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The Jim Dandy and Haskell This Weekend

Postby TJ » Wed Jul 27, 2016 6:10 pm

Top 3YO's return this Saturday in the Jim Dandy and Sunday in the Haskell Invitational. Saturday's Jim Dandy brings Belmont Stakes winner Creator, 2nd place Belmont Stakes finisher Destin and Mohaymen together again for the first time since the Kentucky Derby. In the Haskell the stage is set for a rematch between the top 3 Kentucky Derby finisher's...Nyquist, Exaggerator and Gun Runner. What a great lineup. Here's the entries and PP's for the Jim Dandy...will post The official entries and pp's for the Haskell when they are drawn tomorrow. TJ

10th Race. (C10) Approx Post 6:18PM STAKES
THE JIM DANDY
Grade II - $600,000 (Broadcast Live on Fox Sports 2)
Purse $600,000 (Up to $52,000 NYSBFOA) One Mile And One Furlong
FOR THREE YEAR OLDS.
1 Creator(L) Gr/ro.c.3 123 Ortiz, Jr., I WinStar Farm Asmussen, Steven
2 Laoban(L) Dk B/ Br.c.3 117 Ortiz, J Southern Equine Stables Guillot, Eric
3 Mohaymen(L) Gr/ro.c.3 121 Alvarado, J Shadwell Stable McLaughlin, Kiaran
4 Destin(L) Gr/ro.c.3 121 Castellano, J Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners Pletcher, Todd
5 Governor Malibu(L) Ch.c.3 117 Rosario, J Jump Sucker Stable Clement, Christophe
6 Race Me Home (IRE)(L) B.c.3 117 Saez, L Albaugh Family Stable Romans, Dale

Click on Mohaymen: http://www.kiaranmclaughlinracing.com/t ... risnet.cfm

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Re: The Jim Dandy and Haskell This Weekend

Postby TJ » Thu Jul 28, 2016 12:39 pm

Here's the entries for the GR I Haskell Invitational. As expected the top 3 finishers in the Kentucky Derby showed up as billed. Another short but talented field of 3YO's...pp's below entries. TJ

12th RACE. (11) Post 5:47PM PURSE $1,000,000
49th Running of THE betfair.com HASKELL INVITATIONAL
Grade I - $1,000,000 3 YO STAKES 1 1/8 MILES
1 NYQUIST (L) O'Neill, D Gutierrez, M 122
2 SUNNY RIDGE (L) Servis, J Juarez, N 118
3 AWESOME SLEW (L) R3 Plesa, Jr., E Lopez, P 118
4 GUN RUNNER (L) Asmussen, S Geroux, F 118
5 AMERICAN FREEDOM (L) Baffert, B Bejarano, R 118
6 EXAGGERATOR (L) Desormeaux, J Desormeaux, K 122

Click on American Freedom: http://www.brisnet.com/cgi-bin/briswatc ... ummary.htm

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Re: The Jim Dandy and Haskell This Weekend

Postby Cree » Fri Jul 29, 2016 6:49 pm

Jim Dandy -
Creator
Governor Malibu
Destin

Haskell -
Exaggerator runs them down
Nyquist
Gun Runner

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Re: The Jim Dandy and Haskell This Weekend

Postby TJ » Sat Jul 30, 2016 9:59 am

Jim Dandy:
Mohaymen
Destin
Creator

Haskell:
Gun Runner
Nyquist
American Freedom

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Re: The Jim Dandy and Haskell This Weekend

Postby TJ » Sat Jul 30, 2016 3:30 pm

Here's the results for the Jim Dandy:
Laoban...Saratoga at its finest, a maiden and the longest shot in the field wires them.
Governor Malibu...a hard fought 2nd.
Destin...finished 3rd.
Mohaymen...didn't grow an inch since the Derby, looked terrible, broke slowly and never threatened.

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Re: The Jim Dandy and Haskell This Weekend

Postby Cree » Sat Jul 30, 2016 4:02 pm

Haha. Not much to say except I had the 2nd and 3rd place horses. Mohaymen's peers have caught up to him - I guess? I'll never understand how a horse looks so much better than others for a couple races in the winter/early spring, and so lackluster later in the year.

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Re: The Jim Dandy and Haskell This Weekend

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Re: The Jim Dandy and Haskell This Weekend

Postby TJ » Sun Jul 31, 2016 2:56 pm

Here's the results for the Haskell:
Exaggerator...A Preakness replay...caught his track and won with ease!!
American Freedom...also loves it wet ran a good 2nd
Sunny Ridge...a closing 3rd
Nyquist...a dismal 4th.

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Re: The Jim Dandy and Haskell This Weekend

Postby Aug27 » Sun Jul 31, 2016 6:03 pm

Sunny capped off a nice weekend for Servis.
Nyquist appears to need to have everything go his way, pace-traffic-surface wise ... to win.

I was disappointed in Gun Runner's performance.

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Re: The Jim Dandy and Haskell This Weekend

Postby Cree » Sun Jul 31, 2016 9:24 pm

It's interesting some of the articles stating that Exaggerator needs to have his wet track and have everything go his way... when I totally agree with you that Nyqvist also needs to have things his way. (*side note - one horse that doesn't need it his way is Flintshire - a man among boys).
I was also disappointed in Gun Runner - apparently he didn't like the track. I am really excited for the Travers. If it rains my money is on the mud-loving bay Curlin colt.