Post by petergross on Jan 23, 2009 9:05:51 GMT -5
Like all gamblers, I often exist in a state of what I should have done and yesterday was a great example. The latest issue of my horse racing paper, Down The Stretch arrived and it was intentional that a lovely picture of Chantal Sutherland was on the cover. Call it my arrested development, but I endeavor to have an image of Sutherland in the paper as often as possible. The teen magazines always put the Jonas Brothers or Selena Gomez or Miley Cyrus on the front of their mags simply because it drives their sales.
Chantal Sutherland is a profoundly beautiful woman, but more to my purposes, she's a very skilled and determined jockey. We have a story in this month's Down The Stretch about her winning a Stakes race at Golden Gate Fields and, in my editorial spot, I poiinted out that I spend a great deal of my leisure time seeing how she's riding at Santa Anita.
So imagine my chagrin - as a devoted fan of Chantal - to see the results from yesterday at sun baked Santa Anita. Chantal had three rides. She finished third on 2.90-1 shot Dapper Gene in the first, was fourth on Unusual Strike in the second and in the fifth (this is where it gets interesting) was aboard a horse with the delightful name of Talktoomuch. Apparently the connections of Talktoomuch didn't talk too much, because Talktoomuch went off at 33.50-1 in the field of 12 fillies and mares running for a claiming price of $10,000. Sutherland had the five year-old daughter of Royal Academy in the mix early in the miel and a sixteenth race on ProTrack. Talktoomuch was fourth at the three quarters, about a length and a half off the lead..and Chantal was barely moving a muscle. With very little urging, Talktoomuch made an inspiring move on the final turn and came into the stretch with a two lengthlead...Only in the final furlong did Chantal really go to work, as Lovely Olivia, a 16-1 shot came late with a mild threat. Talktoomuch won by a length and a quarter giving Sutherland her 7th win in 49 races...that's a win percentage of better than 14%, quite extraordinary considering that she's very much an interloper down there and not necessarily getting many 'live'horses. Talktoomuch paid $69 to win..the exactor was $954.40 and the superfecta for $1 - $56,952.50. All you had to do was key Chantal on top for $990!
I also noticed that her boyfriend Mike Smith won the 7th race on Blue Exit....so the couple probably celebrated their success last night..
Another thing I saw in the replays. In the second race yesterday, the three horse was named Gretsky ( not Gretzky) . Gretsky went off at 29-1....couldnt make a good pass, didn't know how to stickhandle through traffic, and was unable to light the lamp. Gretsky. no points on the day, finished fifth.
But....you should know, I am in the habit of betting on Chantal Sutherland on everything she rides. She was awesome last summer at Woodbine, bringing in longshots like your mail man brings you bills.
Why didn't I put down $5 win/place on Talktoomuch!
Chantal Sutherland is a profoundly beautiful woman, but more to my purposes, she's a very skilled and determined jockey. We have a story in this month's Down The Stretch about her winning a Stakes race at Golden Gate Fields and, in my editorial spot, I poiinted out that I spend a great deal of my leisure time seeing how she's riding at Santa Anita.
So imagine my chagrin - as a devoted fan of Chantal - to see the results from yesterday at sun baked Santa Anita. Chantal had three rides. She finished third on 2.90-1 shot Dapper Gene in the first, was fourth on Unusual Strike in the second and in the fifth (this is where it gets interesting) was aboard a horse with the delightful name of Talktoomuch. Apparently the connections of Talktoomuch didn't talk too much, because Talktoomuch went off at 33.50-1 in the field of 12 fillies and mares running for a claiming price of $10,000. Sutherland had the five year-old daughter of Royal Academy in the mix early in the miel and a sixteenth race on ProTrack. Talktoomuch was fourth at the three quarters, about a length and a half off the lead..and Chantal was barely moving a muscle. With very little urging, Talktoomuch made an inspiring move on the final turn and came into the stretch with a two lengthlead...Only in the final furlong did Chantal really go to work, as Lovely Olivia, a 16-1 shot came late with a mild threat. Talktoomuch won by a length and a quarter giving Sutherland her 7th win in 49 races...that's a win percentage of better than 14%, quite extraordinary considering that she's very much an interloper down there and not necessarily getting many 'live'horses. Talktoomuch paid $69 to win..the exactor was $954.40 and the superfecta for $1 - $56,952.50. All you had to do was key Chantal on top for $990!
I also noticed that her boyfriend Mike Smith won the 7th race on Blue Exit....so the couple probably celebrated their success last night..
Another thing I saw in the replays. In the second race yesterday, the three horse was named Gretsky ( not Gretzky) . Gretsky went off at 29-1....couldnt make a good pass, didn't know how to stickhandle through traffic, and was unable to light the lamp. Gretsky. no points on the day, finished fifth.
But....you should know, I am in the habit of betting on Chantal Sutherland on everything she rides. She was awesome last summer at Woodbine, bringing in longshots like your mail man brings you bills.
Why didn't I put down $5 win/place on Talktoomuch!
