Beer: Belmont Park horses to watch for week of May 9
Mike Beer's horses to watch at Belmont Park for the week of May 9.
Mike BeerMay 09, 2016
Mike Beer's horses to watch at Belmont Park for the week of May 9.
DRF handicapper Ron Gierkink provides a list of horses to watch.
The following is a list of DRF resources and content related to the Kentucky Derby card at Churchill Downs on Saturday, May 7.
With huge fields over the final four races Saturday at Churchill, the late pick four offers the chance for a blow-up payoff. Here is a look at the sequence, which begins with the Woodford Reserve Turf Classic, race 11, and finishes with a maiden race at 1 1/8 miles, and a TicketMaker play follows the text.
Many of you may have a Derby Saturday hangover, but there remains payoff potential the day after, including a pick three at Santa Anita (races 7-9), where you might be able to scratch out a decent payoff.
Kentucky Derby Day is annually one of the most anticipated wagering days on a horseplayer's calendar. Full fields with relatively evenly matched horses present the horseplayer with numerous wagering opportunities. Of all the wagers that are offered on Derby Saturday, the pick five may be the best – a wager that concludes with the 142nd running of the Kentucky Derby.
The following is a list of DRF resources and content related to the Kentucky Oaks card at Churchill Downs on Friday, May 6.
While the pick four on races 5-8 at Churchill Downs on Saturday includes the Distaff Turf Mile, in which Tepin likely will go off at 1-5 or 2-5, the other three races are competitive enough to make a play possible. And, yes, I will throw in a "B" horse in the Distaff Turf Mile on the odd chance that Tepin doesn’t run her race or encounters a traffic jam.
BreezeFigs Quick-Pix for Saturday, May 7th, 2016 by Bob Fierro and Jay Kilgore
Assessing value in the Kentucky Derby always starts with questioning the favorite. What price will he be? What kind of trip will he get? Is he vulnerable? Nyquist is the 3-1 morning-line favorite for the Derby, and that by definition makes him an underlay in a 20-horse field.