BreezeFigs Quick-Pix for Saturday, April 5th by Bob Fierro and Jay Kilgore
BreezeFigs Quick-Pix for Saturday, April 5th by Bob Fierro and Jay Kilgore.
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BreezeFigs Quick-Pix for Saturday, April 5th by Bob Fierro and Jay Kilgore.
On a relatively quiet Thursday, low-profile trainer Javier Sierra served up a lesson related to workouts. Rather, it was a lack of workouts.
The theme for Friday’s opening day at Keeneland is rain, and a lot of it. The skies unloaded in Lexington yesterday and today, resulting in the three scheduled turf races being moved to the Polytrack.
After a very live rail produced several front-end longshots and a pick six carryover Wednesday, the main track appeared fair through Thursday’s nine races, all of which were run around one turn.
Although Saturday's Kentucky Derby preps are intriguing contests, from a wagering perspective, I’m most excited by a trio of races for 3-year-old fillies this Saturday: the Ashland at Keeneland, the Santa Anita Oaks, and the Fantasy at Oaklawn.
DRF Plus handicapping analysis for Santa Anita on Friday, April 4.
If you think the horses who need to run big this weekend will, now is probably the last chance to grab a price in excess of what they will be on Kentucky Derby Day.
DRF Plus handicapping analysis for Aqueduct on Friday, April 4.
DRF Plus handicapping analysis for Keeneland of Friday, April 4.
In the Bay Shore Stakes at Aqueduct, I like Favorite Tale, who is perfect so far after three starts at Parx Racing, despite the big bump in class, and the fact that he is making his stakes debut.