Wednesday, August 21, 2013
Saratoga - Race 8
#3 Zindaya (5/1 ml)
Another Clement trainee debuting in a 5.5-furlong turf sprint, where he is obviously enjoying some success right now. This particular filly appears to be coming off a heads-up drill with the older Kimmel trainee Kibosh, who was last seen running second in a stakes race @ Belmont a few months ago (possible barn change, perhaps). Prior to that drill, and probably more indicative of what we're looking at here, this gal worked heads-up with barnmate Bluegrass Flash, who got bet down to 2/1 favoritism when debuting around two turns just 6 days later, then proceeded to run a close second (beaten less than a length) despite blowing the break and being off dead-last (about 2 lengths slow according to the charts). Note as well that both of the afore-mentioned drills came over the local turf course, an obvious positive here. Also be aware that Bluegrass Flash was ridden in that race by Lezcano, who is on board here as well. Looks like another live one at a good price for Clement.