Terrific Rides

[dilanesp]

A good ride / bad ride combination.

Ryan Curatolo on Classical Romance in the 2nd on 4/8 at Santa Anita delivered a beautiful ride. A 4 horse race, and they all went to the lead. Only Curatolo saw what was happening, and took his filly off the pace, letting the other 3 duel on the lead. Of course, they tired each other out and Curatolo brought his 14 to 1 shot around all of them to win the race. Terrific.

The terrible ride was by Mike Smith on the favorite, Midnight Jamboree. Going 4 wide on the first turn and 3 wide in the second, while being committed to a 3 horse speed duel, is a really good way to get a 4-5 shot beat. Smith did it.

[SG4]

Been awhile since some love in this topic, but a shout out to Kyle Frey in the 1st race at Santa Anita on Oct 1 getting the longest shot in the field home by a head with an absolutely beautiful ride. The drone camera work on this really highlighted his nifty stretch moves.

[dilanesp]

Prat's ride on Big City Lights in last Saturday's Palos Verdes was excellent. He never panicked even as the horse didn't run up to challenge Hopkins. He timed his move perfectly and got up in the last jump to win.