Super Weekend!
Dateline: 08/21/97
1 1/4 Miles 3 year olds Grade I
19 Nominations, Purse $750,000
| Post # | Horse | Jockey | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Blazing Sword | Boulanger G | 126 |
| 2 | Behrens | Bailey J D | 126 |
| 3 | Twin Spires | Bravo J | 126 |
| 4 | Deputy Commander | McCarron C J | 126 |
| 5 | Affirmed Success | Chavez J F | 126 |
| 6 | Awesome Again | Smith M E | 126 |
| 7 | Cryptocloser | Antley C W | 126 |
| 8 | Affairwithpeaches | Migliore R | 126 |
Really a disappointing race this year since Silver Charm and Touch Gold are both out with injury or illness and Free House opted to pass. Best of what's left is probably Awesome Again (winner of the Queen's Plate and the Jim Dandy) although he is certainly no cinch.
1 3/16 Miles on the Turf 3 year olds and up fillies and mares Grade I
53 nominations, Purse $500,000
| Post # | Horse | Jockey | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Memories of Silver | Bailey J D | 123 |
| 2 | Maxzene | Smith M E | 123 |
| 3 | Escena | Day P | 123 |
| 4 | Dance Design | Kinane M J | 123 |
| 5 | Donna Viola | Stevens G L | 123 |
| 6 | Always Loyal | Dettori Lanfranco | 117 |
1 1/4 Miles on the Turf 3 year olds and up Grade I 72 nominations, Purse $1,000,000
| Post # | Horse | Jockey | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Labeeb | Black C A | 126 |
| 2 | Ops Smile | Davis R G | 126 |
| 3 | Awad | Day P | 126 |
| 4 | Sandpit | McCarron C J | 126 |
| 5 | Marlin | Stevens G L | 126 |
| 6 | Allied Forces | Dettori Lanfranco | 126 |
| 7 | Chief Bearhart | Santos J A | 126 |
| 8 | Percutant | Kinane M J | 126 |
| 9 | Geri | Bailey J D | 126 |
Most of the best turf runners have showed up here and this should be a good race. The quality of the top turfer is not quite as good in years past, but I would be glad to have any one of them in my barn. :) I tend to lean toward Sandpit who is going back to the turf after some tries against the top dirt runners.
