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Have yourself a day, Jackson Lovich!

Oof.

It’s a field of five. Three of which have never won a stakes race:

McVay has tried six stakes races. He is 0-0-1 in those races, placing third in a 4-horse San Felipe in 2024.

Forged Steel has alternated between the turf and dirt. He has ten tries in stakes races (only one graded stakes) and is 0-1-3.

Malarchuk has tried one stakes race (Black Type) and finished second: Before that, he was racing well in allowances.

For the second straight year, Baffert doesn’t have an older horse to throw into the mix. For a while, he dominated this race.

It all leads to 7-year-old Subsanador as a likely strong favorite. British Isles did win the Santa Anita Handicap in January but followed that up with a 6th place finish in the Ben Ali. Maybe he is a horse for the course.

Is George Lombard Jr. heating up?

Your typical slow Monday, as only the FCL squad was in action. Plus, a blurb about Yovanny Cruz.

I try to not rant *too* much, but come on. There are some real problems with the MLB squad and not much down here to ease the pain. I don’t get why some just ignore the real issues this system has.

I live in NJ which is why I like to monitor this race.

Napoleon Solo’s owner is a New Jerseyan and the Haskell is the goal. The horse was actually nominated for the Long Branch Stakes (Haskell prep) but I would say the connections made the right choice going to the Preakness, eh?

It’s also the current goal for Crude Velocity and The Puma. A Chad Brown horse (Hedge Ratio) won the Long Branch and is also a possibility.

If this holds up (yes, I know how horse racing has many twists and turns), it’s at least a good starting point for the race that is a few months away.

On the eve of the Subway Series, the Railriders knock around Jonah Tong.

Like Crude Velocity, his goal is to make it to the Haskell starting gate.

Three morning/afternoon games and an early evening game. A bit more action than the Yankees provided today.

Can you walk your way to MLB? George Lombard Jr. wants to try!

Happy Mother’s Day! The winless Gerrit Cole takes the hill for Somerset…..

Only one conclusion can be made: Kaeden is better than Jeff.

The first of two Haskell preps at Monmouth Park didn’t fill. It won’t run in 2026.

The Peter Pan, a prep for the Belmont, has a field of only five after the scratch of Bull by the Horns.

Neither is a good thing, right? The Long Branch had a decent list of horses nominated but for whatever the reason, they passed on the race.

Update: Monmouth moved the race to Sunday. There is rain in the forecast Saturday so I wonder if that influenced things.

Star Sweeper

Clocker Special

Noble Heritage

Red Zone Runner

Bricklin (earned KD points by finishing 3rd in Sunland Derby and 4th in Arkansas Derby)

Hedge Ratio (Chad Brown horse)

The FCL season gets underway….

OK, no real shot to win and he isn’t even a value play because people who have seen him are throwing money at him.

What a speciman.

A pair of walk-offs tonight.

Two doubleheaders but George Lombard Jr.’s Scranton debut will have to wait.