Wednesday February 6
A Day At The Track With My Mom
Today I took my Mom out to the races for the day. My "BEST" of the day was my first investment race, the third race. It was an interesting sprint for older runners and it featured five very salty veterans, most stakes winners, but with all the logical runners coming off a long break. I went with Todd Pletcher's exciting Discreet Dancer. Last December he had run on Opening Day and set a track record for 5 1/2 furlongs. His next start was a one-turn mile and he drew off with ease. So he became a "buzz horse" on the early Derby trail. His third career start was against the early Kentucky Derby favorite - and future Grade 1 Belmont winner - Union Rags in the Grade 2 Fountain of Youth. He set the pace to the turn and then weakened when Union Rags ran one of his best career races. That February afternoon was the last time Discreet Dancer had been to the track. But, Pletcher is a master with runners off the layoff, and generally anything he sends out at Gulfstream. The crowd bet him way down to 3/5 - disappointed with the other stakes runners in the field I didn't get a better price. And as they came through the stretch it was a stirring duel......
Discreet Dancer Returns To Action
As I watched along the rail near the finish I was pretty sure he'd won, but still it was a photo finish. My Mom had bet Discreet Dancer to win and the runner-up, Candyman E, to place. So we both cashed! The rest of the day I really didn't ever threaten, but as I told my Mom I was satisfied to have scored with my "BEST." The other event that took up alot of my afternoon, and gave me great satisfaction was I met with Carlos from the ticket office and got all of our Florida Derby tickets. I returned seven that I had originally had in Section 101, where we usually sit and put together a block of 16 in the box seats.......Here are our seats:
Check out the view of the finish line......
Pretty cool, eh? Exciting stuff, only about six weeks away!
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