Gierkink's Woodbine horses to watch for week of April 27
Ron Gierkink's Woodbine horses to watch for the week of April 27.
Nick FortunaApr 27, 2015
Ron Gierkink's Woodbine horses to watch for the week of April 27.
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Unlike the Kentucky Derby, which could easily produce a chalk result, this Kentucky Oaks looks to me like a potentially rewarding betting race. With no strong group at the top to overwhelm everyone else in the field, there are some price horses who have very live shots in this Oaks.
LINDISFARNE (#4, ML 3-1) was impressive winning twice at Laurel Park for Rudy Rodriguez after being imported from Northern California. Her work tab shows she has been kept in steady training since her last start Jan. 29, and she should come back running off the freshening at a fair price. Lake Sebago, who was second to Lindisfarne in the $100,000 Marshua Stakes at Laurel, is a talented filly. PAULASSILVERLINING (#5, ML 2-1) is strictly the horse to beat here and will be a short-priced favorite.
Puntrooskie (#10, ML 12-1) will return to action in Sunday's eighth race at Woodbine, the six-furlong Jacques Cartier Stakes. It will be his first start since a second-place finish by one length in a six-furlong optional claimer March 15 at Gulfstream Park. The first-, third-, and sixth-place finishers from that race came back to win their next starts.
Suances Dream (#6, ML 12-1) takes on six in Sunday's fifth race at Golden Gate, the one-mile Silky Sullivan Stakes ran on turf. Since Jan. 1, 2014, trainer John Martin is winning at a 31 percent clip in turf races, for a return on investment of $2.27.
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Only eight races will be run Sunday at Santa Anita, instead of the nine races that were scheduled.