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2012 Kent Stakes (G3)

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Date/Track:
9/22/2012, Delaware Park
Post Time:
4:15 PM ET
Distance:
1 1/8 m (Turf)
Age/Sex:
3 M
Time:
1:47.27

What the Nation is saying about the 2012 Kent Stakes (G3)...

Yesterday, in the Colonel E.R. Bradley Handicap at Fair Grounds, the Optimizer Bunny notched his second stakes win on turf with an emphatic 3 ½ length score over String King. Under his most familiar rider, Jon Court, Optimizer spurted right out to the early lead with a strong first quarter, and then...Read More
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  • goblin · He certainly has been mismanaged, but recently seems to be on the right track (literally as well as figuratively). Maybe Lukas is ready to leave this horse on the turf and allow him to begin to thrive where he does best. · 115 days ago ·
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  • travel_vic · His history would suggest otherwise · 115 days ago ·
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Sent off as the 3-1 second choice in the Kent, Optimizer was coming into yesterday’s race off a sharp allowance win on the Saratoga turf. The allowance score was his first win since his debut victory, and only his fourth try on the turf. That is, until yesterday’s big win. Clearly this horse has tak...Read More
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  • Floridaf · Perhaps it had nothing to do with the trainer and everything to do with the owner. Just throwing that out there as a possibility. · 242 days ago ·
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  • karen.sweatman.9 · Let's see, D Wayne thought Mine that Bird could be a turf horse and he thought Optimizer was a dirt horse. I'd say the elderly chap is having bouts of confusion, hope it isn't serious. · 242 days ago ·
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Optimizer spent the first 12 races of his career as a deep closer on dirt. But something happened in his second time on turf that enabled Optimizer to display early speed he had never before shown.One start after wiring a group that included older horses in a first-level optional $35,000 claimer at ...Read More
Optimizer will take this one.

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