If you enjoy watching Grade 1 turf stakes races, you’ll want to pay attention to Hollywood Park on Sunday. The Grade 1 Matriarch and the Grade 1 Hollywood Derby both figure to be interesting races.
What I love about the track is that nobody is pretending the sport is pure. We all know better. What I love about college sports is that everybody pretends it is pure. We all know better.
This is Michael Hammersly's weekly "Trip Notes" report, which this week includes stakes racing action from November 17, 2012.
BreezeFigs Quick-Pix for Saturday November 17th, 2012 by Bob Fierro & Jay Kilgore
Third last out in the Hawthorne Derby, Lea should get a significantly better trip and rebound in Saturday's Commonwealth turf at Churchill Downs.
I like Lea in Saturday's Commonwealth Turf at Churchill Downs, even if he again faces the two who finished in front of him last time out in the Hawthorne Derby, Two Months Rent and Film Shot.
Michael Hammersly's weekly "Trip Notes" report, which includes stakes races for November 10, 2012, including the Long Island Handicap and Cardinal Handicap.
BreezeFigs Quick-Pix Saturday November 10th, 2012
Kissable had a difficult journey in the E.P. Taylor but conditions look much more favorable for her to get a fair shot in Saturday's Long Island Handicap at Aqueduct.
Simon Eyes comes into the Real Quiet at Betfair Hollywood Park off only a maiden win, but there are several reasons to like him here.
