GSV and GSV2 Meet the Derby Preps and Santa Anita, April 14, 2007
Santa Anita: Highest GSV2 horses
Santa Anita Results: 6 winners, 1 second, 10 races
Race 1: Get The Money, 2nd, 7.10-1
Race 2: Enter Anon, 1st, 3.80-1: +$68.40 Win
Race 3: Reach For Gold, 1st, 12.70-1, +$203.20 Win
Race 4: Ballado's Thunder, 1st, 7.00-1, +$112.00 Win
Race 5: I Can See, 1st, 13.40-1, +$187.60 Win
Race 6: Fantasmin, 6th, 3.40-1, -$18.00
Race 7: Golden Balls, 1st, 7.20-1, +$100.80 Win
Race 8: Spring Catch, 10th, 26.40-1, -$20
Race 9: Blue Steller, 1st, 2.50-1, $45.00 Win
Race 10: Boldly Go, 11th, 9.90-1, -$26.00
Bluegrass Stakes…hit the exacta twice and the trifecta once
Keeneland Results: 4 winners, 2 seconds, 9 races, 1 race no qualifiers
Race 1: Tiger Woodman, 1st, 5.80-1 Win
Race 2: No qualifiers
Race 3: Sahara Heat: 1st, 0.40-1 Win
Race 4: Royal Assault, 8th, 18.80-1
Race 5: Etched In Gold, 8th, 12.40-1
Race 6: My Typhoon, 1st, 6.40-1 Win
Race 7: Taint So, 6th, 11.40-1
Race 8: Lewis Michael, 2nd, 15.40-1
Race 9: Street Sense, 2nd 1.10-1
Race 10: Rosinka, 1st, 2.10-1, Win
Arkansas Derby…Winner, exacta twice, trifecta twice
Oaklawn Park Results: 3 winners, 2 thirds from 7 races; no qualifiers for 5 races
Race 1: no qualifiers
Race 2: Squelch, 1st, 1.20-1 Win
Race 3: Commendation, 1st, 7.50-1 Win
Race 4: no qualifiers
Race 5: no qualifiers
Race 6: no qualifiers
Race 7: Sumac, 7th, 17.00-1
Race 8: Scooter D, 3rd, 9.80-1
Race 9: Portobello Road, 3rd, 1.50-1
Race 10: Angel Smoke, 7th, 2.30-1; note: 2nd highest GSV2 won at 30.60-1
Race 11: Curlin, 1st, 0.80-1, Win; note: 2nd highest GSV2 ran second at 30.30-1
Race 12: Local Yokel, only qualifier; scratched, no qualifiers
A $1.00 single ticket using the highest GSV2 horses in races 2-4 paid $700, The next rolling pick 3 paid $1569.70 for a whole $1.00. While this is a rare event, even for the GSV2 it seems to confirm that good breeding counts and good breeding counts a lot.