Free's preview: Short fields and short prices
Short fields and short prices are standard fare Sunday at Los Alamitos, where 59 horses entered nine races. The field size might not preclude a price play, however.
Brad FreeJul 06, 2014
Short fields and short prices are standard fare Sunday at Los Alamitos, where 59 horses entered nine races. The field size might not preclude a price play, however.
The biggest day of the meet has three graded turf stakes, along with the 155th running of the $1 million Queen’s Plate, North America’s oldest continuously run stakes.
DRF Plus Daily Gameplan for Los Alamitos on Sunday, July 6.
Harlan’s Honor and Jiggin Witit, recent maiden winners at Monmouth Park and Presque Isle Downs, meet Delaware Park shipper Accelebrate and a trio of first-time starters in Sunday’s $125,000 Lynbrook Stakes for juvenile New York-bred fillies.
DRF Plus Daily Gameplan for Belmont on Sunday, July 6.
DRF Plus graded stakes analysis for Monmouth Park on Sunday, July 6.
There’s something for everyone on the inaugural Stars and Stripes program, with five stakes scattered throughout the 10-race program – three of them for 3-year-olds on turf and dirt and two for older males going short and long on the main track.
After 16 races and two days of racing at Los Alamitos, this much is clear – closers are up against it.
BreezeFigs Quick-Pix for Saturday, July 5 by Bob Fierro and Jay Kilgore.
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