Grade II, with a half million purse. It's not only the purse that makes "the grade," but the quality of competition that a race has drawn in the past. And for the most part the lesser plants can't cut the mustard in that regard.
Up in Suffolk today there is the Massachusetts Hdcp, also with a $500 k purse. That race isn't even given a Grade III tag. Little tracks that try just are the Rodney Dangerfields of turfdom.
Ah well, enough of this rant on a slow Fri nite, I gotta get up early on Sat to do some things before couching down for the football games.
SUPER DERBY PIX
It's the 10th at LaD, and as I sometimes do I'll go with two horses, one at huge odds, the other moderate odds. (ML odds)'
#6 Past the Point (4-1 ML)
#8 Tortuga Straits (30-1 ML)
Yes, I know that "the class of the field" is Grasshopper, a name I recall from the old Kung Fu television series. (with David Carradine I think)
But I ain't gonna bet on no stinkin' even money shot, so I'll lay it out on my two and hope speed holds. Crumpets and tea money, not steak and champagne bucks.
Up in Suffolk today there is the Massachusetts Hdcp, also with a $500 k purse. That race isn't even given a Grade III tag. Little tracks that try just are the Rodney Dangerfields of turfdom.
Ah well, enough of this rant on a slow Fri nite, I gotta get up early on Sat to do some things before couching down for the football games.
SUPER DERBY PIX
It's the 10th at LaD, and as I sometimes do I'll go with two horses, one at huge odds, the other moderate odds. (ML odds)'
#6 Past the Point (4-1 ML)
#8 Tortuga Straits (30-1 ML)
Yes, I know that "the class of the field" is Grasshopper, a name I recall from the old Kung Fu television series. (with David Carradine I think)
But I ain't gonna bet on no stinkin' even money shot, so I'll lay it out on my two and hope speed holds. Crumpets and tea money, not steak and champagne bucks.