2010 Carter Hcp (G1)

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Date/Track:
4/3/2010, Aqueduct
Distance:
7 f (Dirt)
Age/Sex:
4+ M
Time:
1:21.62

What the Nation is saying about the 2010 Carter Hcp (G1)...

He may have come up just a whisker short in Saturday's Carter Handicap, but it's really great to see Musket Man back competing at such a high level again after such a long layoff with an injury. He looked first class in his February return at Tampa Bay in the Super Stakes, and he also hung in very well at Aqueduct in the Carter Handicap, just narrowly missing a 2 for 2 return to the track. I was kind of surprised that it was Warrior's Reward instead of Munnings that was able to get up to beat Musket Man at 7 furlongs however. Now if we can just get The Pamplemousse back competing again, that will pretty much have the 09' Derby contenders who haven't been retired back competing again. Also, let's add I Want Revenge to that list. He's a colt that looked to be ready to take on all comers after the 09' Wood Memorial. Maybe we could get the two back in the same race, competing against one another at Santa Anita.
CARTER QUOTES   Ian Wilkes, winning trainer of Warrior’s Reward (No. 2): “After he couldn’t get the distance in the Travers, we decided, let’s make him a one-turn horse, seven-eighths or a mile.  Let’s make him a really good horse.  He wants to be a good horse. When Julien pulled him ...Read More
  • rossington · I'm just really glad to see a deserving colt like Musket Man back racing and competing successfully again. He was one of my favorites in 2009 during the run up to the 09 Kentucky Derby, because I felt he had a lot of talent, and was being looked over in favor of some of the other, more "marque" named colt's at the time, like Friesan Fire, Pioneer of the Nile, Dunkirk, and others. I think because he took the Tampa Bay Derby and Illinois Derby route coming into Churchill was why many overlooked him. But to see him come back in February after such a long lay-off to win the Super Stakes, and then run a superb place effort to Warrior's Reward, just missing by a whisker today, gives me a whole lot of hope for Musket Man's future during his 4yr.old campaign. I can't wait to see how he'll fair against Quality Road in the Met Mile, seeing how the two never got a chance to meet during the 09 Kentucky Derby or Preakness. · 677 days ago ·
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Warrior’s Reward passed the first major test of his 4-year-old campaign on Saturday, coming on late to win the 110th running of the $250,000 Carter Handicap at Aqueduct Racetrack by a nose for his first Grade 1 victory.   Warrior’s Reward sat last of all in sixth as Digger led the field through...Read More
It could be a big day for the young sire Yonaguska. Here is a little refresher on the son of Cherokee Run. Handsome and brilliant as a youngster, he sold for $1,950,000 at the Fasig Tipton, February two-year-olds in training sale of 2000. It did not take long for him to reward his owners as he won S...Read More
Saturday’s 110th renewal of the $250,000 Carter Handicap boasts a deep field of six talented older horses, all searching for their first Grade 1 victory.   For two contenders, the seven-furlong Carter represents the first serious test in what the horses’ connections hope will be successful mid...Read More
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  • grimey · i gotta go with musket man to take this contest.. · 678 days ago ·
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  • humphrey · Digger and Elusive Warnings to catch Munnings or at least be close · 678 days ago ·
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NYRA is guaranteeing the Wood Memorial pick 4 pool this year to be $500K; NYRA does this to let the players know that they expect $500K in the pick 4 pool. It looks like they drew up this number long before they drew the card. Pool guarantees are a marketing technique that usually helps inform...Read More
Munnings is a very tough colt to beat at 7 furlongs. He definitely a sprinter, with a lot of speed over 7 furlongs or less. But Musket Man, before his injury after the 09' Preakness, was really starting to come into his own, with wins in the 09' Tampa Bay Derby, the 09' Illinois Derby, and two excellent show efforts in the 09' Kentucky Derby, and the 09' Preakness. After a long absence, Musket Man looked close to the form of old, winning the 2010 Super Stakes in February at Tampa Bay Downs. Munnings may be a bit tougher test for Musket Man than what he faced in February at Tampa Bay, but Musket Man has proven he's got a ton of heart. And if anyone is going to get Munnings in the Carter Handicap, I believe Musket Man will be the horse to do it. TJMO.
Tampa Bay Derby runner-up  Schoolyard Dreams comes into Saturday’s Grade 1, $750,000 Wood Memorial at Aqueduct Racetrack carrying the, well, schoolyard dreams of owner Eric Fein.   “I grew up in Douglaston, about five minutes from Belmont Park,” explained Fein, who owns the Derek Ryan-tra...Read More
Gotham winner Awesome Act worked six furlongs in 1:14.05 over the Belmont Park training track Thursday morning, his first serious move since winning the Grade 3 Gotham Stakes at Aqueduct Racetrack on March 6 and final timed work before an expected start in the Grade 1, $750,000 Wood Memorial at Aqu...Read More

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