Unfortunately, I’m not a big enough horse racing nerd to know if winning a “a highly competitive second-level allowance race for 3-year-olds” two months before the Kentucky Derby is indicative of possible Derby performance (The skilled handicappers RollingStone.com seems to think so). However, I am a big enough nerd, in general, to link to a story about a horse race - second-level allowance or otherwise - strictly because the horse that won is named Radiohead.
From ESPN.com:
HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. — What figured to be a highly competitive second-level allowance race for 3-year-olds at Gulfstream Park turned into a showcase for the English-bred Radiohead, who cruised to an easy victory over stablemate Homeboykris in Saturday’s third event. Radiohead was making his first start on dirt and first since being switched to trainer Rick Dutrow’s barn following his seventh-place finish in the 2009 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile. He stalked the pace of th...
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