00:03Scott, let's take a look at the one, Giacoso, who comes out of the American turf.
00:07When you just stack up some of the races that he exits, he's been facing really tough company.
00:12Horses like Zulu Kingdom, even a horse like Magnitude on the dirt, who's probably going to be pointing towards the Traverse.
00:18So I do think he exits that live race with four next out winners from the grade one American turf.
00:24He's a good horse.
00:25My biggest question with him is, well, other than the obvious layoff, Keith DeSormo, not necessarily a guy that I think has his runners cranked off the bench or first asking.
00:35There's just not a lot of speed for him to run at in this race.
00:39He has been able in the past a couple of times to be a little closer to the pace, but I don't know all things considered if 6-1 is fair.
00:46Now he's strong is interesting if he runs in this race.
00:48He's cross-centered, and I think this might be where he goes, Scott, because there's not a lot of other early speed in here.
00:53So if he ends up settling in this race, he could be a major player in here.
00:58Maui Strong certainly should get a good trip.
01:00I think he's going to sit second.
01:02I know our pace projector time form had him in front.
01:07We'll talk about the horse.
01:08I think we'll probably be on the lead.
01:09But either way, Maui Strong was in really top form, I thought, at Gulfstream Park.
01:14Dale Romans was at that point.
01:16No real excuses in the last couple of other than last time took on our obvious good horse in Zulu Kingdom.
01:22He was entered in a race on Thursday at Saratoga, and he scratched out of that race.
01:26So he should be running in this one, and he'll be a major player in a race where there's not that much early speed if he can sit a nice trip.
01:32We move to End of Romance, who was a most recent winner at Delaware.
01:37Now he was behind a rival Dream On a couple starts back in the Woodhaven Stakes.
01:42But he gets the job done here, and he is a horse who showed a lot more positional speed in this race, Scott.
01:48So if he can sit closer, that could help him in the Secretariat.
01:51Yeah, Blinker, second time, got him out of the gate in better order.
01:55His other two starts, he was really putting himself in tough positions.
01:58That was a lot lesser field.
02:00I think the Woodhaven looks a little better on paper than it was in actuality.
02:03I think 5-1 a little short.
02:05Simulate is the next one up.
02:07And this is a horse who's only raced one time on the grass, and it was very good.
02:12He looked super professional.
02:14He sat, excuse me, his most recent win was very, very good.
02:17He's won two of his last three.
02:18I was reading my notes for a different horse, Scotty.
02:21But if you toss his debut sprinting, this is a horse who is in very, very nice form.
02:26To me, the key with him is the trip that he could sit.
02:29Because we keep talking about this race as there's not that much early speed.
02:33He can put himself right behind the early leaders and just get a great trip.
02:38So for me, I think he's one of the horses who might be able to capitalize if there's not that much early speed in here.
02:43I think he's going great.
02:45I don't necessarily think he's race-shaped dependent or trip dependent.
02:49He showed the ability to run well at Delaware when they really didn't seem to be trying all that much.
02:53Probably a clear prep.
02:55And then last time, Junior Alvarado with a much more aggressive plan.
02:59Maybe it was the horse, maybe not.
03:00This horse is sitting on a big race.
03:02The Lasix, I guess, would be one of the questions.
03:04He has run on it.
03:05The last couple won't get to here.
03:07I wouldn't be shocked if he gets bet a little bit.
03:09I think 5-1 and above.
03:11Very fair price for him if he's somewhere in that range.
03:14We move to antisocial.
03:16Scott, he's in pretty nice form right now.
03:18He has won two of his last three.
03:20And what's nice about him, he sits a forward trip and he has an aggressive rider on him.
03:25Someone who gets horses out of the gate and puts them in a really nice spot.
03:29I could see him sitting in a good spot and being a horse who trips out.
03:33I think he's going to be on the lead.
03:34You look at Vincent Chamino on Maui Strong and Louie Saez on antisocial.
03:39I think Louie likely to be more aggressive too, assuming a good break.
03:42You mentioned he was the one you were going to say only a couple starts on the grass thus far.
03:47You know, has to step up in here.
03:48The horse that finished second in the race he was last out has had plenty of chances to win.
03:53We move to Anagata.
03:54He ran really well on June 7th at Churchill.
03:57Then in his most recent race, the race didn't really shape up all that well for him.
04:02I didn't know what to do with him overall, Scott.
04:05He just has that one victory.
04:06I think he's a little below some of the others.
04:09So I could see maybe minor awards for him.
04:12Yeah, he's going to be a big price.
04:13It's probably the biggest thing you could have going for him.
04:15His lone win came against $50,000 made in claimers.
04:19He did run well two back to native runner.
04:22Yinzer wired the field last out to your point, not really giving him a fair shake.
04:25The two horses that round out the field, Cairo Caper and Dream On, they both come out of the same race most recently.
04:33They were in the grade three pen mile.
04:35They finished first and second.
04:36It was kind of a tale of two trips, Scott, as Cairo Caper had to go wide, and he got forced a little bit wide into the turn.
04:43Dream On was able to save all the ground, and he was able to move through horses.
04:47So while Dream On won the race, I would say that Cairo Caper probably had the tougher of the two trips between the two of them.
04:55Cairo Caper, who we can talk a little bit about first, was the runner-up.
04:59Yeah, Cairo Caper is intriguing to me from a gambling perspective.
05:02I understand why Dream On is favored over him to win this race.
05:06But as you mentioned, was wide when Dream On was not wide at all last out.
05:10The Woodhaven was his first start off a long layoff.
05:13The question to me is, you know, is he a miler or does he want to sprint more?
05:17But I think he's in with a shot.
05:19If you ever go and find some of the videos online, there's probably one of me and Scott singing some karaoke with Dream On.
05:25Scott going back and forth, right?
05:27Dream On! Dream On!
05:29What do we think about this guy who rounds out the field here?
05:31If he's five to two, I think he's a fade in this race.
05:34He got the right trip last time out.
05:36I think he looks better on paper or more of a standout on paper than he does in actuality.
05:40You look at speed figures.
05:42You look at trips.
05:43He doesn't really stand out.
05:45But if he floats up a little bit, or I understand why someone would gun the head pick him as the likeliest winner, he does look like he's training very well coming into the race.
05:52He's really honest.
05:53My concern is that I wonder if he's hit his ceiling.
05:57Like if we've seen the best from him, if he was one of these horses who was precocious, maybe just a little bit ahead of a lot of the horses in his group.
06:04And I'm looking for some of the others who might have more upside, who I think still have some steps forward that they can take.
06:09So we move to selections here, Scott.
06:12And you and I both land on the same one.
06:16We're looking for simulate.
06:17We're looking for a little bit of value on the four.
06:20You know, I said five to one.
06:21Is that about fair for you?
06:23Something in that range?
06:24Four to one or higher, I think I would wager on him.
06:26I think he's the now horse in this race and should get the right trip.
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