Exaggerator and Brody’s Cause beat the rain, albeit just barely, turning in their final Kentucky Derby works over a fast track just as a light shower began to fall during the special Derby/Oaks training session shortly after 8:30 a.m. on Saturday at Churchill Downs.
Deuces could be wild (and fast) early on the Sunday card at Golden Gate Fields, as I’ll be singling a couple of horses carrying saddlecloth No. 2 in the pick five sequence that opens the nine-race program while also including the other No. 2s in the surrounding races.
Saturday's all-grass pick four at Golden Gate Fields includes the Grade 3 San Francisco Mile, where the two morning-line favorites, Bal a Bali and Gabriel Charles, seem to have the edge. Here's one way to play it.
BreezeFigs Quick-Pix for Saturday, April 30th by Bob Fierro and Jay Kilgore.
A couple of difficult maiden races bookend this pick four, but there’s enough information there to still allow you to take a stand.
My strategy for Saturday's Elusive Quality at Belmont Park is simple: Back the proven fit horse in Bye Bye Bernie.
Brad Free's horses to watch at Los Alamitos for the week of April 25.
Ron Gierkink's horses to watch at Woodbine for the week of April 25.
Trip notes by Michael Hammersly for races run over April 23-24, including the Charles Town Classic and Elkhorn Stakes.
Trainer Chad Brown took center stage here Sunday morning, working his two Kentucky Derby contenders, My Man Sam and Shagaf, over a fast track at Churchill Downs.
