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GP Mcl (2/28/2010-R1)

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Date/Track:
2/28/2010, Gulfstream Park
Distance:
6 f (Dirt)
Age/Sex:
3 M
Time:
1:11.89

What the Nation is saying about the GP Mcl (2/28/2010-R1)...

MAC DIARMIDA QUOTES   Mary Hartmann (Presious Passion) – “We were concerned earlier in the day that the course might be less than firm, but after discussing it with Mr. (Generazio) we decided to go ahead and run, and that it would be better looking ahead to Dubai to have a race than not, althou...Read More
The turf might not have been as firm as he likes it, but front-running Presious Passion had little trouble handling it while seemingly toying with his six rivals in the $150,000 Mac Diarmida Stakes (gr. IIT) at Gulfstream Park Feb. 28. His 1 1/4-length win over Winchester in the 1 3/8-mile race sets...Read More
I've heard it said before that if a horse is a front runner, he's just a front runner and there's no changing it. But I'm telling you, if ever a horse needed to find some middle ground in the way he races, Presious Passion is definitely that horse. In today's 2010 Mac Diarmida at Gulfstream Park, other than Winchester, who really hasn't been a threat in major stakes races for some time, I don't know if I had ever even heard of any of the other horses in the field. Once again, Presious Passion went flying out of the gate with that "I've got to lead by 20 lengths" mentality. Once again, he tired late and was just able to hold of Winchester by 1-1/2 lengths to win. Against this particular field, Presious Passion should have destroyed them. That's why I absolutely will not bet on Presious Passion in a race. He's what I call a 50-50 horse. If the right Presious Passion is on the track, he goes wire to wire. But more often than not lately, with that running style that he has, he races himself right out of the race by tiring at the end. But in races that have colts that are strong closers, like Gio Ponti in the Arlington Million and Conduit in the Breeders Cup Turf, Presious Passion just isn't going to hold on to win those types of races because he run's his tank empty far too early in the race. JMO.
Charismatic 7-year-old gelding Presious Passion already has back-to-back victories in Monmouth Park’s United Nations Stakes (gr. IT) at Monmouth Park and the W.L. McKnight Handicap (gr. IIT) at Calder to his credit. On Feb. 28, he will attempt to add a repeat win in the $150,000 Mac Diarmida Stakes ...Read More
Patricia Generazio’s 7-year-old Presious Passion worked a mile in 1:40 flat Thursday morning at Gulfstream Park as he prepares for the $150,000 Mac Diarmida Stakes (G3) to be run at 1 3/8 miles on turf on Sun., Feb. 28, a race he won last year for trainer Mary Hartmann early in his best season ever...Read More

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