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Post by mrdelmarwasmybitch on Jul 20, 2013 16:03:21 GMT -5
so we already have a built in excuse if she loses?
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Post by mackdaddy on Jul 20, 2013 16:39:42 GMT -5
No, because despite her win a little while ago, who has she beaten? Stop with the $4 million earnings crap. Me sitting in a wheelchair could beat that group going a 1 1/4
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Post by Evelyn on Jul 20, 2013 16:41:07 GMT -5
Gosh wiz - you're jaded LOL No, I was just relating what the talking HRTV heads were saying.
Besides...........she's back! Easy peasy! As it should have been!
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Post by mrdelmarwasmybitch on Jul 20, 2013 17:21:14 GMT -5
I never said she wouldn't win today ev. all I said is I wouldn't bet on her, especially at 2-5!! so yes she won. she proved today that she could still beat a crappy, overmatched field in a field where they basically gave her the race and never even tried to contest the pace. im glad actually. it will convince all the suckers that she is as good as she was the last two years, and she will get overbet again next time. hopefully against a field with some talent in it and she will show what she really has to offer when the racing begins.
please god, let her run against the boys in the classic!!!
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Post by mackdaddy on Jul 20, 2013 17:27:19 GMT -5
Wiz, if she does, its one less horse I can worry about. Its 4 months away and a lot can happen
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Post by Jon on Jul 20, 2013 22:54:26 GMT -5
She won without Lasix. Paulick Report Royal Delta Decimates Delaware Handicap Field–Without Lasix There was never a moment doubt as the 2012 Filly or Mare Champion, Besilu Stable’s Royal Delta easily won her second straight $750,000 Grade I Delaware Handicap at Delaware Park. With Mike Smith aboard, the 5-year-old daughter of Empire Maker won by the record-setting margin of 10 ¾-lengths and returned $2.80 which equaled the record for the smallest win payoff in race history. In 1960, Quill won the Delaware Handicap by 9-lengths. Three others returned $2.80. They were Susan’s Girl (1975), Optimistic Gal (1976) and Fleet Indian (2006). She also became only the sixth to win the Delaware Handicap twice. The others were Nastique, who accomplished the feat in 1988 and 1989; Susan’s Girl, who won the race in 1973 and 1975; Blessing Angelica, who won the race in 1971 and 1972; Obeah, who won the race in 1968 and 1969; and Endine, who won the race in 1958 and 1959. She’s All In, with Victor Carrasco, finished second. It was another ¾-lengths back to And Why Not, with Joshua Navarro, in third. Royal Delta broke on top and stayed on top. After a quarter-mile the Kentucky-bred trained by William Mott was in front by 1 ½-lengths, after she ran a half-mile in :47.50 she was in front by 5-lengths, after she ran three-quarters of a mile in 1:11.43 she was in front by 7-lengths, before completing the mile and a quarter ion 2:02.04 over a fast track. In her previous outing, she finished second in the Grade II Fleur de Lis at Churchill Downs on June 15, but she never left room for doubt today. “It is about as easy at it gets,” said winning rider Mike Smith. “Even though it was hotter today then her last start, she was actually cooler today. She brought her “A” game today. She jumped out there, got into stride right away and made every step a winning one. I just cruised around there with her. Everyone expected it and we did what we were supposed to do, so it is just a sigh of relief. I just wanted to make sure I stayed on and crossed the wire. It all went well – very well. This race should really step her forward.” Winning trainer William Mott was confident shortly after the start. “She did it the right way and she is an awesome mare when she finds her right stride and gets her rhythm,” said winning trainer William Mott. “She really covers a lot of ground. We were not going to take anything away from her if she broke well and I was hoping she would break well. On paper it looked like she might be the speed in the race and she obviously was. Dubai you have to draw a line through it and the other day she was second, but she did not bring her “A” race. But she ran well today. She was training great coming into the race. Actually, a little to good if there is such a thing. She was wanting to work a little fast but doing it the right way. We are looking at the Personal Ensign at Saratoga for her next race.” Royal Delta raised her record to 11 wins from 19 starts with earnings of $4,251,126. Last year, she won the Grade II Delaware Handicap by a neck over Tiz Miz Sue.
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Post by Jon on Jul 21, 2013 14:07:56 GMT -5
Royal Delta headed to Saratoga off Del 'Cap rout
Any conjecture that dual champion Royal Delta may not be the horse she was in the past appeared dispelled Saturday when she won the Grade 1 Delaware Handicap by 10 3/4 widening lengths while going 10 furlongs.
Hall of Fame trainer Bill Mott said the race set her up for a run in the Grade 1, $600,000 Personal Ensign Invitational cutting back to 1 1/8 miles on August 25 at Saratoga.
After winning the Sabin Stakes at Gulfstream by five lengths in her seasonal debut, Royal Delta traveled to Dubai for a second try at the World Cup and faded to 10th after racing on the lead. She subsequently was upset in her return to the races, beaten by Funny Proposition in the June 15 Fleur de Lis at Churchill Downs.
Royal Delta put it all back together at Delaware Park, however, going straight to the front and leading by five lengths after a half-mile, seven after three-quarters and completing the 1 1/4-mile race in 2:02.
"That was a great performance by her, and it looked like she was back to her championship form," Mott said. "She'll go in the Personal Ensign next. That's our plan, providing she's doing well and is healthy."
Asked whether he was surprised when no other riders challenged Royal Delta early, Mott said, "You never really know. If we knew that, we'd map out the race beforehand. It looked like, if all things went as it looked on paper, she might be on the lead, but who knows she's going to open up that kind of lead? The way it appeared yesterday, nobody could get close to her."
Mott also said four-year-old filly Glorious View, winner of the Vagrancy Handicap on May 18 at Belmont Park, was on course for a run July 29 in the Grade 2, $200,000 Honorable Miss Handicap at Saratoga.
"She's at Belmont and will work Monday or Tuesday and come up right after," Mott said of the daughter of Pleasant Tap, who has strung together four wins after taking nine attempts to break her maiden.
"She was just a slow learner," he added. "She always worked well but never really put it together in the afternoon, and I guess it really clicked. She showed a fair amount of ability from the beginning. Now she has confidence. They start thinking that they can win, and it really helps them."
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