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Jon White's Stakes Analysis
About Jon White
(from HRTV.com)
Jon White knows a lot about racing. He's passionate about the game. Don't believe it? Go ahead, ask him a question. It's 3-5 he'll not only know the answer but why you asked the question.
Jon White brings to HRTV extensive experience as a television commentator at Santa Anita Park complimented by a familiarity with racing at tracks throughout North America, stemming from a 25-year career as a reporter, columnist, handicapper and chart caller with Daily Racing Form. He also has worked as a racing official at the highest level, serving in the capacity of steward at tracks in Washington state and Idaho. His background is further enriched by having spent one year as media relations manager at Lone Star Park in Texas, and by participating in the sport for three years as a licensed Thoroughbred owner.
Jon received the 2004 Mark Kaufman Media Award from the Washington Thoroughbred Breeders' Association "for his excellence in reporting on the Washington Thoroughbred industry and Emerald Downs." On Dec. 28, 2003, he won a Santa Anita Pick Six that paid $45,981.20 with a $120 ticket that had been displayed on HRTV. Charlie Sigrast, an HRTV viewer in Chicago, also won $45,981.20 because he saw Jon's ticket on HRTV and decided to bet it.
When Jon White talks racing, people listen. So should you.
Laurel Winter Meeting 2010
The Conniver (Saturday, March 13)
1. SWEET GOODBYE looks like a probable winner at a short price (6-5 morning line). She's two for two in 2010. The daughter of Preakness Stakes winner Louis Quatorze took Laurel's What a Summer Stakes on Jan. 9, then defeated 13 rivals to win Laurel's Grade II Barbarie Fritchie Handicap on Feb. 15 for trainer Chris Grove. Sweet Goodbye worked five furlongs in a sharp :59 at the Bowie training center on March 6. According to Grove, the mare "came out of the Fritchie in great shape and has been training well." Grove went on to say he had not planned to run Sweet Goodbye in the Conniver, but felt compelled to do so because she has "bounced back so quickly." Sweet Goodbye is four for four when going seven furlongs. "I think we found our niche with her at seven-eighths," Grove said. "She's able to settle off the pace and close really strong."
2. ALL GIVING is quite capable of proving a tough customer, as evidenced by her career earnings of $505,985. Though she hasn't started since finishing sixth in the Cornucopia Stakes at Philadelphia Park last Nov. 24, she sports some exceptional Bowie workouts leading up to this race to suggest she might mean business in her 2010 debut.
3. HEAVEN'S VOICE also is conditioned by Chris Grove, who won this race in 2007 with one of my favorites, Silmaril. Heaven's Voice finished second in Aqueduct's Correction Stakes on Jan. 30.
The Wide Country (Saturday, March 6)
1. GATOR PROWL is three for three this year. She's also four for four on Laurel's main track. Most recently, Gator Prowl posted a 1 3/4-length victory in Laurel's Marshua Stakes at six furlongs on Feb. 15. She's being asked to go farther than she ever has before in this seven-furlong affair, but I'm looking for her to get another win despite that. Let's see if she can keep my current streak going in terms of picking the winner of Laurel's stakes races. (Third)
2. JUDGE SONYA warrants respect. She ran second in Aqueduct's Busanda Stakes on Jan. 9, then finished second in the Dearly Precious Stakes there on Feb. 14. (Fifth)
3. IMANHEIRESS is undefeated in three career starts. The daughter of Eclipse Award-winning sprinter Smoke Glacken is making her stakes debut after getting the job done in an allowance contest on a muddy track Jan. 23 at Charles Town. (Fourth)
Upcoming Stakes Races
Private Terms Stakes - Saturday, March 20
Harrison E. Johnson Memorial Stakes - Saturday, March 27
Primonetta Stakes - Saturday April 3
Dahlia Stakes - Saturday, April 10
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