COMMISSIONER D GOES FOR FOUR IN A ROW – I BELONG FIRST TRIES TO LIVE UP TOHER NAME
- chris lialios
- 6 hours ago
- 2 min read
It’s hard in any sport, at any level to make it “Four in a Row,” but HMDC and Taste of Victory’s 5-year-old mare Commissioner D will attempt to do just that Wednesday at Thistledown. We have been quite impressed with young Justin Radosevich since joining our training team. He has a great read as to where and when his horses will fit the competition next. He certainly knows when a horse is peaking, as evidenced by his win figure of 37% when he runs a horse back after a win.
Under his care, Commissioner D has been successfully climbing up the class ladder. On Wednesday he will climb one more rung in the first race – a $38,400 allowance affair at Thistledown for registered Ohio bred fillies three years old and up which have never won two races other than maiden, claiming, optional, or starter, or which have never won three races (in addition to knowing his horses, he can certainly decipher a condition book). The Mapleton-bred miss will be playing on her home court and has several factors in her favor–6 of her 7 wins have come over this surface; 5 of her 7 wins come at 6 furlongs and the Justin Radosevich and Jose Bracho team win 24%. Let’s hope for another Daily Racing Form chart running line like another, “3-wide move, won handily” or “won as the rider pleased.”
I Belong First will try to live up to her name in Tuesday’s first race at Thistledown. She has been a challenge over her career and Justin may have found the right spot for her first win of the season - a one-mile state-bred $21,400 non-winners of three races. The 4-year-old filly finished second while setting the pace and going long in her last start, which may have set her up well. Jose Bracho will again be in the irons astride the Mapleton Farm-bred who races in the colors of HMDC and partners Taste of Victory.
They say that in life and racing you are often judged by the company you keep. The winner of I Belong First’s last race came back and won her next start running for a $38,800 purse.
