July 14

July 14:  Closing Day At Hollywood

Market Mix Beats The Boys!

When I saw that Marketing Mix was running in the Grade 3 Sunset on Closing Day my first thought was to bet her.  But she was facing a mile and a half specialist, last year's winner Dhammer.   I wavered back and forth and decided I wanted to see what the analysts on HRTV and TVG had to say.  Basically they said what I felt - it was a two horse race.  Could a Grade 1 mare (Marketing Mix) beat a distance specialist (Dhammer) even though she'd never gone this far?  Exactly the question.  What finally decided it was a graphic that went up about 8 minutes to post time.  It showed how Dhammer was trying to be the FIRST to repeat in the Sunset - three of the other five had come back to run second.  Hmmmm.  And then I saw Gary Stevens was riding.  That was it.  I knew he'd give her the best ride and the distance would not be a factor.  She won easily, handily, and just played with Dhammer who was running his heart out.  WHOOOO HOOOO!  End the weekend with another win!