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2011 Apple Blossom (G1)

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Date/Track:

4/15/2011, Oaklawn Park

Post Time:

6:08 PM CT

Distance:

1 1/16 m (Dirt)

Age/Sex:

4+ F

Time:

1:42.19

*Rank is current Power Ranking among all active horses, based on highest HRN rating. Rating is based on HRN member voting.

Fin

Silks

Horse / Sire

Rating

Trainer / Jockey

Last Start / Next Start

1st

Havre de Grace
Saint Liam

8.12

J. Jones
R. Dominguez

1st, 2012 New Orleans Ladies (LS)

2nd

Switch
Quiet American

7.78

J. Sadler
J. Rosario

2nd, 2011 Breeders' Cup Filly and Mare Sprint (G1)

3rd

Absinthe Minded
Quiet American

6.81

D. Lukas
C. Nakatani

8th, 2012 Allaire Dupont Distaff (G3)

4th

Miss Match
Indygo Shiner

7.07

N. Drysdale
M. Smith

6th, 2011 Hollywood Turf Cup (G1)

5th

Belle Watling
Dushyantor

6.92

P. Biancone
E. Prado

9th, 2011 United Nations (G1)

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Western Wars

Why is it that every time you have two horses from either coast that develop a rivalry, the fans on the West Coast go completely insane?Read More

Posted 340 days ago ·

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AndyScoggin · One big difference is that Blind Luck has run in the East many times. She has taken on everyone at any track. She is both East and West, not like other controversial West coast runners. · 340 days ago ·

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zatt · Where does Noosa Beach fit into this discussion? ;-) · 340 days ago ·

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DeadHeat · I have still seen many of the blog commenters that are out west express slight anger, even though, I agree that she is both East and West. It is the indignity that many ppl who express the opinion that she may not be the best in the division. · 340 days ago ·

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TroyTaylor · Blind Luck and Havre De Grace are dead even (2 wins a piece between the two). The bottom line is: Havre De Grace doesn't fly all over the continental United States , like Blind Luck does. Blind Luck would smoke Havre De Grace out west in California. Blind Luck would be 4-0 against Havre De Grace if two of those races were out west. · 340 days ago ·

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Waya · Personally, I want to see all three meet up before the Breeders' Cup. Maybe Saratoga? · 340 days ago ·

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timgsmith10 · Blind Luck was stronger last year, HDG has proven to have B.Ls number this year. Hopefully they race a few more times this year to get a better picture. · 339 days ago ·

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mrsmaryzinke · At 1 1/8 m. I'm going to choose Havre De Grace over Blind Luck every time, because I can tell time and HDG id faster; also I have two eyes to see that HDG wins more easily than Blind Luck. Why would HDG go west to race for less money on syn. tracks? Why should the two girls face each other at S.A. which may favor speed and not Blind Luck's come from behind style, and again lower purses than Eastern races. And about the 1 14m., didn't Blind Luck only beat HDG by a very small margin when they ran that distance last year? I like both girls, but to me, HDG is better this year. · 339 days ago ·

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mrsmaryzinke · sorry for my many typos; you can hopefully get the meaning. · 339 days ago ·

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mrsmaryzinke · Maybe the west-coast fans get "insane" apologizing for the synthetic tracks and lower purses, and small field size of many races. But, as an insane fan of CA racing, I do have my favorites out there. · 339 days ago ·

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Mike in SB · After seeing the Vanity, I think Blind Luck is now rounding into her best form. The races at Santa Anita are a complete toss, closers were at a great disadvantage on that track and she lost fair and square to Havre De Grace in Arkansas, but I believe blind Luck will improve off her Vanity win and will turn the tables later in the year, maybe in what could be a great Ladies Classic. · 339 days ago ·

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brooklyn.steve · You do realize that we live in a West Coast world correct? HRTV and TVG are based in Cali. They will show a bottom barrel maiden claimer from Hollywood before they show a stakes race from Monmouth Park. Heck, they will stay there 10 minutes before the race to go over the post parade in detail. That should answer your question right there. · 339 days ago ·

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DeadHeat · Personally I believe Blind Luck is the same she always was. The races in Cali were not from fatigue, they were due to the track being so speed biased, and even with such a biased she ran well. At Oaklawn she fired her shot and missed. At Churchill she again fired, but did not have HDG and Switch at 8.5fl to deal with. She fired at Hollywood, over a surface more conductive to her style and a distance more to her liking than Switch. She is still the same BL, the other two have just improved. · 339 days ago ·

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4everZenyatta · Totally agreed brooklyn.steve. I get so annoyed when I'm watching HRTV and am patiently waiting for a stakes race from my home track, Monmouth, and they are obsessing over PPs of horses from a claiming at Hollywood or Santa Anita. I previously used to live on the west coats and racing fans there are kind of obsessed with themselves/their picks. It is actually quite annoying. · 337 days ago ·

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skipaway2000 · This post inspired me. Top 5 Examples of West Coast Domination in East Coast Races :) Check out The Infield: skipaway2000.wordpress.com · 335 days ago ·

