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It's December, the temperature is below freezing, and any Hawthorne winter regular is keeping a close eye on the track profile. Not quite cold enough to have a truly frozen surface that will produce two types of races: Early speed winner, or dead-closing winner in races that totally fall apart because all the riders are dead set on making the front end. Sadly, we're not quite in that easy-to-figure place yet, probably because its about 30 degrees, and we need around 20 or less to truly speed things up. Yeah, there have been a couple speed winners from the first five races, and inside-pace horses are holding pretty well, but stalkers coming a few paths wide are doing too well to merely try and play the track profile right now. That said, the track is very fast: Dots In Style won a low-level claimer in race 2 with six furlongs in 1:08.90!!!
Snow in the forecast for tonight and tomorrow. Racing as it was meant to be here Saturday. (If the world were Antarctica.)
Best Bets
BIG JOHN B takes a short drop off the claim and layoff, which could be viewed as a negative, but he has some decent works for this return and he has a decent-sized Beyer edge against this group; tactical speed should help him work out a favorable trip. SKIFFS BREWMEISTER merits respect off that last win and figure, his best yet; dangerous if he's able to take another step forward. BRODY BOY finished off the board in his turf debut but he earned a decent figure despite running 7th there, and he did endure a fairly tough trip; most recent workout at Parx indicates he retains his form.
