Oveta’s Hobby: Broke Slow on Rail With Nowhere to Go, Can Improve In Next Start

Two year old filly for John Sadler made her debut in Sunday’s 4th, a five furlong sprint on the main for maiden special weight juvenile fillies. Off at 22/1 in a field of 8 and drawing the dreaded rail, she broke slowly under Berrios and found herself five lengths back of the leaders rather quickly. The jock kept her on the fence and she looked loaded at the top of the lane but had nowhere to run. A seam did open just past the 1/16 pole but it was too late as the odds on favorite was long gone. She did get second and was beaten six at the wire. She is bred to win early and though she wouldn’t have beaten the Baffert favorite, she would have made it much closer with a cleaner start. She is bred to win early, her drills were solid, and she is a soon winner for a top barn that does well with two year olds.

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Oveta’s Hobby’s Race Information

Race Date:  July 21, 2024 Track:  Del Mar Race #:  4
Distance:  5 Furlongs Conditions: maiden special weight Surface: Dirt
Trainer:  John Sadler Jockey:  Hector Berrios Track Condition:  FAST
Trouble Notes:  off slow, gained inside, bested rest Track Variant:  +13
Finish Position: 2nd Win Payout:  0 Place: Payout:  $ 10.20 Show Payout:  $ 6.20

Race Replay

Oveta’s Hobby – Del Mar –  July 21, 2024

Oveta’s Hobby Performance Figures Earned

Race Condition Pars Oveta’s Hobby Figures Earned
Race Class Level:  110 Running Style In Race:  Unknown
Final Time Rating Par: 150 Final Time Rating: 89
CPR Race Par:  94 CPR Earned In Race: 75
Fast Fig Race Par:  110 Fast Fig In Race:
Key Race Winners: 0 Running Style In Race:   Unknown
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Generally horses that are on the Horses To Watch list ran into unexpected trouble, bad luck, and/or didn’t run the race we believe Oveta’s Hobby was cabable of.  We expected that if Oveta’s Hobby gets a good trip in their next start than we should see an improvement in Oveta’s Hobby performance figures.  Use the performance figures earned in Oveta’s Hobby last race (listed above) and compare them to the field and pars of Oveta’s Hobby next start.  If Oveta’s Hobby appears to have earned higher performance figures in the last race when running into trouble  as compared to the rest of the field’s expected perfomance in the upcoming race than there is a good chance that Oveta’s Hobby will dominate the race.

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