I'm willing to give a pass to horses that didn't fire over wet turf conditions at Churchill Downs last time out, and the scenario applies a couple times in stakes on Saturday, first in the five-furlong Mighty Beau overnight stakes on the Churchill grass with Partly Mocha and later in the day when Bal a Bali races in the Grade 1 Shoemaker Mile at Santa Anita.
For the third straight race, I am picking Time to Travel because Saturday's Penn Mile will mark his first start on turf, the surface where he should excel.
TimeformUS handicapper David Aragona provides his Highlight Horse for Thursday's card at Belmont Park.
Each week, TimeformUS Chief Figure Maker Craig Milkowski takes a look back at the weekend’s graded stakes and releases the TimeformUS Speed Figures for these races.
DRF handicapper Mike Beer provides a list of horses to watch at Belmont.
TimeformUS handicapper David Aragona highlights some contenders on Thursday’s card at Belmont.
Free: Santa Anita horses to watch for week of May 29
TimeformUS handicapper David Aragona provides his Highlight Horse for Monday's card at Belmont Park.
With races 1 and 5 off the turf and an expected heavy favorite in the fourth, let's avoid the early part of an otherwise very strong New York-bred showcase card on Memorial Day at Belmont. The late pick four (races 7-10) is a tough sequence, and there are a couple of interesting prices in there that I want to get into my play.
Trip notes by Michael Hammersly for stakes races run on May 27-28.
