Grasshopper jumps back onto the track
There is a whole lot of interesting horse racing going this weekend, as the Triple Crown trail reaches a new level and some golden oldies come back in action. I’ll be watching it all, but one horse that I am especially excited to see is Grasshopper (on the rail in the Travers when he wasn’t quite good enough against Street Sense). He was terrible last time out in the Super Derby, but he is well rested and quite a bit older now, and I am very curious to see if he is better off for it. He runs in the Mineshaft at Fair Grounds on Saturday, and he is the 5/2 second choice behind the incredibly overrated Magna Graduate. The sport has a pretty big void in the older horse division that was made even more gaping with Curlin heading to Dubai for two races. Grasshopper has the talent to step up into that void, and I can’t wait to see if he has the heart to go with it.
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