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medlocke · I think this post is a total crock of sh-t!! I live on the east coast, and I think the west coast fan's go insane, because the east coast fan's always act as if their horse is invincible, and leaps and bounds better than the west coast horses. For a solid year, we heard about how Rachel Alexandra would be the first to beat Zenyatta. LOL. Never came to pass, because Jess Jackson dodged the meeting between the two at Oaklawn like the plague. IMO, Rachel, even at her best, would've never been able to hold off the closing onslaught that Zenyatta possessed. And in her 4yr.old season, a race between the two would've been laughable. I can't say that I blame west coast fan's, given that east coast fan's think that racing on conventional dirt is the have all, be all in racing. They also believe that if the horse doesn't have that east coast, blue blood pedigree, there's no way a west coast horse can compete? Which as I said in the beginning, is a total crock of sh-t!! I'm an east coast thoroughbred racing fan, and I approve this message!! LOL. · 335 days ago ·

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icyhotboo · I fail to see what geography has to do with the quality of any horse or why two excellent horses can't both be appreciated instead of having to choose one over the other.The other thing I find odd is that most of our great horses and sires were European or Canadian not eastern or western. · 335 days ago ·

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shadowno · @skipaway2000, loved the Sandpit video, he was a real badass, thanks. BTW did you consider Gentleman, Southern Image, Real Quiet and Farma Way tearing up Pimlico? · 335 days ago ·

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GooberNation · who cares.. just where the horse was born.. the genetics could be ANYWHERE in the world · 335 days ago ·

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Havre De Grace Beats Switch in Apple Blossom

Havre De Grace tracked the pace in third and ran down Switch in late stretch to win Friday's Apple Blossom from Oaklawn Park. Read More

Source: horseracingnation.com · Posted 409 days ago ·

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Waya · She is becoming an awwesome filly. Dare I say the best older horse in America right now? · 409 days ago ·

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dubby30 · Havre De Grace hands down is the best older filly or mare in America and she's proven that running at distances that arent her best. When we stretch out to 9furlongs and longer she's really going to thrive. The sky is the limit with this filly. And unlike others they wont do any ducking with her. She has taken down Cali's top 2 horses and there is more where that comes from. · 409 days ago ·

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iThoroughbred · I agree dubby and Waya. This mare is proving herself very nicely and is slowly but grandly moving her way to being a great little filly! I'm really excited to see what more comes out of her! · 409 days ago ·

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blooy · she is clearly the best, older filly or mare, just won it for fun. · 409 days ago ·

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Havre De Grace vs. Switch in Apple Blossom

Impressive Azeri Stakes winner Havre De Grace squares off against West Coast invader Switch in Friday's Apple Blossom at Oklawn Park. Read More

Source: horseracingnation.com · Posted 412 days ago ·

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dubby30 · Grace by 5 lengths. · 412 days ago ·

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LDP19 · Yay a speed duel. This ought to be fun. Havre de Grace will win it though. Jones is a master and this filly has matured into a monster. · 412 days ago ·

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dubby30 · This may be one of the few times that Grace and Switch step foot on the track with each other. The connections of Grace are looking for a championship campaign routing and Switches people are looking for 7-8.5f races for her, so basically elongated sprints. Switch is not a router as seen by her struggles to cover a route of ground. Larry’s Jones filly scared away the likes of Blind Luck, Unrivaled Belle, Life at Ten, Vision in Gold and Evening Jewel, and this left what was to be a hotly contested race with only 5 competitors, but I look forward to down the road when they are pitted against each other in races like the Ogden Phipps, Personal Ensign, Beldame and Ruffian. Grace should handle this group handily by open lengths but the challenge presented by Switch at this lengthy sprint distance should make for excitement. · 412 days ago ·

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tiznow · Wish Blind Luck would have come...Have to give the edge to Grace. I agree Switch is more dangerous a little shorter. Both are becoming monsters though. · 412 days ago ·

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blooy · yeah this is swtch is distance, she is a major threat. · 412 days ago ·

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LDP19 · Switch is dangerous over 8.5 furlongs, but Jones at Oaklawn with a monster filly will be hard to beat. · 411 days ago ·

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blooy · they will push each other i think. but i won't get to see it till it's online. · 410 days ago ·

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Blind Luck likely to run in Apple Blossom

As one of the elite races on the calendar for fillies and mares, the Apple Blossom tends to draw its share of champions. That should again be the case this year as trainer Jerry Hollendorfer said Friday that Blind Luck will likely make her next start in the Grade 1, $500,000 race at Oaklawn.“I’m pla...Read More

Source: drf.com · Posted 414 days ago ·

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dubby30 · Havre de Grace tuned up for a start for the Grade 1, $500,000 Apple Blossom Handicap by breezing five furlongs in a bullet 57.80 seconds on Sunday morning at her Oaklawn Park base. It was her final prep for the 1 1/16-mile race for fillies and mares that will be run Friday · 414 days ago ·

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Apple Blossom Possible for Ravi's Song

Mrs. Yoshio Fujita’s Ravi’s Song, convincing winner of Saturday’s second running of the $100,000 New Orleans Ladies, is being considered for a trip to central Arkansas to run in Oaklawn’s Grade I Apple Blossom Handicap on April 15. “She came out of that race yesterday just fine,” said traine...Read More

Source: horseracingnation.com · Posted 441 days ago ·

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