Desert Stormer Handicap - 06/17/12

[PJMIII]

7th Race - Hollywood Park - Sunday, June 17th, 2012 STAKES. 6 Furlongs Dirt. Purse $70,000. Desert Stormer H.. FOR FILLIES AND MARES THREE-YEARS-OLD AND UPWARD. By subscription of $50 each on or before Thursday, June 7. Closed with 13. $250 additional to start, with $70,000 added of which 60% to the winner, 20% to second, 12% to third, 6% to fourth and 2% to fifth. A trophy will be presented to the winning owner. (04:09 PM) (6)

PPHorseA/SM/EWgtJockeyTrainer
1 Switch 5 ML 123 Smith Mike E. Sadler John W.
2 Izzy Rules 5 ML 118 Maldonado Edwin A. Bonde Jeff
3 Mildly Offensive 4 FL 116 Bejarano Rafael Gaines Carla
4 Teddy's Promise 4 FL 122 Espinoza Victor Ellis Ronald W.
5 Great Hot (BRZ) 4 FL 118 Gomez Garrett K. Avila A. C.
6 Turbulent Descent 4 FL 122 Flores David Romero Puype Mike


Trio of Grade 1 winners line up in Desert Stormer

http://www.brisnet.com/cgi-bin/edito...e.cgi?id=29507

[serenassong]

Wow, what a nice group- but I'm cheering for Switch- that girl runs her eyeballs out each and every time.

[TapitsGal]

I've gotta go w/either Switch or Mildly Offensive

[Secretariat Forever]

Switch!!

[Miss Woodford]

Why are these gals in a $70k ungraded stakes?

[Indychase]

Why are these gals in a $70k ungraded stakes?

No other opportunities at the moment for female sprinters?

[Miss Woodford]

No other opportunities at the moment for female sprinters?

There's the Isaac Murphy H. at Arlington Park tomorrow, 6 furlongs, $125k purse.
On Tuesday at Presque Isle there's the Satin & Lace Stakes, 5 1/2 furlongs, $100k.
Next Saturday at Delaware there's the Sweet & Sassy Stakes, 6f, $150k.

$70k is just kind of pathetic for horses like Switch and Turbulent Descent.

[Indychase]

There's the Isaac Murphy H. at Arlington Park tomorrow, 6 furlongs, $125k purse.
On Tuesday at Presque Isle there's the Satin & Lace Stakes, 5 1/2 furlongs, $100k.
Next Saturday at Delaware there's the Sweet & Sassy Stakes, 6f, $150k.

$70k is just kind of pathetic for horses like Switch and Turbulent Descent.

But they get to stay home and run out of their own stalls here. For a potential extra 30-50K it's probably not worth it.

How much does it cost to ship a horse anyways?

[Defcon One]

They'll probably scratch Switch anyway...no way they're going to run her and concede one pound to Mildly Offensive.

[LifeAtZen]

Turbulent Descent just played with the field.
Izzy Rules a stubborn second.
Mildly Offensive third, a nose in front of Switch.

[peeptoad13]

Turbulent Descent
Izzy Rules
Mildly Offensive

...TD did it pretty easily, though Izzy put in a game run. She was open lengths clear of the 3rd horse.

[blamethewinner]

That was quite the hokey race call with a delineation of the prior stakes wins by the members of the field. Was it an attempt at getting the graded stakes committee to recognize that the Desert Stormer deserves a grade?

[LifeAtZen]

That was quite the hokey race call with a delineation of the prior stakes wins by the members of the field. Was it an attempt at getting the graded stakes committee to recognize that the Desert Stormer deserves a grade?

I actually liked it. It was a reminder that while this was an ungraded stakes race, we had three grade 1 winners running and other graded stakes winners too. These were classy horses. Maybe it was an attempt to get it more recognition. Either way, I thought Vic did a great job.

[LifeAtZen]

[Codysmom55]

That was quite the hokey race call with a delineation of the prior stakes wins by the members of the field. Was it an attempt at getting the graded stakes committee to recognize that the Desert Stormer deserves a grade?

What I took away from the call was a recognition of the accomplishments of the field. It was refreshing to focus on some quality in more than 1 or 2 horses.