Hammersly: Belmont Park pick four for Saturday, Oct. 8
Breeders’ Cup preps abound, and trainer Chad Brown may prove the key to the first two legs.
Michael HammerslyOct 07, 2016
Breeders’ Cup preps abound, and trainer Chad Brown may prove the key to the first two legs.
The first leg in Saturday's all-stakes pick five at Keeneland is the Woodford, a 5 1/2- furlong turf sprint that goes as the fifth race. This is a race where spreading seems the wise strategy.
Singing Bullet is my play in Saturday's Breeders' Futurity at Keeneland
Free: Santa Anita horses to watch for week of Oct. 3
Trip Notes for stakes races on October 1-2, including the Awesome Again, Zenyatta, and Joe Hirsch Turf Invitational.
Ron Gierkink's horses to watch at Woodbine for the week of Oct. 3.
DRF handicapper Dan Illman outlines his best plays on Sunday's card at Belmont Park.
Mother Nature did not cooperate for Super Saturday Part 1 at Belmont Park, where the main track is muddy and all turf races except the two graded stakes are off the grass. Let’s look at the late pick five, which will include all of the graded stakes, save the four-horse field in the Joe Hirsch Turf Classic, which features Flintshire at the shortest of prices.
Free: How I'd play Santa Anita for Saturday, Oct. 1
BreezeFigs Quick-Pix Saturday, October 1, 2016 by Bob Fierro & Jay Kilgore