Madelyn's Sunshine, ridden by champion jockey Anthony Thomas, easily brushed aside rivals by an impressive nine lengths in the three-year-olds and upward Overnight Allowance event. JASON DaCosta gave racing fans another glimpse of his conditioning skills when he saddled four winners, including during two of the four major stakes races, to bring fireworks to the 10-race programme at Caymanas Park on Saturday.ĭaCosta's winners were highlighted with a fast run by three-year-old American-bred bay/brown filly Madelyn's Sunshine who made one move to win the $1.14-million Vassell "Jolly Man" Memorial Trophy over five and a half furlongs (1,100m). If Game Freak had left it at that, I’d have no complaints.Calculus (Shane Ellis) wins the $1.29-million Mark My Word Trophy at Caymanas Park on Saturday. “What makes you think I’m a Dark-type trainer?” he says while rising out of a coffin. I can picture the TikTok video perfectly. His Elite Four room vaguely resembles a castle with its high ceiling and ornate chandelier, and he dresses like a fancy Victorian land baron. Dark-type is actually known as Evil-type in Japan, which is ironic when you consider the truly evil Pokemon like Froslass (look it up), Drifloon (seriously, look it up), and Gorebyss (we’ve got you covered on this one) aren’t evil Dark/Evil-type.īut I digress, Grimsley is a Dark-type trainer, so I guess it makes sense that he’s a Dracula. Dark-type is sort of a vague grouping of Pokemon anyway, since some of them are mischievous rascals, like Theivul, and some of them are powered by moon energy, like Umbreon, so thematically they’re a little all over the place. Taken separately, I suppose I kind of get Grimsley's deal. Related: Revisiting Kanto - Pallet Town Recaptured My Passion For Pokemon Oh, you didn’t guess ‘vampire that’s addicted to roulette’? I guess you don’t know much about Dark-type Pokemon, huh? Case in point: Unova’s Dark-type Elite Four member who is, you guessed it, a gambling Dracula. Sometimes it seems like Game Freak pulls random words out of a hat to create someone’s personality, and honestly, I’m here for it. Surge.īut, every once in a while we get a Gym Leader that comes totally out of left field. The Pokemon series loves sticking to formulas, and this has been an enduring one going all the way back to Gen 1’s Sabrina and Lt. Fire-type trainers have fiery tempers, Ghost-type trainers are spooky little goths, and Fighting-type trainers are really into Taekwondo. Have you seen that TikTok trend about Pokemon Gym Leaders? They all make the same joke: there’s a guy wearing cargo shorts with a mosquito net on his face and a magnifying glass in his hand saying “How did you guess I was a Bug-type trainer?” For the most part, the personality of Pokemon Trainers and Gym Leaders is pretty on the nose.
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