Smash It: Will Be Tough To Deny Next Time Out

Two year old gelding for Todd Fincher made start #3 on Saturday in a maiden special weight at five and a half on the main. Off at 3/1 in a field of six “salty” runners, he challenged for the lead right from the get-go through solid fractions of 22.10 and 45.17 for the half. He ding donged with the favorite and the two of them opened up on the field at the 3/8 pole and it was a two horse race from then on. Smash It hung in gamely in the lane but the favorite prevailed in the final sixteenth and won by ¾ of a length. It was seven full lengths back to the third horse and there were some nice prospects left in the dust. This was Smash It’s third straight second place finish and Baffert has beaten him with strong runners now in all three. But he will be tough to deny next time out and should find one more start before the end of this meet. This Louisiana bred is a runner.

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Smash It’s Race Information
Race Date:  August 17, 2024	Track:  Del Mar		Race #:  7
Distance:  5.5 Furlongs	Conditions: maiden special weight		Surface: Dirt
Trainer:  Todd Fincher	Jockey:  Umberto Rispoli		Track Condition:  FAST
Trouble Notes:  pace inside, dueled, game 2nd			Track Variant:  +3
Finish Position: 2nd	Win Payout:  0	Place: Payout:  $ 3.20	Show Payout:  $ 2.20

Race Replay

Smash It – Del Mar –  August 17, 2024

Smash It Performance Figures Earned
Race Condition Pars	Smash It Figures Earned
Race Class Level:  125	Running Style In Race:  Front Runner
Final Time Rating Par: 150	Final Time Rating: 122
CPR Race Par:  118	CPR Earned In Race: 112
Fast Fig Race Par:  116	Fast Fig In Race:
Key Race Winners: 1	Running Style In Race:   Front Runner
(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 Smash It was cabable of.  We expected that if Smash It gets a good trip in their next start than we should see an improvement in Smash It performance figures.  Use the performance figures earned in Smash It last race (listed above) and compare them to the field and pars of Smash It next start.  If Smash It 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 Smash It will dominate the race.

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