2YO EdgeMan

Thrilled to announce that my book 📕 ‘Handicapping Two-Year-Old Thoroughbreds - Consistently Pick Winners in 2YO Maiden Special Weight Races’ is now available on Amazon. Thank you in advance for your support and please share any feedback that you have.

@Riley_Mott is a first-class horseman. Many big wins ahead for he and his team.

Excellent article by @J_Keelerman Odds and Trends: Handicapping 2-Year-Olds at Keeneland bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/a… via @BloodHorse

Two-Year-Old racing starts on Friday! Are you ready? a.co/d/0i9ehJG8

Thanks, Bob. Hope all is well. I’ve continued my step back from the game, but wish you and all my other X Friends all the best 🐎 👊

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I say it every year. Korn Ferry should have as many televised events as possible run Sun thru Wed like @BahamasKFTour is the next two weeks. Great way to market players, get gambling more involved, and get more people to watch. Let me get ahead of some of the things people push back on. 1. Ticket sales. Most KFT events have very few ticket sales, it’s not a revenue driver for most events. 2. Volunteers. Most volunteers are retired folks and the KFT need less than KFT events. Also if a club is hosting often their members rally behind the event and will pitch in. And to me, any challenges are offset by the marketing of players out here without any competition.

Impressive that you all compliment each other. Really good to see.

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Congrats Geoff! Very well deserved for a very nice person.

Best of luck later today w this dude 👍

That’s mighty kind of you to say, Pat! Hope all is well w you.

Nice analysis, Bob.

Well done! He looks like another dandy.

Love the photo!

‡ Greener Pastures Down the Road? Tomorrow's 6th race at Keeneland is a 7f. MSW event for two-year-olds. There are a number of interesting looking first-starters, but Circle Tap, #11, trained by Dallas Stewart, caught my eye. Not for betting purposes, mind you, at least in this race, as he is listed at 3/1, having rallied to finish 2nd in each of his previous first two starts. To be clear, it wouldn't surprise me to see him win, but it was his pedigree that catalyzed me to delve a bit deeper. He is by Twirling Candy, a successful sire which is getting more than his fair share of turf performers. So, I decided to look up the performances of Circle Tap's first four dams, and found this: His dam, Rattataptap, though also effective on dirt while racing, won an allowance race on turf, and placed 2nd in a minor stakes at KY Downs on that surface. His second-dam, Sindy With an S, won a Listed stakes on the grass at Hollywood Park. His third-dam, Backroom Blues, won an allowance race on turf, and finished 4th in a minor stakes race on the same surface. His fourth-dam, Secret Holdings, never won a race, but placed twice in MSW races on turf, and was by Private Account, which was primarily a dirt influence. Beyond that, his dam, Rattataptap, appears to have produced four other foals to have raced. Coco Abarrio has placed 2nd in her only start on turf to date, and has finished first, while twice second, on synthetic surfaces. Soca's only win in three career starts was on an all-weather surface. Rattataptap's two other runners have performed on dirt, though neither is by what might be considered to be a turf sire. It is fully understandable why Circle Tap's connections would be focussed on dirt, at the moment, and perhaps the colt will develop into a good horse on that surface. But should his development stall, I would certainly be inclined to try him on the turf. And from a betting standpoint, he's an example of a horse that I would follow with some interest, based on the above reading of his pedigree.

2YO Tuesday. Not much is better than that!

Another 2YO winnah for @BelladonnaRaci1 💪

@BelladonnaRaci1 @ChurchillDowns @b_hernandezjr Best of look with this gal today 🩷💪

TAKE A BOW (2yo Curlin-Bajan Girl) makes her debut today in the 5th @ChurchillDowns (2:49 ET, #6, 8/1 ML). @b_hernandezjr has the call for this 6F $120K maiden special.

@GVG_Genetics Good luck to Vajra today!

@2YOedge Hope all is well my man! 🤍

Just a quick update. Due to a recent life event (all good!), I unfortunately will not have the time to provide my articles on our beloved 2YOs 🐎. Thank you for all of your support and participation. I wish all of you Edgies all the best and hope that you pick only winners!

@jim_benson_128 I certainly will!! Thanks so much, Jim.

@2YOedge You have given us plenty to work with on our own. Everything you taught us is great information. You are appreciated by many. Good luck with your new venture! Stop by occasionally to give us updates