He's got them right where he wants them

Stormy's Majesty is one for three so far this year heading into the Evan Shipman Stakes, both of his losses coming in the deep end of the pool in the Met Mile and a listed turf stakes race. When this horse faces NY bred company he turns into a beast. Last year at Saratoga he won the Albany over Ibboyee after losing by a wide margin in the Jim Dandy, he bounces back from losses in good order. His main competition up front is Spa City Fever, who is coming off of a flashy performance in the Noble Nashua at Belmont. Get your popcorn ready, this should be a good one.

A Storm is returning

The champ is back. From the date of his last race on December 11th until now food has not tasted the same, the air has not smelled as fresh, and racing has not been the same. There have been three major snowstorms since Stormy's Majesty went on an extended break, clearly this was a sign from nature that it was not pleased with the absence of his majesty. While others have vainly tried to claim the empty throne left by the Galluscio rocket, Stormy has been biding his time waiting for worthy challengers. This race is just a harbinger of things to come, last year writers clearly marked their horse of the year ballots wrong due to blurry vision, acute headaches, or general malaise despite sound reasoning and an altered ballot to help the less technologically inclined. This year will be the year of Stormy's Majesty! All hail Stormy!

Neither of them deserve the honors

For those blissfully living underneath a rock since late October I am referring to the "great" horse of the year debate that has been going on since the finish of the Classic. During the Christmas break on both of the cable racing channels it was all they would talk about. It as is if any other racing has not occurred since this time and that was the last race of the year that anybody saw.

Neither camp should get horse of the year based on one fact, they cancel each other out. Their negatives and positives as far as racetrack efforts are equal. The negative on Zenyatta is her loss in the Classic, a race she was prepped up all year long for by way of winning weak grade one races. The positive is her record though, one loss the whole year and doing what has been told of her no matter the competition or task.

Blame also has one loss on the year, the race he ran in before the Classic. In early October Haynesfield threw a monkey wrench in Blame's unbeaten season in spectacular fashion. This loss has been a sticking point to Zenyatta's supporters, their reasoning is that if this horse is a beast he completes the year unbeaten. Zenyatta's loss kind of cancels out Blame's loss though, both had only one loss on the year. Blame has also been faulted on his competition, which kind of mirrors what detractors of the mare have been using for two years. So once again both debating points are rendered null and void for being common. Blame's supporters counter that he won the races he was entered no matter the competition, once again offsetting the positive point made by the opposing side. So as you can see we are at an impasse.

Which brings me to option C in this pointless war of words, vote outside the box. Yes, you can! Vote for Stormy's Majesty. He has brought joy and riches who have seen his talent and he will be racing next year so you can see him defend his hard earned title. Next year's class of handicap horses are shaking in their shoes at the sight of this hulking monster of horseflesh, mark my words! I implore the eclipse voters to use the slightly edited ballot below that was not crudely changed by way of liquid paper and send it in to the proper authorities. A vote for Stormy's Majesty is a vote for the future!

Two can play this game

Hollywood park took out an ad in the Saturday racing form making their case for Zenyatta as horse of the year, clearly they are using this to submarine our bid to make Stormy's Majesty horse of the year. Much like Hollywood Park we believe that defeats or in our case multiple defeats does not matter when deciding year end honors. Time to start up the propaganda machine for Stormy.


The ball is in your court Hollywood Park.

Horse Of The Year Takes Down GIII

Forget about the wasting your energy in the Zenyatta/Blame HOTY pissing match. In Power Cap's world the horse of the year is a done deal and it is a three year old New York Bred. Our own personal "horse of the year" Stormy's Majesty wins the Discovery handicap at the Big-A and fulfills our prophecy of winning a graded stakes race. Take a look and see how Stormy's Majesty dwarfs the other horses in the race and powers past for the score. This colt has won five out of eight races and only has been the favorite once in his career. We were even able to get a piece of the action in a big way.

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Stormy's Majesty, the lone New York-bred in the field, rolled to a two-length win over Not Abroad Saturday in the Grade 3, $100,000 Discovery Handicap for 3-year-olds at Aqueduct. Edgar Prado was aboard for trainer Dominic Galluscio as Stormy's Majesty ($9.10) improved to 5 for 8 with his first win in open company. A homebred for Majesty Stud, Stormy's Majesty had captured the Albany Stakes for statebreds in August at Saratoga. Prior to Saturday, he ran last in the Empire Classic against older New York-bred foes. In the Discovery, Stormy's Majesty was well in command. He battled Golden Moka for the early lead before dispatching that rival with a quick burst at the top of the final turn. "In the Empire Classic he got behind and didn't seem to catch his stride or breathe as well," Galluscio said. "I was surprised he was on the lead because it looked like there were horses with more speed, but I was very comfortable when they showed the fractions and saw the way Edgar was sitting." Stormy's Majesty was on cruise control the rest of the way, needing only minimal encouragement from Prado. The time was 1:50.02 for the 1 1/8 miles on the fast track. Teaks North was third followed by Overcommunication, Golden Moka, Al Muhtasib, and Dominant Jeannes.

10 second pick 3

A special play for Saturday. I really like Spa City Fever to go wire to wire in the 6th at Aqueduct. He is true lone speed and working well over at Belmont. Race 7 looks wide open and then we have "Power Cap horse of the year 2010" Stormy's Majesty in race 8. Looks like a pick 3 play if I ever saw one.

Big A race 6 pick 3 4 /ALL / 2

Super Saturday Recap, The Star of Cozzene

The unofficial horse of the Power Cap, Stormy's Majesty ran valiantly in defeat against a quality field of three year olds that are likely going to the Discovery stakes at Aqueduct. The Empire Classic against NY breds at the end of the month would be a sensible spot for Stormy's Majesty. Colizeo showed a different dimension with the ability to close yesterday, he may be one to watch out for late in the season and as a four year old.

