King: Two overachievers worth a look in Kentucky Derby
Both Materiality and International Star will have a chance to outperform expectations once again in the Kentucky Derby.
Byron KingApr 16, 2015
Both Materiality and International Star will have a chance to outperform expectations once again in the Kentucky Derby.
McGee: How I'd play Keeneland for Saturday, April 18
Love’s Not Fair makes his first start since March 13 in Thursday’s eighth race at Pimlico, a 1 1/16-mile optional claimer on turf. Trainer Claudio Gonzalez is winning 28 percent of his starts coming off a layoff 31-60 days, for a return on investment of $3.16.
I’m taking an upset shot with General a Rod in Saturday’s Charles Town Classic.
Anna May Our Queen will return to action in Thursday's eighth race at Gulfstream Park, a five-furlong maiden claimer on turf. It will be her first start since a third-place finish by one length in a five-furlong turf race Jan. 31 at Gulfstream Park. The first- and second-place finishers from that maiden special weight race came back to win their next starts.
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Highball will return to action in Wednesday’s third race at Keeneland, a 1/16-mile turf allowance. It will be his first start since a fourth-place finish by 5 1/2 lengths in the Grade 3 Fair Grounds Handicap on Feb. 21. The first- and seventh-place finishers from that about 1 1/8-mile turf race came back to win stakes races in their next starts.
Trainer Jimmy Jerkens saddles Spark in Wednesday’s third race at Aqueduct, a 6 1/2-furlong allowance. Since Jan. 1, 2014, Jerkens is winning 31 percent of his starts in allowances, for a return on investment of $3.43.
Winter Wish will return to action in Wednesday’s ninth race at Keeneland. It will be her first start since a fourth-place finish by three lengths in a May 31 maiden race at Belmont Park. The first-, second-, fifth-, seventh-, and ninth-place finishers from that six-furlong turf race came back to win their next starts.
Before the start of the Gulfstream Park Championship Meet on December 6, we used DRF Formulator to look at a handful of trainers and how they’ve fared there over the last five years. With the Championship Meet coming to a close following the running of the Florida Derby on April 4, let’s look back on how these angles fared, not just as an effort in self-evaluation, but also with an eye towards whether they could remain positive or negative angles at Gulfstream next winter.