Los Alamitos Race Course ends its card with a pick three Saturday, though in my mind it might as well be considered a pick two. There appears to be a “free square” in the middle leg, the eighth race, the Los Alamitos Futurity – a race in which DORTMUND (3) appears lengths the best.
As New York is my home circuit, I tend to play only the better quality races at other tracks. That modus operandi simplifies the approach to Sunday’s program at Gulfstream Park, where I’m passing on the two $6,250 claiming contests as well as the five races for maiden claimers.
Took a long look at the first three races today and couldn’t find anything to recommend, so I’ll do a little Christmas shopping early on Panic Saturday before making sure I’m all set for race 4 (post 2:02 Eastern).
Saturday’s card at Los Alamitos Race Course will be highlighted by the Grade I Los Alamitos Futurity – a race which will feature the current favorite for the 2015 Kentucky Derby, Dortmund.
If the fields remain intact, there will be 2,744 possible pick three combinations involving races 8 through 10 at Gulfstream Park on Saturday – the Tropical Park Derby; an allowance scheduled for turf at 1 7/16 miles; and the Tropical Park Oaks.
BreezeFigs Quick-Pix for Saturday, December 20th by Bob Fierro and Jay Kilgore.
My hope, at least as it comes to betting on Saturday’s Tropical Park Derby at Gulfstream Park, is that the seemingly speedy composition of that field with cause bettors to allow front-running Smooth Daddy to drift up in price to start as an overlay.
The big race of the day Saturday obviously is the Grade 1, $500,000 Los Alamitos Futurity. Unfortunately, it drew a field of only five. Small fields also are the case in the two $50,000 stakes at Fair Grounds, the Sugar Bowl and Letellier Memorial, which drew fields of five and six, respectively. The opposite is true, however, in the two $75,000 stakes at Gulfstream, where both the Tropical Park Derby and the Tropical Park Oaks drew 16 entrants.
Introduction to Formulator Trainer Filters by Michael Hogan and Peter Thomas Fornatale.
Inducted into the Racing Hall of Fame in 2009, Bob Baffert has achieved almost every accomplishment possible. He’s won three Eclipse Awards as the top trainer in North America, 11 Breeders’ Cup races, nine Triple Crown races, and his horses have amassed almost $215 million in earnings over the past 25 years. He wins at a high rate, so the key in recent history has been identifying which horses to bet, and which ones to avoid.
