Boysy Meets Omission In Aqueduct Headliner: Five Other Topnotch Performers Also to Go in Bramble Handicap, Daily Racing Form, 1944-06-22

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Boysy Meets Omission fn Aqueduct Headliner HeadlinerFive Five Other Topnotch Performers Also to Go in Bramble Handicap HandicapAQUEDUCT AQUEDUCT L I N Y June 21 The Bramble Handicap a 4000 test at a mile and onesixteenth heads tomorrows eight race program at Aqueduct While only seven are named for this event it promises to be one of the most closely contested handicaps of the New York season Pfc T H Heard Jrs Boysy is top weight under 122 pounds and Will be ridden by Eddie Arcaro This old fellow is probably the class of the field and showed something of a return to form in his last race but he still will have his work cut out for him himBoysys Boysys rivals in the Bramble in order of the weights are Ramillies and Bankrupt at 119 each Porters Cap 115 Singing Torch and Omission with 113 apiece and Eye for Eye the lightweight of the field under only 107 107At At the weights Omission probably will be thq choice having won his last two starts in impressive style and showing signs of having regained some of his former class classSinging Singing Torch has been racing consist ¬ ently well and lost a disputed decision to Pops Pick in his last start at this track after leading from the start to a fraction from the wire This veteran can be rated and generally runs his best races when he comes from behind Such tactics would make him very dangerous tomorrow tomorrowPorters Porters Cap was good enough to win a Santa Anita Derby on a muddy track and raced well in the Kentucky Derby and Preakness a few years back The C S Howard horse raced well in Maryland and won a race at Belmont and with a soft track in prospect should be in the picture pictureRamillies Ramillies a colt who was the cause of Arcaros long suspension at Saratoga a couple of years ago when the Louisville lad was charged with fouling the Chrysler ace in the Hopeful Stakes hasnt turned in a bad race this year yearEye Eye for Eye won a couple of races at Bel ¬ mont has early speed but appears slightly over his head in this company The same can not be said of Bankrupt who comes up with a sensational race now and again and won his last start at this track trackAll All in all this test shapes up as one of the most open races that racing secretary John Banks Campbell has designed all sea ¬ son and that includes his Carter Handicap in which the camera couldnt separate Brownie Bossuet and Wait a Bit and seven horses finished within two lengths lengthsWhen When it was suggested to Jack Campbell that the Bramble could conceivably result in a sevenhorse dead heat The Jockey Club handicapper said that he would set ¬ tle for five but he wouldnt indicate which two he would leave out of the photo


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