Gierkink's preview: Phil's Dream the key
Handicapping the New Providence revolves around what to make of the comeback race from Phil’s Dream, Canada’s reigning champion sprinter.
Ron GierkinkMay 19, 2014
Handicapping the New Providence revolves around what to make of the comeback race from Phil’s Dream, Canada’s reigning champion sprinter.
The Grade 3 Selene featured an intriguing matchup of the hard-trying double stakes winner Paladin Bay and the once-beaten 2-5 favorite My Conquestadory.
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DRF Plus analysis for the Selene Stakes at Woodbine.
Dave Litfin provides insight for the Sunday, May 18 card at Belmont Park.
Dave Litfin provides insights to the May 17 card at Belmont Park.
California is enjoying the California Chrome streak. Fans arrived at Santa Anita Park in droves Saturday to wager on an 11-race card and watch California Chrome extend his win streak to six races by winning the Preakness Stakes.
City Ride will try to make amends in the 4 1/2-furlong maiden race for 2-year-olds. It will be the second start for City Ride, whose debut was a debacle.
With turf races typically having less separation among the top finishers than those on dirt, trips often prove the key to victory, with the ideal ones being those in which horses can save ground for much of the race before finding a clear run for at least the final quarter-mile.
Although one would think a bottom-level maiden $10,000 claiming race would draw a full field, the day’s opener – one such race – drew just six. And it seems a scary six, too.