Street Boss, the talented sprinter and 4-year-old son of Street Cry, added another notch to his belt on Sunday when he defeated Barbecue Eddie and In Summation to win the Grade 1 Bing Crosby at Del Mar.
Despite the Bing Crosby being run on a track (Del Mar) that had seemed to favor closers the last couple of days - many fans had jumped ship and decided that Barbecue Eddie was going to speed away and wire the field. Many more had decided that last year’s winner of the Bing Crosby, In Summation, was a “can’t lose” prospect.
None of that mattered to Street Boss who did his usual thing by sitting at the absolute back of the pack - as much as 20 lengths off the lead. Barbecue Eddie was indeed on the gas early setting fractions of 22.21 and 44.62 in the early going. Barbecue Eddie was being harassed a bit though and not allowed to get out to a very comfortable lead.
Meanwhile, Street Boss slowly began to unwind from the back of the pack. WIth no where to run on the inside, the colt swung about 6 or 7 wide as they entered the stretch. Once he set down for his run, the others were running for place and show.
In Summation was somewhat blocked towards the inside but managed to shake through horses and wound up finishing one length behind Street Boss, who took the Bing Crosby in a lights out 1:08.67. Street Boss returned $6.40 for the win. In Summation and Jungle Prince rounded out the trifecta that returned $97.40.
It would seem that Street Boss has a date with destiny up ahead of him at some point against IEAH Stables sprinter Benny the Bull. If we’re lucky, we’ll get this show down on Breeder’s Cup weekend in October. For now though, it would seem that Street Boss has no equal on the California circuit.
Too many wide open races at Del Mar these last couple weeks. Just too many horses most of the time.
Man, I goofed on the whole 20 lengths back thing. It was more like 10.
Just go with closers and off-the-pace types for the most part on the main track. Lone speed can still pull it off but if they get stuck along the rail in the stretch they seem to die. You seem to want something like the 5-7 path in the stretch. All the best moves seem to be coming from there.
The turf has been killer for me. It started off being impossible for front runners to win turf races, but now that seems to be shifting.
The good news is that straight win wagers have been profitable. The bad news is how hard it is to hit them. You know it’s been tough to handicap when you get record carryovers. Last Saturday was just absolutely ridiculous. It was like the longest shots in the field won every time.