Saturday Plays January 6th, 2024
Three-year olds will go a one turn mile in The Jerome at Aqueduct on Saturday. They only drew 5 horses but only one caught my eye. Regalo has a nice outside draw shipping in from Maryland for Brittany Russell who brings husband Sheldon along to ride. Russell wins races and this son on Maximus Mischief […]
The H Allen Jerkens, Two Miles on the Turf
We don’t run many two-mile races here in the US. Turf, dirt, synthetic, it doesn’t really matter it is a distance we just don’t race at much. We don’t really breed horses to go that far anymore, nor to be durable enough to handle it. Frankly, that distance is a challenge under just about any […]
Key Races & Bets for Friday December 15th and Saturday December 16th, 2023
Friday December 15 – Remington Springboard Mile – Race 10 at Remington Park – Post Time 10:28 PM Eastern Otto the Conqueror stands out in this nine horse field but with Doug O’ Neill shipping in Raging Torrent from southern California and having won the Zia Park Derby a couple of weeks back with a […]
Pace Play
They say pace makes the race and we have all seen that hold true often enough. There is plenty of speed signed on in The Garland of Roses Saturday at Aqueduct and for me a filly who should be running her best late jumps off the page and says here I am. Disco Ebo is […]
Key Races & Bets for Saturday December 9th, 2023
Wait a While Stakes – Race 6 at Gulfstream – Post Time 2:34 PM Eastern Win contenders: Milliat, Ozara Ozara and Milliat have the bulk of the probability to win this two-turn turf route for two year old fillies, but it is highly likely only Milliat can be bet to win as she opens at […]