Del Mar Kangaroo Court’s Speed, Talent No Laughing Matter | 2022 I’m Smokin Stakes Preview & FREE Picks September 9, 2022 Kangaroo Court (Benoit Photo) Del Mar Kangaroo Court’s Speed, Talent No Laughing Matter | 2022 I’m Smokin Stakes Preview & FREE Picks September 9, 2022 By: Curtis "Magic" Kalleward twitteremail Share: share on facebook share on twitter share on linkedin email this article Aaron previews the 2022 I’m Smokin Stakes at Del Mar, then gives his top picks and longshots. The Tim Yakteen trainee Kangaroo Court has enough speed and talent to win this race, but did Aaron pick him despite the tough rail draw? Tell us YOUR thoughts in the Comments section! SMASH the *Thumbs Up* ~ HIT *Subscribe* ~ RING the *Notification* bell Join the Inner Circle Sign up for exclusive 10% discount on orders, plus be the first to access our daily free and premium horse racing picks, articles, podcasts, and more! Sign Up Kentucky Derby Contenders: Get To Know The FieldThe 150th running of the Kentucky Derby (G1) will take place on Saturday, May 4, 2024 at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky. With as many as 20 horses able to […] Kentucky Derby 2024 Pre-Draw: What Post Each Horse Needs To Win | Blinkers Off 663The Racing Dudes take a look at the contenders of the 2024 Kentucky Derby one final time prior to the draw on Saturday. What’s the perfect post for each contender? […] Churchill Downs FREE Win Picks | Saturday, April 27, 2024Get our FREE win picks for Churchill Downs on Saturday, April 27, 2024 – the Opening Day of the Spring Meet! Want MORE Churchill Downs picks, including Exactas, Trifectas, Daily […] Santa Anita Park Picks | Royal Heroine Stakes 2024Multiple graded stakes winner Bellabel and a new arrival to the Southern California circuit, stakes-placed Uncorked, are among three horses entered by trainer Phil D’Amato in Saturday’s GIII, $100,000 Royal […] Aqueduct Picks | Woodhaven Stakes 2024West Point Thoroughbreds and Steven Bouchey’s Grade 1-winner Carson’s Run will make the first start of his sophomore campaign in Saturday’s $125,000 Woodhaven, a one-mile inner turf test for 3-year-olds, […] Rocket Picks 🚀: Aqueduct, Churchill Downs, & Oaklawn Park for April 27, 2024Let’s kick off another big Saturday with the Racing Dudes Rocket Picks! Today, we have a FREE Late Pick 3 from Aqueduct! We also have full card selections for Churchill […] The track press release: Eight California-bred juveniles will test their tenacity over six furlong Friday at Del Mar in the 33rd running of the I’m Smokin Stakes, a race named for a wickedly fast Cal-bred who raced locally in the 1970s. This latest edition of the race is one of the 36 Cal-Bred races that are part of the Golden State Series for California-bred or sired runners worth a total of $4.475 million run at tracks up and down the state over the course of the year. Eight of them have been scheduled at Del Mar this summer and the I’m Smokin is the final one. Possible favorite in the heat is George Sharp’s Kangaroo Court, a chestnut gelding by the Discreet Cat stallion Dads Caps who ran away and hid from a field of straight maiden locally on August 20 with his final winning margin coming out at 14 and a quarter lengths going five and one-half furlongs. Abel Cedillo rode Kangaroo Court that day and he’ll be back in the boot Friday for trainer Tim Yakteen. They break from Post 1. Chief threat to Kangaroo Court could be KMN Racing’s Straighten Up, who works out of the barn of Hall of Fame trainer Jerry Hollendorfer. The colt by Straight Fire has run twice so far, scoring in a straight maiden affair at Los Alamitos on July 1, then coming back to run a good second to the top juvenile The Big Wam (headed for the Del Mar Futurity) on August 12 in the Graduation Stakes. Straighten Up will be handled by another Hall of Famer, Mike Smith, as they come out of Post 6. Here’s the full field in post position order with riders for the I’m Smokin, which will go as Race 7 on the eight-race program: Kangaroo Court; Cicero Farms’ Moon Ice (Flavien Prat); Reddam Racing’s Hacking It Up (Mario Gutierrez); Aguilar or Garces’ Amigo G A (Ramon Vazquez); Lovingier or 4 Hares Racing’s Good N Thirsty (Hector Berrios); Straighten Up; BG Stables or Royalty Stable’s Merit Song (Joe Bravo), and J. Kirk or Judy Robison’s Giver Not a Taker (Jose Valdivia, Jr.). Moon Ice, who is trained by John Sadler, is one of those rare horses making his racing debut in a stakes race. The gray colt by the Unusual Heat sire He Be Fire N Ice has turned in a dozen timed workouts since the middle of June, including the last six at five furlongs. The homebred would make a fair splash should he come away a winner here. Giver Not a Taker drew praise when he won his lone start at Del Mar on August 14 by almost eight lengths. The gelding by Danzig Candy is a homebred who races for top trainer Peter Miller. First post on the last Friday card of the meeting is 3 p.m.
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