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Post by ic59 on Aug 25, 2018 17:12:26 GMT -5
Bob LaPenta's horse, Catholic Boy, just won the Travers at Saratoga. The horse paid $17 (about) to win. Great to see the Maroon and Gold colors flying down the track in a run-away win. A great race/win. Now it's on to the Breeders Cup (Nov. 1-2) at Lexington, Ky. Today's purse was $1.25M.
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Post by iona1970 on Aug 27, 2018 10:35:34 GMT -5
Bob LaPenta's horse, Catholic Boy, just won the Travers at Saratoga. The horse paid $17 (about) to win. Great to see the Maroon and Gold colors flying down the track in a run-away win. A great race/win. Now it's on to the Breeders Cup (Nov. 1-2) at Lexington, Ky. Today's purse was $1.25M. good catch when I saw maroon and gold the first thing I did was Google the owner and saw that, wish I would have googled before the race |
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Post by ic59 on Aug 27, 2018 13:23:00 GMT -5
1970, a friend who is into horse racing told me about the Travers and Catholic Boy. He now tells me that by winning, Catholic Boy automatically qualifies for the Breeders Cup, which this year will be held at Churchill Downs in November. Going into the Travers, CB was considered a horse that runs better on turf than on dirt. After the race on Saturday the 'experts' said that they would have to reconsider that assessment. My friend also told me that if CB does well in Kentucky it will be a BIG upset.
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Post by gregcrow on Nov 3, 2018 9:45:33 GMT -5
Morning line 8-1 in the classic. Accelerate the favorite, but without Justify in the lineup it's anybodies race. Only reason to be cautious about betting on Catholic Boy is that it was raised on Siena Farm.
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Post by gregcrow on Nov 3, 2018 18:54:14 GMT -5
Well, so much for that idea. Travers obviously not a good gauge of the actual talent of a horse.
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