Ellis Starr’s Blog
Key Races & Bets for Saturday, June 30
Key Races & Bets for Saturday, June 30 King Edward Stakes – Race 6 at Woodbine – Post Time 2:53 PM Eastern Caribou Club won the similar Grade 2 Connaught Cup on the Woodbine Turf on 6/2, the only real difference between that race and the King Edward is this race is one furlong further. In the Connaught Cup, Caribou Club beat Tower of Texas by one and one-half lengths, with Conquest Panthera
Key Races & Bets for Saturday, June 23
Key Races & Bets for Saturday, June 23 Singspiel Stakes – Race 8 at Woodbine – Post Time 4:57 PM Eastern Pumpkin Rumble has banked more than $400K, over $300K of that on the grass. Interestingly enough, he earned his first turf win at Woodbine in his most recent race, three weeks ago, in an allowance optional claimer and that apparently impressed trainer Attard enough to bump him into this grade 3 stakes.
Key Races & Bets for Saturday, June 16
Key Races & Bets for Saturday, June 16 Preface: Looking back at last week’s blog, at first glance I was disappointed as none of the recommended win bets came through. Then after reviewing the charts of those races I noted Talk Veuve to Me made the lead with a quarter mile to go and although second was beaten by the Kentucky Oaks winner and four clear of the next horse. In the Manhattan, Manitoulin lost
Key Races & Bets for Saturday, June 9
Key Races & Bets for Saturday, June 9 Acorn Stakes – Race 4 at Belmont Park – Post Time 1:24 PM Eastern Talk Veuve to Me doesn’t have Mia Mischief to hold her off in the stretch this time as happened last month in the Eight Belles Stakes, but this filly who is making ONLY the 4th start of her career and 2nd of the year following 7 months off has a lot of
Key Races & Bets for Saturday, June 2
Key Races & Bets for Saturday, June 2 Pennine Ridge Stakes – Race 9 at Belmont Park – Post Time 5:50 PM Eastern Analyze It may be unbeaten but he opens at 4/5 odds. It’s not that he can’t win as he certainly fits all the criteria as he’s a dual grade 3 stakes winner on grass and his average margin of victory in three races is five lengths. Just the same, he’s only