Hirsch Memorial Turf

By Simon Bray / 6:15 pm, 10.11.09

Hirsch Memorial Turf Championship (G1) / Oak Tree at Santa Anita, 10.11.09 / Download Chart (PDF)

PROS

  • Presious Passion again showed his liking for a firm turf course. This was a superb piece of race riding by jockey Elvis Trujillo to ration out his speed. He pretty much marched along every eighth mile in twelve seconds.

CONS

  • This was an average field with some of the same old faces from this west coast turf division we have seen for the last three years. Presious Passion was never challenged on the lead and had everything his own way.

BOTTOM LINE

  • Despite being a multiple Grade 1 winner he will be a big price on Breeders’ Cup day. He will get more of a challenge upfront plus the euros will dominate this weak US division.
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About Simon Bray

Author PhotoSimon Bray retired from training Thoroughbreds in 2004 to become a racing analyst for the TVG network, for which he reports both from the network's Los Angeles studio and on location from the nation's premier racetracks. The Grade 1-winning conditioner of such horses as Startac and Astra learned the game at the highest levels by working for legendary trainers Henry Cecil and Bill Mott. A native of England, Bray is now based in California.

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