Trip Notes: Californian, Affirmed Handicap, and more
Michael Hammersly's weekly Trip Notes report, which includes graded stakes for the previous weekend. This edition includes the Californian and Affirmed Handicap.
Michael HammerslyJun 03, 2013
Michael Hammersly's weekly Trip Notes report, which includes graded stakes for the previous weekend. This edition includes the Californian and Affirmed Handicap.
With next week’s Countdown the season finale for 2013 and our look at the Belmont Stakes contenders, this penultimate edition will break format and offer something unique to the eight-year history of the series. This week we’re going to review the class of 2013 by category with a series of best-of lists.
Breeze-Figs Quick-Pix for Saturday, June 1 by Bob Fierro & Jay Kilgore.
Easter Gift strikes me as the “now” horse in the field for the Mountainview Handicap at Penn National, and he is my play.
Michael Hammersly's A's, B's, and C's for the Pick 4 at Penn National on Saturday, June 1, 2013.
Michael Hammersly's weekly roundup of the previous weekend's stakes races - this week's including the American Handicap and Arlington Classic.
In this latest edition of Jeremy Plonk's Countdown to the Crown, he analyzes the running of the 138th Preakness.
Breeze-Figs Quick-Pix for Saturday, May 25th by Bob Fierro & Jay Kilgore.
Memorial Day Weekend kicks off with a Saturday stakes schedule that focuses primarily on turf. The day’s two Grade 2 events – the $200,000 Sheepshead Bay at Belmont Park and the $150,000 American Handicap at Betfair Hollywood Park – are scheduled to be run on the grass. So, too, are the Grade 3, $100,000 Louisville Handicap at Churchill Downs, and the Grade 3, $150,000 Arlington Classic at Arlington.
Oxbow’s Preakness resulted in the slowest winning time since 1961. Seemed on the surface like a very weak race. So how did Oxbow earn a Beyer Speed Figure of 106, better than Orb’s highly-praised Kentucky Derby (104 Beyer Figure) and the third highest figure for a Triple Crown race in the last five years?