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| Visceral Race Overview |
| Visceral stretches out to a mile and sheds his extension blinker as he makes his second start at Del Mar on Thursday. It’s no secret that we had high hopes for the grey heading into his debut, and he definitely showed some run while finding a bit of traffic trouble. Many signs point to a step forward in this second go, and if that happens, his competition may very well be in trouble. Trainer Mark Glatt is 16% over the past five years with firsters, and 19% with second-time maidens. When you filter that second group for only horses going sprint to route on the dirt, he’s three-for-seven over the past five years with two more seconds. Just one horse from Visceral’s debut race has run back thus far—stablemate Santarena, who was second last out, was third Saturday in another sprint. See below for a closer look at the competition. Click here for past performances. Good luck! #1 Abitmischievous - $310K 2yo buy by Into Mischief improved second out going turf to dirt sprint. Two full siblings won routing, and a half-sister was GSP going two turns on the dirt. Barn is 13% with maidens stretching out. Logical contender. #3 Mongolian Gold - Narrow third in a Los Al sprint that was won by a pricey Baffert firster but which came back slow on figures. Runner-up upended a sprint MSW on Saturday at huge odds, so that race may have been stronger than the figures suggest. 4yo and $25K purchase is a bit exposed. Likely up against it despite the last race angle. #4 Canada Gate - Well-bred Juddmonte homebred finished second beaten nine lengths, and directly in front of two returning rivals, when stretching out at Santa Anita last time. The winner that day, Pony Express, is being considered for the Jim Dandy. Not sure he’s a superstar by any means, but he could take this. #5 Captain Choochies - Winless in 13 tries, though he was DQ’d once from a win. 4yo was second last time against softer company, and actually owns the best last-out Beyer Speed Figure of 77, but doubt he classes up with the best of these. #6 Winterfell - If not for his fourth-place run (beaten almost 19) in that Pony Express race, he’d be a pretty big favorite here, as his efforts two and three back were much faster than anything anyone else has run yet. Wouldn’t be surprised to see him bounce back, but couldn’t fully trust him. #7 Battle Cruiser - Relatively pricey son of Catalina Cruiser ($300K) was second when risked for a $62.5K tag back in May. The form of that race has not held up particularly well. Gets a weight break, but others have much more appeal. #8 Indispensable - Battle Cruiser’s stablemate and looks like the preferred runner of the two based on jockey assignments. $825K son of Constitution was third behind stablemate Pony Express last out and beaten only a nose by Canada Gate. Has been on the board in six of eight tries, but it’s fair to say he’s already had his chances. |
