Opening Day Late 4

7)   Juvenile ladies, staters going 5 poles.  Mustang Knicky from first crop of Breeders cup winner has shown enough morning ability to score at first asking.

Final Table, Dru" and Cara Rose have shown enough to win.  Tough heat, 4 deep.

Oceanside)   Sadler very confident in Cal bred CALI CAT, Pharoah ridgling certainly sharp, working super gets 4 potatoes from favored "iron Man who if right tons the one to beat.

9)  Staters 1x/20k  six panels taking three "ding" off the fence from far back,  "GM" and Letmein" 

10)   Good race to shop for a price with the Baffert refusing to win and Sadlers Tapit stretching.  FOR AROGATE could not be any better bred, out of multiple grade one winner, needed her last when caught inside last with first shades, huge work when heads up with stake horse last Saturday.  TOES off the fence for Neil, homer will not be a maiden long, and AMERICAN Priv"  for top shelf connections off the shelf with solid morning activity and Hector always a plus.

Cave man play   3,4,5,8   /   1,3   /   1,4,8 / 1,5,8   bbb

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 Rookie mistake in opening leg tho was never gonna have this chaotic sequence.  Tossed the winner of first leg to cut down on the ticket,

A second time starter can almost always be included and despite the holes in this one there were a few positives.  Broke from the dreaded one hole

at Los Al in debut, worked back in :59, trainer one win last six years, oddly with this ones dam @50-1

Stake:  Found the speed quickly with the Miller sprinter and noted his other runner was a come from out of it, yet while not good enough on paper, Berrios the great equalizer.  Took a pair both ran great.

9)  Again no real clue as often staters 20K/1x can be

10)  Had two thoughts here; Favorite would not stretch and second choice would not win, both accurate.  Shopped, took a trio and ALL three were idiots in the post parade.  30-1 wire winner held some interest tho I could not include.  Bought for $85K, ran for 75 in Hallandale, sold for 50, transferred from the Cox factory to Leonard's day care and ridden by a boy who had not ridden in the states in fifteen years!  Wire job.  Kudo's to great clocker "Andy who posted "certainly fits with these".  Dollar pick four returns ten bucks shy of fifty large!!   Another great performance by Journalism, especially after his dam died of colic last month. Hopefully  tomorrows sequence a little more formful.  bbb