Byron King's analysis of three spot plays across the country this Saturday with possible value on a cross country shipper, an underdog and a local.
Morningline odds and Free PPs for the Kentucky Derby and Oaks Future Wager: Pool 2
Mike Watchmaker's weekly analysis of the most playable stakes races from across the country. This week: Ultimate Eagle is favored in the Santa Anita Handicap, and Hansen in the Gotham. But neither one has to win.
The way Union Rags looked in the Fountain of Youth, Pennsylvania may have a connection to another Kentucky Derby winner.
Michael Hammersly's Trip Notes, featuring recaps and replays of such stakes races as the Fountain of Youth and Risen Star, which took place from Saturday, Feb. 25, 2012 to Sunday, Feb. 26, 2012.
In the end, nothing I did would have mattered when it came to winning the 2012 Horse Players World Series. There wasn't anything ANYONE could have done to prevent Robert Gregory, the leader after two days, from winning the tournament, even if we had somehow kept him out of the room on Saturday.
For each day of the contest, I spend a lot of time constructing a "play sheet", consisting of horses I plan to use in the tournament. The theory is that these horses are plays mapped out in the comfort of my room, without the pressure of post time looming. I've been burned in the past by trying to make decisions on the fly, and the play sheet helps to minimize those audibles that so often do not work out.
Today's marathon started at 12:20 EST, with the first from Aqueduct, and here we are over nine hours later with two races yet to be run at the Fair Grounds. That's a lot of time to fill, and though there's a lot of racing action to keep you occupied you can only stare at the little numbers for so long. I came into Day Two just outside the top 10% of the standings, around 70th place or so (there are 681 entries), but things started out slow for me.
BreezeFigs Quick-Pix Saturday February 25th
In the two biggest preps for Kentucky Derby prospects this weekend, handicapper Jeremy Plonk likes El Padrino in the Risen Star Stakes at Fair Grounds and Algorithms in the Fountain of Youth Stakes at Gulfstream Park.
