Litfin: How I'd play Aqueduct on Sunday, Nov. 30
After a Saturday that featured the last four graded stakes of the season, things will drop off noticeably on the final day of racing over the main track.
Dave LitfinNov 29, 2014
After a Saturday that featured the last four graded stakes of the season, things will drop off noticeably on the final day of racing over the main track.
The last four graded stakes of the New York season are run today at Aqueduct, and although having the Comely as race 4 negates a golden opportunity to market a classy late pick four sequence, there is a contentious pick three available on the Demoiselle, Remsen and Cigar Mile to end the program.
My focus Saturday is at Aqueduct, but the late pick three at Del Mar intrigues me enough to throw in a ticket – with the obvious highlight of the sequence being California Chrome’s debut on grass in the Grade 1 Hollywood Derby.
An outstanding Saturday of racing from coast to coast includes an appealing Del Mar card that features the turf debut of California Chrome. He faces only one other frontrunner in the Hollywood Derby and will be tough to beat at a short price.
BreezeFigs Quick-Pix for Saturday, November 29th by Bob Fierro and Jay Kilgore
Everywhere you look on Saturday there seems to be a stakes race – from Florida to Kentucky to New York to California and places in between. But the Warrior has his gaze fixed mostly on Churchill Downs and Aqueduct, where several promising bets loom in graded stakes.
Brad Free's horses to watch at Del Mar for the week of Thursday, Nov. 27.
DRF Formulator Facts for Churchill's Clark Handicap on Friday, November 28 by Michael Hogan.
Dave Litfin's horses to watch at Aqueduct for Wednesday, Nov. 25.
Trip Notes for Nov. 22: Tropical Turf, Delta Downs Jackpot and more by Michael Hammersly.