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Read Good Deal StakesDEL MAR, CALIFORNIA FRIDAY, AUGUST 14, 2009 REAL GOOD DEAL STAKES$100,000, 3-y-o, Cal-Bred, 7 f MIKE SMITH (M One Rifle) – “He’s quick out of there. He gets his feet underneath himself real quick and can really go, but he’s relaxed when he’s doing it. He’s just naturally fast. Coming away from there I got a flyer, so I just went on with him. That other speed horse (Royal Punisher) was outside, so I had to go. But he was going easy. Turning for home, he ducked in on me. He wants to do that and it helps him change leads, so I’m OK with some of it. He wants to stay on his left (lead), but that duck gets him over to his right. But he’s going to have to learn how to do that himself. He can’t be doing that all the time.” GARRETT GOMEZ (Korban) – “First time I was on him and I was impressed with the way he ran. Marty (trainer Martin Jones) had him ready. He’s got a future.” AARON GRYDER (J P Jammer) – “The winner’s just too quick. But my horse tried hard.” IGGY PUGLISI (Royal Punisher) – “He’s fast (winner M One Rifle). I tried to make the lead, but got outsprinted. My horse just ran out of gas.” BRUCE HEADLEY (M One Rifle) -- “This is a nice Cal-bred. He’s a pretty fast horse. I didn’t give any instructions to Mike [jockey Mike Smith]. I don’t tell those pros anything.” Will the horse stretch out in distance? “When I get them in a sprinting mood, I don’t do much experimenting.” FRACTIONS: :22.72 :45.64 1:09.74 1:22.32 The stakes win was the third of the meet for Mike Smith and his first in the Real Good Deal. He now has 25 stakes wins at Del Mar. His three stakes wins at the current session are the most by any rider so far. The stakes win was the first of the meet for Bruce Headley and his first in the Real Good Deal. He now has 14 stakes wins at Del Mar. |
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