3/27/2010 Mervin H. Muniz Jr. H.(G2) Blues Street

9th race - Fair Grounds - March 27, 2010
Race Name: Mervyn Muniz Jr. H. -Grade: 2
Race Type: Stakes
Age Restriction: Four Year Old and Upward
Value of Race: $300,000
Distance: About One And One Eighth Miles On The Turf
Track Condition: Firm
Winning Time: 1:50.10

Pgm	Horse	Jockey	Win	Place	Show
8	Blues Street	Javier Castellano	7.60	4.40	3.20
5	Pick Six	Shane J. Sellers		17.80	12.20
11	Transduction Gold	Miguel Mena			18.40
Also ran: 2 - Jet Propulsion , 1 - Yate's Black Cat , 4 - El Caballo , 10 - Feels All Right (IRE) , 7 - Baletti , 3 - My Happiness (ARG) , 9 - Pickapocket
Scratched horses: Red Alert Day (GB)  (Trainer) , Stones River  (Main-Track-Only)
Wager Type		Winning Numbers		Payoff
$2 Pick 3		4-9-8 (3 correct)		60.00
$2 Exacta		8-5		195.60
$2 Superfecta		8-5-11-2		57,294.00
$2 Trifecta		8-5-11		4,085.40
Winning Breeder: Harriet Finkelstein
Winning Owner: Anstu Stables, Inc.
Winning Trainer: Todd A. Pletcher

2010 Mervin H. Muniz Jr. H.(G2) Blues Street.pdf

BLUES STREET 거 2004 USA 흑갈색 전적:22(8/5/3)  G2	Street Cry 스트리트크라이 흑 1998 IRE  G1 12전(5,6,1) 5,150,837 USD 279 f, 15sw 3.64	Machiavellian 매키어벨리언 흑 1987 USA {1292} G1 655 f, 56sw 2.21	Mr. Prospector 갈 1970 USA *+{BC} LSB
			Coup De Folie 갈 1982 USA {*} G3
		Helen Street 헬렌스트리트 갈 1982 GB  G1 13 f, 9 w, 2 sw	Troy 갈 1976 IRE  G1
			Waterway 밤 1976 FR  G3
	Capote Blues 흑 1998 USA  전(0,0,0) 0 0 f, 0 w, 0 sw	Capote 커포트 흑 1984 USA [B] G1 824 f, 62sw 1.84	Seattle Slew 흑 1974 USA *+{BC} LSB
			Too Bald 흑 1964 USA {*} G2
		Stormy Blues 갈 1992   G1 0 f, 0 w, 0 sw	Cure The Blues 갈 1978 USA [I 1350] G1
			Gussie's Appeal 흑 1981

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Blues Street's Big Move Takes Mervyn Muniz
By Jack Shinar
Updated: Tuesday, March 30, 2010 4:06 PM
Posted: Saturday, March 27, 2010 7:25 PM
http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/56136/blues-streets-big-move-takes-mervyn-muniz?source=rss

Favored Blues Street circled the field on the final turn and proved best in the lane to win the $300,000 Mervyn H. Muniz Jr. Memorial Handicap (gr. IIT) (VIDEO) on the Fair Grounds turf March 27. The 1 3/4-length triumph was the fourth consecutive victory for Anstu Stables' son of Street Cry.

Ridden by Javier Castellano, Blues Street raced well off the pace in eighth for the first half-mile before winding up for his big run rounding the bend. He rallied steadily through the lane and drew off late to defeat Pick Six, Transduction Gold and pacesetter Jet Propulsion, who led by three lengths at the eighth pole but could not hold on. The winning time was 1:50.10 for the 1 1/8-mile event on firm going.

Trained by Todd Pletcher, the 6-year-old Blues Street won the 1 1/8-mile Fair Grounds Handicap (gr. IIIT) Feb. 20 in his tune-up for the Muniz and produced nearly a carbon copy of that late-charging 2 1/2-length win here.

Pick Six, sent off at 30-1, could not match the winner while gaining the runner-up spot by a head over 68-1 Transduction Gold and Miguel Mena. Jet Propulsion, who posted fractions of :24.18, :49.09 and 1:12.84 while building a commanding lead for Shaun Bridgmohan, drifted in as he tired in the drive for the wire.

Blues Street, a gelding, earned $180,000 for his eighth win in 22 starts and has now banked $487,178. Out of the Capote mare Capote Blues, Blues Street was bred in Kentucky by Harriet Finkelstein.

The winner carried co-high weight of 119 pounds as the 5-2 choice and paid $7.60, $4.40 and $3.20. Pick Six, who was also second in his only other start on the Fair Grounds turf, returned $17.80 and $12.20, completing a $195.60 exacta. The $2 trifecta with Transduction Gold ($18.40 to show) was $4,085.40.

It was a neck to Jet Propulsion, who was followed by Yate's Black Cat, second choice El Caballo, Feels All Right, Baletti, My Happiness and Pickapocket. Red Alert Day was scratched, as was Stones River, who ran in the New Orleans Handicap (gr. II) a race earlier.