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Hold That Prospect set for Correction Handicap - 01-29-10
January 29 - With its short five-horse field, it's won't be hard to spot the
favorite in Saturday's $65,000 Correction Handicap at Aqueduct Racecourse
in New York as five-year-old Florida-bred mare Hold That Prospect, and
her trainer Gary Gullo is full of confidence she'll finish at the top.
'I hate to get crazy, but I think she should be one-two,' he said. Hold That
Prospect is a well-proven speedster which could set her apart from the rest of
the field, the majority of which hail from the Mid-Atlantic. The question is
whether any of them possesses speed Gullo doesn't know about.
'Sometimes you get these out-of-town horses [three from Maryland] that look like
they have speed, and for one reason or another they don't show it, he explained.
'Besides I don't think they'd want to ship all the way here to go head and head
with her unless they're looking to get her beat.'
In March last year Gullo claimed Hold That Prospect for $30,000 on behalf of
Funky Munky Stable. To date she has racked up four victories and a second place
from six starts. In her most recent outing, the Garland of Roses Handicap at
Aqueduct min December last year, she finished in fifth.
However, the race was contested over a sloppy track and just eight days previous
she ran her heart out to win a starter handicap. With dry and firm conditions
expected tomorrow, and Hold That Prospect rested, Gullo is expecting her to
rocket out of the barrier with Jorge Chavez aboard.
A potential threat to Hold That Prospect is What Time It Is, who last ran on
June 6, but has also show a swift turn of foot for her trainer Michael Trombetta.
How she matches the speed of Hold That Prospect from the start will more than
likely determine the result of the Correction Handicap.
Here is the complete field and odds for the Correction Handicap:
- What Time It Is (MD) 7/2
- Heaven's Voice (MD) 3/1
- Fascinatin' Rhythm (MD) 5/2
- Bright Halo (BRZ) 10/1
- Hold That Prospect (FL) 2/1
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