Yannick Gingras Talks Am-Nats
SOUTHWIND SILENCE (Race 3, 2YOFP)
“Post 1 is sweet. I
think she is the horse to
beat. I look at the fillies
who raced last week
and they went 1:54, and
she’s better than that.
The other horse who
got a bye (Sweetnsinful)
is a nice filly too.
She won in 1:54 at Hoosier, and I think she is the one to
beat. Obviously, drawing the rail isn’t going to hurt.”
EL ROCKET (Race 5, 3YOCT)
“(Post 9) is a tough spot
for him. He’s had a hard
time in the turns the last
couple weeks. Maybe it’s
time for him to maybe
stay in on the turns and
let him trot the straightaway.
The good part is
that at Balmoral it’s such
a long straightaway so hopefully I can keep him in on the turn
and open him up in the stretch and he’ll have a shot from there.
“From where he started, I think he’s underachieved this
year. Let’s be honest, it’s not the toughest group of 3-yearold
trotters there ever was, so I thought he’d do better than
he has. It’s been a long year, and I thought it’d be about the
time he’d step it up. So I think it’s a little disappointing.”
CHARISMA HANOVER (Race 7, 3YOFP)
“Ugh, that hurts (post
. This filly has been
so sharp though. She
may not be able to
beat I Luv The Nitelife,
but she’s a special
horse. The last two
weeks at Yonkers,
those are really big
miles. But post 8 definitely makes it hard.
“I Luv The Nitelife is probably going to go to the front
and get the front fairly easy against this bunch. I was hoping
to be inside of her and get into the two hole behind
her, but now that takes it out of the equation. I’ll try and
get a good trip, and as I said, it’s a long stretch, so maybe
we’ll take our shot in the stretch. Hopefully they’ll mix it up
and I’ll get a good piece.”
FOILED AGAIN (Race 10, AHP)
“What post did the
old man get? There you
go, post 2. What’d Pet
Rock draw? Post 9. It’s
the reverse from last
week when I had the
outside and he had the
inside. It’s definitely a
great spot for him from
post 2. I’m looking forward to racing him again. In the
Breeders Crown I got the jump, and last week he was on
the front and I was chasing him. I’d definitely love to have
him chase me.
“It’s definitely been a great year for him, but there’s no
doubt that he’s better in the fall than he is in the spring and
summer. I have to think it’s some kind of allergies.”
