THE REDBOARD ROOM – Recapping NY 4974

From the Horses Mouth

Allen Lane picks 8 winners on top

13 top picks in the money

11 winners picked overall

9 boxed exactas

Race 16 – $331 Trifecta Box

1ST – UTOPITIA(NY) – makes first start against local rivals and consistently runs faster than most of these

2ND – BRILLIANT ACCLAIM(NY) – third in lone local start last out sprinting and stretches out to a mile here

3RD – LADY COSMONAUT(NY) – slow in lone dirt start but wouldn’t have to be much with these and is a win and three thirds in four local races

1ST – COURT EARLY(KY) – found new life when switched turf and drops to a winning level

2ND – FLYING SOLO II(ENG) – beat better in last and has dead aim at this distance

OUT – ONLY THE FURIOUS(KY) – racing over her head last couple of starts, and despite one career win she looks to be going in the right direction

1ST – PALM ISLANDS(KY) – from multi stakes winning mare, grudgingly last out after pressing pace and should make amends on Saturday

OUT – WESTERN SPURS(AUS) – ran second this distance against multi stakes winner A SUPER KIRBY…in at winning level

3RD – SUGAR COATED CANDY(KY) – Candy Ride filly out of a Nijinsky x Buckpasser mare impressed with more distance in last and might be this good

1ST – DANDYDIX(PA) – PA bred lays over this field by virtue of his 100+ average speed figure over his last five starts

OUT – AGAIN WITH JOKES(KY) – turned in solid effort in last when shortened up and is well-bred

2ND – CRUSADING(IRE) – races in company and merits consideration at 10-1

3RD – LUCKY MOON(KY) – shortens up to a mile after two unsuccessful tries in stakes company, should find this easier

OUT – SHOT OF ABSINTHE(AUS) – flashed good speed in four starts and should be the one to catch once again

2ND – RODEO CAL(KY) – took on and beat older horses in three year old debut and will be in striking distance when the race counts

2ND – AWE THE ARCH(KY) – won twice this distance and looks best in here

1ST – RANKINGS(GER) – Monsun colt gets first real chance around two turns

1ST – GAFFNEY’S(KY) – Smart Strike closer has been knocking on the door and should graduate here on Saturday

OUT – RIVER PROBLEM(KY) – stretches out first time and added distance should help

OUT – ROO AT THE FLAT(CAN) – ITM all four career starts, runs bigger than the pedigree

2ND – NOTABLY AWESOME(FL) – drops back into a claim and speed figures are just better than the rest

1ST – QUIT POINTING(MEX) – has enough early foot to be a factor in here

3RD – MICHIGAN STATE(JPN) – filly is sibling to graded winner CITY STATE and drops into a claimer for the first time

3RD – MR. JAMES DEAN(KY) – fell on some hard times after his Derby appearance but looks to have turned things around in his last two starts

2ND – GIANT SHIROCK(GB) – on the board in seventeen of eighteen starts, need I say more

OUT – TIMES NEW ROMAN(KY) – impressed breaking his maiden this distance this track last time out; repeat

OUT – VERMITHRAX(KY) – looked good finishing second first time against winners last out but will have to handle the added furlong

3RD – SAKHEELYSEES(ENG) – drew away nine furlongs last time out and might be this good

OUT – STORMY HAWK(KY) – prepped on turf for this and returns to winning level

OUT – SUSPECT QUALITY(KY) – turned in a huge effort last out this track this distance

2ND – AMHERST(KY) – from multi stakes winning mare, makes 2012 debut and has recorded the fastest speed figure as a two year old in this field

OUT – MRS. ARCH(KY) – from freshman sire Archarcharch out STRIKE UP D BAND ( Tale of the Cat) winner of 10career sprints and $159k

1ST – RIDDLE ME(KY) – More Than Ready filly gets top jock and should be well suited for a sprint

2ND – NORTHERN PRINCESS(KY) – is from second year sire Blame out of an Awesome Again he-mare who earned his keep in turf routes

3RD – GIGGLING GENT(KY) – second offspring of multi stakes winning mare SCHITZNGIGGLE(KY), sibling won at first asking

OUT – IN SPITE OF(KY) – Speightstown colt should be a fast one out of a Storm Cat mare; one to watch

2ND – PROVE YOUR POINT(KY) – Uncle Mo colt will be interesting to follow but will have a lot to overcome from the outside post

1ST – LIMITLESS SKY(JPN) – has faced better and gets a big class edge with these

2ND – NEVER ENOUGH GOLD(NY) – eight year old makes start number seventy and is coming off two in a row

1ST – CRUEL SUMMER(KY) – multi graded winner will be too much to handle if she’s ready

OUT – EMPIRE OF FIRE(KY) – is racing in top form and is riding a two race win streak

2ND – CROMARTIE(KY) – saw the end of a four race win streak in last but hardly ever runs two bad ones in a row

1ST – ESKIDORO(KY) – graded placed last two starts looks much the best in a field of ambitious starters

3RD – STAGGER HOME(KY) – top race winner in this field including a pair of second place finishes in stakes

2ND – RESONATES(JPN) – has been facing better and makes first start around two turns