I wish I could start this off with, " We have reached the half way mark of the current Golden Gate Fields meeting”, but darn it, I missed it by a week. Oh well, close enough, eh? Let’s pretend shall we?
We have reached the half way point of the current Golden Gate Fields meet and I think there is no better time to give you a few of my thoughts heading into the final 48 days of racing. Lets see…what’s on my mind.
The biggest news coming into the meet was the question of when would Russell Baze (above) hit the 12,000 win mark ? Well, half way through the meet, it appears it won’t be during the current season.
Russell started out the meet hot, but as of late, has had a tough time of it. He still leads the GGF standings with 81 wins, but he has won with just 6 of his last 40 mounts. In my opinion, Baze is still riding at a high level, but the success of Dennis Carr and recent return of Juan Hernandez, has helped limit the number of Baze wins. As a rule, Hernandez and Baze don’t ride for the same people too much, but Juan has won 7 of his l
