Here is some advice for you all you future-book fanciers. Stop being so infatuated with “all others” and start looking at all those horses that ran in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile.
Trip Notes: View video replays and expert analysis of the San Felipe Stakes, Tampa Bay Derby, and more
BreezeFigs Quick-Pix Saturday March 10th
Handicapper Jeremy Plonk provides analysis of this weekend's key Kentucky Derby preps, including the San Felipe at Santa Anita and the Tampa Bay Derby.
The richest race in the country on Saturday is the Grade 2, $350,000 Tampa Bay Derby at Tampa Bay Downs, but it is closely followed by the Grade 2, $300,000 San Felipe at Santa Anita, which might be the deepest Kentucky Derby prep run so far this year.
When betting a speed horse in a one-turn race, this horseplayer typically prefers to back those runners drawn outside. Reason being, such a post does not place the rider in a position of feeling that he must send his mount. The jockey can let the horse settle into a comfortable pace, judge the tempo of the speed horses inside him, and either elect to go to the front or press the pace.
Michael Hammersly's Trip Notes report for March 3, 2012, including the Santa Anita Handicap and Gotham Stakes.
Those who liked the chances of Union Rags enough to bet on him at 7-1 in Pool 1 of the Kentucky Derby Future Wager are probably very happy. His odds should be significantly lower, perhaps only half of that price, in Pool 2 that closes Sunday.
BreezeFigs Quick-Pix Saturday March 3rd
Countdown to the Crown returns for a seventh season online as one of the most comprehensive handicapper’s scouting reports of the 3-year-old scene. Posted each Friday at DRF.com from Jan. 6 through the Belmont Stakes, Countdown keeps you apprised of the rising stars of the 3-year-old class.
