GR I Awesome Again Stakes

[TJ]

According to Baffert Bayern didn't like the Del Mar dirt surface and he expects a new and improved Bayern to show up in here. Bayern did get a bad post....but there is very little serious speed which could hamper this horse, who appreciates an uncontested lead on the front end, therefore the post should of no consequence. This is a win and you're in race for the BC Classic. PP's below. TJ

10th Race. (C10) The 4th Running of
Awesome Again Stakes (Grade I)
$300,000 Guaranteed
STAKES
Purse $300,000 Guaranteed One Mile And One Eighth
FOR THREE-YEAR-OLDS AND UPWARD.
1 HARD ACES (L) '10 H 124 Espinoza, V Hronis Racing, LLC John Sadler
2 SAMMY MANDEVILLE (L) '11 C 119 Bejarano, R W. C. Racing, Inc. Doug O'Neill
3 POINT PIPER (L) '10 H 119 Gutierrez, M Gatto Racing, LLC, Jusso or Schlaich, Et Al Jerry Hollendorfer
4 GLOBAL VIEW (L) '11 C 119 Van Dyke, D Glen Hill Farm Thomas F. Proctor
5 HOPPERTUNITY (L) '11 C 121 Smith, M Pegram, Watson or Weitman Bob Baffert
6 IMPERATIVE (L) '10 G 119 Nakatani, C KM Racing Enterprise, Inc. Richard Baltas
7 SMOOTH ROLLER (L) '11 G 119 Baze, T Lucky Charm Stable Victor Garcia
8 BAYERN (L) '11 R 121 Garcia, M Kaleem Shah, Inc. Bob Baffert

Click on Sammy Mandeville: http://www.brisnet.com/cgi-bin/briswatc ... ummary.htm

[TJ]

Bayern
Hoppertunity
Global View
Imperative

[Cree]

Yeesh. This is not a great field. Any form of the "old" Bayern should win this, but I cannot get past what he has (not) done this year. I hope if he doesn't win, they should stop already.

Bayern
Point Piper
Hoppertunity
Global View

[TJ]

Here's the finish:
Smooth Roller
Hoppertunity
Bayern....a Hollywood finish, exit stage left:>)
Imperative

[Cree]

Interesting note about Smooth Roller's dam. She is an unraced Sam-Son Farm cull (sold in 2006). Other "famous" culls from them were the dams of Moreno and Speightster.