Is it April Fool's Day?

[Donnie]

An optional claimer?? Come on....!!

http://www.drf.com/news/article/98926.html

[DanG]

An optional claimer?? Come on....!!

http://www.drf.com/news/article/98926.html
They have had this race on the books for a while Donnie hoping CD wanted a prep.

I think your smelling a rat like you did when they gift wrapped that allowance score for War Pass at Gulfstream. I remember that was a red flag for you at the time. You followed that by calling his ‘dragging anchor at Tampa Bay Downs! :eek: (At about 1/9) :)

[Donnie]

The optional claimer will be Casino Drive’s first start since winning the Grade 2 Peter Pan Stakes at Belmont Park on May 10.

Aren't we droppng more than one level here, Dan? Guess if I valued my horse (read as "believed in"), I would be looking for a minor Stakes race to beat up on....unless, of course, you don't want to be shamed of a loss before the BC. Imagine if he loses this claiming race....??!! :eek:

[DanG]

Aren't we droppng more than one level here, Dan? Guess if I valued my horse (read as "believed in"), I would be looking for a minor Stakes race to beat up on....unless, of course, you don't want to be shamed of a loss before the BC. Imagine if he loses this claiming race....??!! :eek:
It is roughly 2 levels from an overnight stake Donnie. Saratoga ran a bunch of OCL this year without a single runner entered for a tag.

Here are the avg EPR’s for Casino Drive’s Age, Sex etc at SA.

TRK CLASS EPR
SA GR1 108.8
SA GR2 108.0
SA GR3 107.3
SA STK 106.7
SA CLF 105.5
SA OCL 104.0
SA NW2 104.0
SA NW1 103.2

[Donnie]

Thanks for the additional info Dan. But in reality, then, the horse is actually taking a 4 level drop...from grade 2 down to an optional claimer. Sorry, just my "inner alarm" going off again. Hope he makes it to the BC. May be a great bet-against. Would definitely stir the pot! Will be watching this one from the sidelines very cosely Sunday.

[Donnie]

Casino Drive....opened at 1/5. 23 min to post

[Donnie]

put a small flyer on the #6....5-1 as they load

[DanG]

TVG Video of Casino Drives effort today…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ALzdAlL3Xg

Only one other 8.5f to compare times with and that was a 20k tag for 3yo in race one.
8.5F SA 2F 4F 6F 8F 8.5F Final 3/8
20k 3yo: 24.17 47.68 71.75 96.51 103.06 31.31
Casino Drive: 24.36 49.07 72.89 96.14 102.14 29.25

[OPM]

He looked really good against inferior horses.