Big Saturday! Gotham and Lousiana Derby
Wednesday March 5, 2008
In the Gotham at Aqueduct, really looking forward to seing Giant Moon, Visonaire and Saratoga Russell lock horns.
Visonaire re-routed to NY specifically to avoid the fire monster at the Fairgrounds. . .
To build hype, I’ll use an old sportwriters trick by using as many fire related phrases as possible. That’s how the big boys do it - to ignite excitment. Read on and learn. And from what I’ve learned from my days of being a sports fan, there is never a cap on how far you can take it . . . .
The fiery Pyro leads the entrants for the Louisiana Derby after scorching the field withhis red hot stretch move in the Risen Star last month. Everyone wants to see if the Asmussen trained colt will remain aflame. Blackberry Road, J Be K, Majestic Warrior, Tale of Ekati, and Yankee Bravo will all try to spark to life and extinguish their red hot adversary in this “match” race. But will they be turned to molten horse?
Who do you guys like and what should we look for this weekend? Besides me being put on writer’s suspension for the last paragraph . . .
