Ironic isn’t it?

An Irish bred horse with a familiar spanish phrase for a name.

That’s the way it is in today’s Race of the Day from Hollywood Park when trainer Ron McAnally sends out greetings and salutations and the hopes of a fond farewell.

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We’re speculating but it appears that late last year Jockey Joe Talamo had the mount on Buenos Dias when McAnally put him away until this past spring meet at Santa Anita. When he brought him back it was Brice Blanc who rolled him with him last month.


By then Mandella had Champ Pegasus underway and Talamo was on ‘the Champ’ who is fighting at his lightest weight ever and has a fighting chance to win the race.

Selections: 5-4-6-3

Call it crazy. Call it sane. Either way I’m giving it all away!

If you think you can pick horse races then keep reading because superstition is a gamblers nightmare. You know what I mean.

Like when you’re on your way to the window or you’re standing in line to bet and you hear the guy next to you buying tickets with your number on it. It’s like a stab in the back because we’re all geniuses, right?

There’s no way that anyone else could have come up with the same horse as you because — well there’s only 12 horses in the race and there’s 10,000 people standing next to you.

Earlier I tweeted the selections for the G2 $600,000 Virginia Derby to be run later today at Colonial Downs.

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Here’s the selections for today’s Race of the Day and remember to pick up a copy of the Free Past Performances courtesy of DRF.com.

Selections: 3-8-2-7

Yep, that’s right. Bet against Paddy O’ Prado today.

The G1 Prioress has attracted only five runners but each of the three-year old fillies offers something to consider.

The favorite is Franny Freud who has won her last three races including a restricted race for New York breds while beating male runners. She’s 7 to 5 for trainer John Terranova who is winning at a twenty-six percent clip.

The Acorn winner, Champagne d’ Oro, enters with a fast bullet workout and appears to be primed for another top performance but gets a new rider in Miguel Mena. She’s still eligible for NW3 lifetime.

Bonnie Blue Flag comes in after a big win at Lone Star Park. Prior to that she had raced on the So.Cal circuit where she won two in a row on synthetic surfaces before making the switch to dirt. She’s by Mineshaft and will be tough today.

Funny Feeling and Stormandaprayer round out the field. The later just broke her maiden and appears to be overmatched in here.

Horse racing betting on the Prioress Stakes.

Post time for the G1 $750,000 United Nations from Monmouth is 5:23 p.m. Eastern.

There’s probably little reason to believe that Acclamation won’t be the early pace setter and that spells trouble for Straight Story and the local runner, Get Serious, who is 8 for 10 in the winners circle at Monmouth.

Clement has the favorite, Winchester, and Laureate Conductor who is a non-winner of three life-time but one of his two wins were at Monmouth going a mile and an eighth and may be useful in exotics.

Take the Points finished a close fourth to Winchester in the Manhattan for Todd Pletcher and appears to be primed for a peak performance off that race and his follow-up workout.

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