Goldfeder: How I’d play Del Mar on Wednesday, Aug. 19
Playing Del Mar has been fun so far this meet, and as we head into the weekend of the Pacific Classic, I expect the good times to continue.
Lonnie GoldfederAug 18, 2015
Playing Del Mar has been fun so far this meet, and as we head into the weekend of the Pacific Classic, I expect the good times to continue.
Litfin: Saratoga Horses to Watch for week of Aug. 17
Trip Notes for August 15-16: Adirondack, Arlington Million, Del Mar Oaks, and more by Michael Hammersly.
Brad Free's Horses to Watch at Del Mar for the week of Aug. 17.
Ron Gierkink's Horses to Watch at Woodbine the week of Aug. 17.
Depending on what the toteboard says, we could have a bunch of plays or not that many plays Monday at Saratoga. As always, we stick to the overlays and steer clear of the underlays as dictated by a personal betting line.
The six 2-year-old colts entered in Sunday’s Grade 2 Saratoga Special have all won nothing more than a maiden race apiece, and they did so over three types of surfaces at six different tracks. From the rail out, it’s a matchup among maiden winners Exaggerator (Del Mar dirt), Holding Gold (Woodbine synthetic), Hammers Vision (Belmont turf), John Q. Public (Ellis dirt), Saratoga Mischief (Saratoga dirt), and Mid Life Crisis (Delaware dirt.)
My betting Sunday at Saratoga will focus around three potential overlaid horses: Tobias (#7, 5-1) in Race 1, Weekend Express (#5, 15-1) in the seventh, and C d’Cat (#2, 4-1) in the eighth. All three appear to have far better chances than their morning-line odds suggest.
Not too many of the pick four sequences at the meet have been to my liking. Often there have been three pretty good races with one I haven't liked for one reason or another. But Sunday's sequence looks intriguing, and I am going to take a swing. I will put in a traditional ABC play through DRF Formulator and will look to press certain combinations as well.
There’s not much to separate the eight entrants in Saturday’s featured Fourstardave at Saratoga. Everyone routinely runs Beyer Speed Figures between 98 and 101, six of them have won at the Grade 2 level or higher, and most are at their best distance going a mile today.