Florida Million 2009

Today's the day Calder Casino and Race Course honors the Florida Thoroughbred Industry with a Saturday card featuring 8 stakes races for Florida bred horses with a total purse of $1,000,000.

Trainer Marty Wolfson must be expecting a big day as he has brought in Julien Leparoux to ride all of his entries including It's a Bird in the feature race.

The weather is perfectly sunny without a cloud in the sky meaning the races meant to be run on turf will be run on turf.

Selections and odds for today's card follow

Race 1: 1 mile 70 yards Md12500 for fillies and mares 3, 4, and 5 years old

#1 Nistelrooy of Joy 6/5--9-5
#10 Sea Hag 7/2--5/1
#7 Cruise Connection 6/1--9/1

Race 2: 5 furlongs (turf) Opt. Clm 16k/N1X for Fillies and Mares 3 year olds and up

#7 Runaway Heart 8/5--5/2
#4 Determined Gal 3/1--9/2
#9 French Dip 9/2--7/1

Race 3: 6 furlongs Clm 6250 for Fillies and Mares 3 year olds and up

#6 Unexpected Blessing 2/1--3/1
#4 Blushing Tiger 3/1--9/2
#5 Joan's Royal Dawn 7/2--5/1

Race 4: 8.5 furlongs (turf) The John Franks Juvenile Fillies Turf 100k for 2 year old registered Florida Breds

#10 D'lucci Girl 2/1--3/1
#2 Winsocki 5/2--4/1
#8 Suzanne 4/1--6/1

Race 5: 7 furlongs, The Jack Prince Juvenile 150k 2 year old registered Florida Breds

#4 Mr. Green 5/2--4/1
#7 Good To Be Seen 3/1--9/2
#6 Gesu 6/1--9/1
#1 Manny Who 6/1--9/1

Race 6: 7 furlongs, The Joe O'Farrell Juvenile 150k for Filly 2 year old registered Florida Breds

#7 Sweetlalabye 3/1--9/2
#2 Rosebud's Ridge 7/2--5/1
#4 Joanie's Catch 9/2--7/1
#1 Winey Taylor 5/1--8/1

Race 7: 8.5 furlongs (turf) The Arthur I. Appleton Juvenile Turf 100k for 2 year old registered Florida Breds

#3 Family Foundation 1/1--3/2
#9 Show the Way J 5/2--4/1

Race 8: 6 furlongs The Jack Dudley Sprint Handicap 150k for 3 year old and up registered Florida Breds

#8 Pashito the Che 1/1--3/1
#6 Little Nick 5/2--4/1

Race 9: 8.5 furlongs The Elmer Heubeck Distaff Handicap 200k for Fillies and Mares 3 year old and up registered Florida Breds

#6 Jessica Is Back 6/5--9/5
#9 Sweet Repent 4/1--6/1
#5 Even Road 5/1--8/1

Race 10: 9 furlongs (turf) The Bonnie Heath Turf Cup Handicap 150k for 3 year old and up registered Florida Breds

#8 Soldier's Dancer 6/5--9/5
#3 Pickapocket 4/1--6/1
#5 Fearless Eagle 5/1--8/1

Race 11: 9 furlongs The Carl G. Rose Classic Handicap 200k for 3 year old and up registered Florida Breds

#3 It's a Bird 6/5--9/5
#5 Dream Maestro 7/2--5/1
#7 Temo's Dream 6/1--9/1

Check out http://www.casetherace.com/ for full analysis of this race.

Race 12: 7 furlongs clm5000 for 3 year olds and up

#9 Tebow Go 8/5---5/2
#6 Diesel Power 3/1--9/2
#5 Sir Oso 9/2--7-1

The late pick 4 (races 7-10) looks very hittable which means no big payoff, but only a small investment required. I'm going to take a shot at hitting it cold with all my top picks. If you want spread out just a little then single the top choices in races 7 and 8 and the three contenders for 9 and 10 for only a $9 investment.

I'm Off

Florida Million

Tomorrow is one of the big stakes days at CRC with a Million dollars of purse money guaranteed. Lots of good 2 year old races. Who knows? Maybe one is the next derby winner. Bill Mott will be here, well at least some of his horses and Todd Pletcher too. Of course, Marty Wolfson will be prowling for some stakes money (I just recently learned he does not like to fly, so if you ever see Marty at a track other than CRC or Gulfstream, go to the windows).

In addition an old CRC favorite, Elvis Trujillo will be back for some rides along with Edgar Prado and others. Should be an exciting day of racing!

If I see Mott or Pletcher, I'll try to get a picture and post it. Maybe at the Winner's circle. Come back tomorrow and I'll give you some selections, for what their worth.