Free: Santa Anita Horses to Watch for week of Jan. 25
Free: Santa Anita Horses to Watch for week of Jan. 25
Brad FreeJan 25, 2016
Free: Santa Anita Horses to Watch for week of Jan. 25
Trip Notes for January 23: Santa Monica Stakes by Michael Hammersly.
DRF handicapper Byron King outlines his strategy for a pick four on Sunday's program at Gulfstream Park.
A weather forecast calling for the possibility of showers Saturday evening casts uncertainty on three grass races Sunday at Santa Anita. Here’s hoping for a postponement of the rain because overlay possibilities exist in each turf race – a route for 3-year-olds and two downhill sprints. It might be time to dive in.
The pick six pool will mushroom to $1.5 million or higher Saturday at Santa Anita, thanks to a two-day carryover of $307,070.
The late double Saturday is comprised of Races 8 and 9 – the Grade 2 Santa Monica and a maiden special weight affair for California-bred 3-year-olds.
BreezeFigs Quick-Pix for Saturday, January 23rd by Bob Fierro and Jay Kilgore.
From the standpoint of quality, Saturday’s card at Gulfstream Park is disappointing, especially for this time of year. There are no maiden special weight races on dirt and not one legitimate allowance event, which is shocking for Gulfstream on a Saturday in the winter. The one stakes race, the H. Allen Jerkens, is, frankly, a novelty event, what with it being at two miles on turf.
I'm giving Tara's Tango one more chance in Saturday's Santa Monica Stakes at Santa Anita.
Despite Hand of Power being the more visually striking of the two last out, it is Formal Summation who seems the better wager in the Pasco Stakes on Saturday at Tampa. His most-recent race came against a far better group than the suspect maidens handled by Hand of Power, and Formal Summation's overall body of work is superior.