It is day 2 of a long Keeneland weekend for me, 10/17/15. I am having a great time as usual. I met up with Jean Cruguet, Triple Crown winning jockey, here this morning to talk about an upcoming project. Cruguet rode Seattle Slew in all 3 legs of the series! It is almost race time now and our handicapper has another tip to share with us.
The tipster says, “Race 6, (horse) #3, Great Minds, ran well here in the Spring but may not have enjoyed the speed, favoring a turf course in upstate New York in July. Al Stall (trainer) is very good with horses coming off a 61 to 180 day layoff.” Great Minds is a 4 year old gelding, bred in Kentucky at Claiborne Farms. He has had 12 career starts. He raced at Keeneland in Lexington, Ky on April 17th, 2015. His last race was at Saratoga this July. Today at 3:51 PM EST he will race on the turf and once again he is at Keeneland. His jockey is Miguel Mena. Mena is from Lima, Peru. He is a multiple graded stakes winning jockey and won the Breeders’ Cup Las Vegas Marathon Stakes last year. Great Minds’ trainer is Albert Stall, Jr. He has also won multiple graded stakes and has 2 Breeders’ Cup wins. One was the Classic in 2010 with Blame. Great Minds is owned by Vince Wilfork. He has 14 career starts. Four of those are 2015 races.
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Update: Great Minds finished fifth. He ran most of the race as last in the group. Then he came around wide and with an increased speed at the races end but it was too little too late.
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