Bullard: Kicked In With Late Solid Burst to Beat J.J. On the Favorite

Two year old colt for Mike McCarthy made his debut in Sunday’s opener at ¾ on the main for maiden special weights. Off at 3/1 in a field of 7 he broke slowly from the five hole and was last early on 7 lengths back of the odds on leader. He started to make up ground at the 3/8 pole and was up to 2nd by the top of the stretch, but the leader had opened up four by then and looked long gone. For one of the few times, J.J. fell asleep on the favorite, thought he had the race won, when Bullard kicked it in with a solid late burst and won going away by a length and a half at the wire. It was an impressive performance by this son of Gun Runner who they paid $675K at the Keeneland yearling sale. When it’s all said and done, he just might be worth all that money.

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Bullard’s Race Information
Race Date:  September 1, 2024	Track:  Del Mar		Race #:  1
Distance:  6 Furlongs	Conditions: maiden special weight		Surface: Dirt
Trainer:  Michael McCarthy	Jockey:  Umberto Rispoli		Track Condition:  FAST
Trouble Notes:  reluctant, rallied 2-3wide, overhauled foe			Track Variant:  +3
Finish Position: 1st	Win Payout:  $ 8.80	Place: Payout:  $ 3.20	Show Payout:  $ 2.40

Race Replay

Bullard – Del Mar –  September 1, 2024

Bullard Performance Figures Earned
Race Condition Pars	Bullard Figures Earned
Race Class Level:  125	Running Style In Race:  Unknown
Final Time Rating Par: 150	Final Time Rating: 125
CPR Race Par:  118	CPR Earned In Race: 121
Fast Fig Race Par:  116	Fast Fig In Race:
Key Race Winners: 3	Running Style In Race:   Unknown
(click the links above to learn more avbout each figure and how to use them in your handicapping)

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 Bullard was cabable of.  We expected that if Bullard gets a good trip in their next start than we should see an improvement in Bullard performance figures.  Use the performance figures earned in Bullard last race (listed above) and compare them to the field and pars of Bullard next start.  If Bullard 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 Bullard will dominate the race.

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