Key Races & Bets for Saturday April 19th, 2025
Bay Shore Stakes – Race 8 at Aqueduct – Post Time 4:54 PM Eastern Win contenders: Pascaline, Mo Plex The Bay Shore Stakes used to be run on Wood Memorial Day (four weeks before the Derby) for three-year-olds which were solely sprinters or which got a late start and weren’t ready for two-turns. It’s now […]
Key Races & Bets for Saturday April 12th, 2025
Heavenly Cause Stakes – Race 6 at Laurel – Post Time 2:29 PM Eastern Top win contenders: Royal Spa, Takethemoneyhoney, Catherine Wheel, Vincey Girl Royal Spa shipped from Oaklawn to Laurel to run in the identical Barbara Fritchie Stakes in February and ran into a buzzsaw in Irish Maxima, who then came right back to […]
Key Races & Bets for Saturday March 22nd, 2025
Beyond the Wire Stakes – Race 7 at Laurel – Post Time 2:59 PM Eastern Top win contender: Central Casting Central Casting just ran the fastest of any of the eight entered in this race, earning a 90 Equibase Speed Figure while dominating by nearly seven lengths in hand. That was her second race since […]
Key Races & Bets for Saturday February 22nd, 2025
Heavenly Prize Invitational Stakes – Race 3 at Aqueduct – Post Time 1:42 PM Eastern Win contenders: Patricia Ann, Kid’s Last Laugh, Weigh the Risks Three of the six can win, the other three having little probability, and I think (am hopeful) the public will overbet one of the three which gives us a nice […]
Key Races & Bets for Saturday November 30th, 2024
Safely Kept Stakes – Race 7 at Laurel – Post Time 3:31 PM Eastern
Win Contenders: Ellen Jay, Sheilahs Warcloud
For exactas: Dazzling Move
Ellen Jay, the first foal of champion Covfefe, has won three races in a row, the most recent a stakes race similar to this one but on turf. She doesn’t need the lead to win but can lead from start to finish if no other horse is aggressive in the early stages. She just ran the best race of her career, with a field high 99 Equibase Speed Figure, following two months off so she should improve second off the layoff and there’s no concern about her moving to dirt from turf for Brad Cox, who has won three of eight with this move in stakes over the past couple of years, with two others finishing second.