King’s Road: Beaten by Nice Colt But Four Back to 3rd Horse

Two year old ridgling for Bob Baffert made his debut on Saturday at a mile on the turf in a maiden special weight event. Off at 3/1 in a field of nine, he rushed right to the lead from the four hole and had the lead into the clubhouse turn. He stayed in front down the back side through a quick opening quarter but was pushed all the way to his outside by another speed horse. He put him away turning for home, battled on gamely down the lane when the favorite came to him at the 1/8 pole, then surrendered late in a fine effort. He was beaten three at the wire by a nice colt and it was four back to the third horse. It’s tough to win going long in your debut and he will be much tighter for start #2, probably up at Arcadia in the early part of October.

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King’s Road’s Race Information
Race Date:  September 7, 2024	Track:  Del Mar		Race #:  3
Distance:  8 Furlongs	Conditions: maiden special weight		Surface: Turf
Trainer:  Bob Baffert	Jockey:  Juan Hernandez		Track Condition:  FIRM
Trouble Notes:  broke outward,pace inside,pressured from 3/8,clear 1/4,grudgingly			Track Variant:  0
Finish Position: 2nd	Win Payout:  0	Place: Payout:  $ 4.20	Show Payout:  $ 3.20

Race Replay

King’s Road – Del Mar –  September 7, 2024

King’s Road Performance Figures Earned
Race Condition Pars	King’s Road Figures Earned
Race Class Level:  125	Running Style In Race:  Unknown
Final Time Rating Par: 150	Final Time Rating: 111
CPR Race Par:  122	CPR Earned In Race: 112
Fast Fig Race Par:  0	Fast Fig In Race:
Key Race Winners: 1	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 King’s Road was cabable of.  We expected that if King’s Road gets a good trip in their next start than we should see an improvement in King’s Road performance figures.  Use the performance figures earned in King’s Road last race (listed above) and compare them to the field and pars of King’s Road next start.  If King’s Road 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 King’s Road will dominate the race.

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