Gierkink: Woodbine horses to watch for week of Sept. 18
Gierkink: Woodbine horses to watch for week of Sept. 18
Ron GierkinkSep 18, 2017
Gierkink: Woodbine horses to watch for week of Sept. 18
Nevisian Sky (#2) figures to be favored. He ran well when stretched out in both of his starts at Saratoga, finishing second to a pair of talented runners. Getting back to this one-mile distance should suit him, but there are many other contenders to consider, and I wouldn’t want to take a very short price on this horse.
Daily Racing Form writer Mike Beer looks at Sunday's card at Belmont Park.
TimeformUS handicapper David Aragona highlights some contenders on Sunday’s card at Belmont.
Annals of Time (#3) is clearly the horse to beat while racing for the first time since winning last year’s Grade 1 Hollywood Derby in impressive fashion. If he shows up with a halfway decent effort, he is probably going to win this race, but he may need a start off the long break.
Several scratches in the Lady Turf Dash affected the ticket some, but here is an updated look at today's midcard pick four at Laurel, featuring the Fall Festival of Racing.
I’m up in Toronto for the Woodbine Mile and the track’s big handicapping contest, but my attention will be divided between the local oval and Belmont Park, especially with this cool multitrack pick five, which starts with Woodbine’s eighth race, the Grade 2 Canadian (I’ll single Quidura in the Canadian; use Noble Thought, Messi, and Hawkbill in the Northern Dancer; and try to get out with World Approval and Lancaster Bomber in the Mile).
TimeformUS handicapper David Aragona highlights some contenders on Saturday’s card at Belmont.
TimeformUS handicapper David Aragona provides his Highlight Horse for Friday's card at Belmont Park.
Saturday's card is loaded with first-timers as Churchill Downs opens and other tracks spread the money around. However, we’ve found one that may not be on anyone’s radar.