The stars will shine bright on saturday

Six out of eleven races are stakes races and five of them are grade one events. Five out of six stakes races are in consecutive order and a pick five would be a nice wager to have on the menu for this day, alas it isn't an option. NYRA is the last to make any kind of innovation to the wagers being offered, they were one of the last circuits to add a dime superfecta after almost every other track did. An all stakes pick six is an option they could have used though, it is a novelty to have more than two stakes races on a card and much rarer to see six on the same day. NYRA tracks offer an all stakes pick four when there is four of them on the same card, might as well go for the gusto with an all stakes pick six.

Race 3, Star of Cozzene

Stormy's Majesty is in this race, this has been the Power Cap's go to horse for bankroll enhancement the last few months. Not sure what Greg's thoughts are on this race, but from the looks of it Stormy has a good chance to win in this spot. Jackson Bend will be a tougher opponent than Ibboyee, Jackson Bend has faced the best of his generation throughout the first half of the year and his fifth place finish last out doesn't look so bad considering the fact he faced the Travers winner in that spot. Callide Valley probably won't win in this race, but this horse looks like a bargain at the $25,000 he was claimed for two back. Last out he got up for second in a fast race against grade three winner Mr. Fantasy.

Race 6, Vosbugh

In the last couple of years this race has featured short fields with extremely short priced favorites on the tote. This year there are nine entered and no overwhelming favorite in the field. Girolamo will probably end up being the favorite due to his connections and record over the surface. Driven by Success rates a look in this race, he wins over this track and has shown three straight good efforts minus the front wraps. Snapshot has had his best efforts over the Belmont surface and was not that far away from winning the True North Handicap back in June. Temecula Creek may be a live longshot, the Vanderbuilt came up a fast race with some quality runners in that race. This is probably a spread race in the pick threes and doubles.

Race 7, Flower Bowl Invitational

Shared Account ran a solid race in defeat against Proviso last out and shipping up from Fair Hill for Graham Motion nothing but a plus. Forever Together fired a bullet to get ready for this race, the last time she ran a good work like this in preparation for a race she ran third beaten less than a length in the Diana. In her most recent start Keertana was racing near to Forever Together until the half mile pole when she accelerated to the lead. If Red Desire runs anywhere close to her form from Japan everyone else is fighting it out for second money, she ran third in the Japan Cup and was 6-1 in the Dubai World Cup.

Race 8, Beldame

Life At Ten won't have to deal with Rachel Alexandra in this race so the pace should not be a problem here. This mare was running on the inner track during the dead of winter and is a near millionare now, Fleet Indian pulled the same trick during the 2006 season as well and was also trained by Pletcher. Unrivaled Belle is a frustrating horse to watch, she has talent and showed it in her two early season wins, one being a win against Rachel Alexandra. Her last two races as the heavy favorite she sat second the entire trip and could not pass the front runner, going back to last year in the Gazelle she chased Flashing the entire way at short odds. Persistently will probably take a ton of action off her last race where she had the perfect trip, that win was reminiscent of Storm Flag Flying's win in the 2004 edition of the Personal Ensign.

Race 9, Turf Classic Invitational

Paddy O'Prado steps up to the older male competition and goes 1 1/2 miles for the first time. This seems like the spot to bet against a horse like this, Winchester is worth a look in this spot. The distance won't be a problem with a recent win going 12 furlongs and almost winning 1 3/8 miles Bowling Green, he has a recent Grade one stakes win and shows steady form as well. Chances are this race going forward as a Breeders Cup prep won't be a strong race at all.

Race 10, Jockey Club Gold Cup

Blame has some solid competition here with Fly Down and Rail Trip entered. Rail Trip has been working regularly for Dutrow with this race in mind and Dutrow has phenomenal numbers with horses coming off an extended break. Fly Down drilled a four furlong work in 46 2/5 for this and anytime a closer puts in a fast work it usually means they are ready to roll. On paper there seems to be a lack of pace here, the only one who shows any kind of early speed recently is Haynesfield and Rail Trip. Blame is the front runner for Horse of the Year honors off of three starts and if he wins his next two starts it will be hard to deny him the award. He will not be the lightest raced horse to win this award though, that distinction goes to Ghostzapper with only four starts capped off with a win in the Breeders Cup Classic.

Stormy Again~Play Of The Day

Saratoga Race 8
Going to back my favorite colt Stormy's Majesty in the Albany Stakes today. It looks like he only has to beat Ibboyee which is well within his skill set. Should be a great race.

Win #2 Stormy's Majesty

stats
24 7-2-3
strike rate 29%
cumulative return $77.90
$2 ROI $3.25
average winner $11.13

Class Test~Play Of The Day

Saratoga Race 10 Jim Dandy Stakes

The skies the limit for #3 Stormy's Majesty. Undefeated but he faces a huge class test today. This colt appears to be stakes quality. He has a fluid motion, size, gameness and speed. If I am right there could be a huge reward with his 15-1 ML.

Win#3 Stormy's Majesty

stats
22 7-2-3
strike rate 32%
cumulative return $77.90
$2 ROI $3.54
average winner $11.13

Stormy~Play Of The Day

Belmont Park Race 8

Stormy's Majesty was very impressive last year for New York stalwart Galluscio. This horse has stakes written all over him. He was game and he looks like the kind of horse who can dominate NY breds. Galluscio has him working sharply and he looks ready to roll today.

Win #4 Stormy's Majesty

stats
11 2-2-1
strike rate 18%
cumulative return $51.6
$2 ROI $4.69
average winner $25.8