Sunday, November 30, 2008

Hollywood Park - Race 9: Gio Ponti Looks Tough in Grade I Hollywood Derby

Gio Ponti will take on eight rivals in the Grade I Hollywood Derby today. Gio Ponti no doubt is the best American three year old colt on the turf right now. The 1 1/2 mile distance shouldn't hurt him at all and he gets the services of jockey Garret Gomez.

But there are a lot of other terrific horses in here including Muny who is 3 for four on the lawn and is coming off of a victory in the Grade II Oak Tree Derby.

I'm nto going to make a horse bet on either one of those. Instead, I'm going with teh Patrick Biancone trained Albhari. Biancone is coming off of a suspension. I expect his horses to run lights out. The son of Albhari is lightly raced which means there is plenty of upside.

For second, I'm actually making a wager on Midships. First time for Bobby Frankel, out of a horse Frankel trained, Mizzen Mast, is there anything else to write?

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