Trip Notes for April 16-17: Jenny Wiley, Arkansas Derby, Beaumont, and more...
Trip Notes for April 16-17: Jenny Wiley, Arkansas Derby, Beaumont, and more by Michael Hammersly.
Michael HammerslyApr 18, 2016
Trip Notes for April 16-17: Jenny Wiley, Arkansas Derby, Beaumont, and more by Michael Hammersly.
DRF handicapper Ron Gierkink provides a list of horses to watch at Woodbine.
We’ll take a small shot at the pick five at Aqueduct, essentially looking to get alive to our single in the final leg with a $50 caveman ticket.
Except for maybe using ULTRA ARUMBA and QUIET BUSINESS as live longshots in a wide-open race 3, I’ll be taking a pass on what I thought was a fairly inscrutable opening portion of this nine-race Sunday card at Keeneland and focus on getting Graham Motion another winner with JELLICLE BALL in race 7.
With heavy favorites who look hard to beat in race 4 (Cloontia) and race 5 (Bustin the Bank) – races that also happen to be the last two legs in the pick five and early pick four – I’m focusing my attention Saturday at Aqueduct on the second half of the card, specifically races 6 and 9.
Here is an analysis of the all-stakes pick four at Keeneland, with horses with program numbers classified as either ‘A' or ‘B' runners, based on their chances of winning.
Melatonin upset the Santa Anita Handicap, and I'm taking him to win right back in Saturday's Oaklawn Handicap.
Last Saturday's Wood Memorial came up ridiculously slow, 1:52.92 for the 1 1/8 miles on the muddy track. Were the horses really that bad or was there another explanation?
In an effort to help handicappers better understand how to apply Daily Racing Form's newest handicapping tool, some of the Race Shape symbols have been changed.
Brad Free's horses to watch at Santa Anita for the week of April 11.