 15/1 again. I was more than a little worried about the surface today when o saw that it came up soft again, but the sun was out all day today (and yesterday too, I think), so it probably was a very different surface from what he ran on last time. And at 8/1, he was certainly worth the benefit of the doubt.

For what it's worth, if he had run poorly again today, I still would've been willing to back him next time on any kind if firm surface. Assuming he ever gets one, LOL.