Casino Drive… Classic Potential?

Before dawn, I was photographing silhouettes at Santa Anita when I saw a familiar blaze and I smiled… The horse walked briskly toward me… A leggy chestnut from Japan… A regal pedigree… Half brother of two Belmont Stakes winners… Rival of Big Brown… Winner on the Santa Anita Surface… Undefeated…

Can Casino Drive take down Curlin in the Classic and avenge his unfinished business from the Belmont Stakes? Just HOW good IS this horse?

Or will another horse play the Classic spoiler? Colonel John looks fantastic- if he runs to his looks, he could win big tomorrow. And what about Grade 1 winner Go Between?

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This will most likely be my last photo posted from California. Next time I post, I’ll be back in Jersey. Can’t I stay just a little longer? I love it here.