BreezeFigs Quick-Pix for Saturday, December 6th by Bob Fierro and Jay Kilgore
BreezeFigs Quick-Pix for Saturday, December 6th by Bob Fierro and Jay Kilgore.
lmonacoDec 05, 2014
BreezeFigs Quick-Pix for Saturday, December 6th by Bob Fierro and Jay Kilgore.
Bet This, Not That trainer angles for Gulfstream Park.
It’s always a good idea to look inside in nine-furlong dirt races at Gulfstream, and I’m going all the way to the rail, and taking Cerro in the Claiming Crown Jewel.
Ron Gierkink's horses to watch at Woodbine for the week of Dec. 2.
Top trainers are top trainers because they win races. They win a lot of them, and they win the richest races, racking up victories and total earnings at a high rate. On average, the best trainers can be expected to win about 20 percent to 25 percent of the races they enter, but often they get overbet, especially in relation to their relative success previously in certain types of races. Other times, their runners are comparatively overlooked, providing great value and opportunities to make money.
Trip Notes for Nov. 29-30: Cigar Mile, Kentucky Jockey Club, Hollywood Derby, and more...
It’s closing day for the Bing Crosby meet at Del Mar, and while most people will be focusing on the pick six carryover and the mandatory payout for that wager, I’ll look at a few individual races to try to make some decent scores on.
Considering yesterday’s intense rail bias along with today’s soft turf course, two grass races moved to the main track, and a 2-year-old maiden special weight full of first-time starters smack-dab in the middle of the early pick four and pick five, I’m playing the Sunday Aqueduct card with extreme caution. Let’s try a pick three.
It’s a classy card at Aqueduct this afternoon, with the featured Cigar Mile the last Grade 1 of the year in New York. I’ll concentrate on the graded stakes races and the late pick four sequence.
Multirace wagers involving the Grade 1 Matriarch can lead to inflated payoffs if you can beat a heavy favorite, or if in a competitive field you can find the right port in which to dock. It’s the latter in this year’s renewal that may apply, as a few price options exist in the Matriarch and can thus bolster your pick three payoff.