Constitution, who won his first three starts, including a first-level allowance over Tonalist and the Grade 1 Florida Derby, makes his first start back from a hairline fracture that knocked him off the Triple Crown trail.
On a card with limited opportunities Sunday at Santa Anita, the suggested wager is a daily double in races 4-5.
Trainer Mike DePaulo has a contender in both turf stakes on the card. He’ll saddle Passion for Action in the $250,000 Cup and Saucer and Pender Harbour in the $125,000 Bunty Lawless.
Light the City, in Sunday’s third race, could be the key horse. It’s not that she can just be a linchpin in your various multi-race wagers involving her race, but it’s also about her impact later on the card.
No fooling, this was my horoscope in the morning paper: "You initially might be hesitant to express your opinions, but by the afternoon, you will open up. Be careful about what you say; otherwise, it could hurt another individual, depending on his or her life story.” Given the reprise of last Saturday’s rainy and sloppy conditions, this seems like sage advice.
Rainy weather in Lexington over the last 48 hours is expected to leave the grass course yielding for Saturday’s races, and the condition of the turf needs to be considered by anyone playing the races there, particularly with regard to the Queen Elizabeth II on the grass.
So much depends on the weather, really. It was wet Friday, supposed to be wet Friday night, and there remains a 50 percent chance of rain Saturday.
How I'd Play Keeneland for Saturday, October 11 by Marcus Hersh.
After a washout last week, it could be another sloppy Saturday at Belmont. The National Weather Service forecast an 80 percent chance for steady rain overnight and into the morning, with showers possibly continuing through the afternoon.
The seventh race Saturday at Woodbine concludes the early pick four, which has a guaranteed pool of $100,000, and begins the second pick-four sequence.
