So, can the horse who crossed the line first in the Kentucky Derby, only to be disqualified, and then who got beat here at Monmouth in the Pegasus last month get back on track? Your answer to that question likely colors how you set up your pick-four ticket (races 9-12) at the Jersey shore Saturday.
Below are a number of 2-year-olds that I am excited to watch and if they land in the right spots, potentially bet.
Saturday is Haskell Day at Monmouth Park, and that Grade 1, $1 million event tops a card that includes four Grade 3 stakes, most notably the $200,000 Monmouth Cup and the $150,000 Molly Pitcher, which lured the top-class Midnight Bisou.
Saturday promises to be an unusual midsummer’s day of Thoroughbred racing, what with Saratoga heading a list of tracks that have already canceled due to a weather forecast of extreme heat. But racing is still on at Monmouth Park, where it is Haskell Day. And that Grade 1, $1 million event tops a card that includes four Grade 3 stakes, most notably the $200,000 Monmouth Cup and the $150,000 Molly Pitcher, which lured the top-class Midnight Bisou.
TimeformUS handicapper David Aragona highlights some contenders on Thursday's card at Saratoga.
Kenny Peck's horses to watch at Monmouth Park for the week of July 17, 2019.
Beer: Saratoga horses to watch for week of July 15, 2019
TimeformUS Saratoga Horses in Focus for Wednesday, July 17, 2019
Gierkink: Woodbine horses to watch for week of July 15, 2019
Trip notes by Michael Hammersly for stakes races run on July 13-14, 2019.
