South Florida seems to agree with Cali Star, who won for the second time in as many starts since arriving when she registered a convincing three-length victory over stablemate Best Behavior in Saturday’s Grade 3 Rampart Stakes at Gulfstream Park.
Trainer Jeff Radosevich collected his 2,000th career victory when the 3-year-old filly She’s Slammed scored by 3 1/4 lengths as the 8-5 favorite in Saturday’s second race at Mahoning Valley Race Course.
Carlos Huerta, the second-leading Quarter Horse jockey at Los Alamitos, suffered three broken vertebrae in a spill after the eighth race Friday evening and will miss mounts in two lucrative races this weekend.
Trainer Jimmy Jerkens saddles Front (#2, ML 10-1) in Saturday's third race at Aqueduct, a one-mile-70-yard claiming race on the inner track. Since Jan., 1, 2014, Jerkens is winning at a 33 percent clip when saddling a horse switching from turf to dirt, for a return on investment of $5.08. Check out the Positive ROI report as part of DRF Plus. Sign up for DRF Plus here.
The man entrusted with guiding California Chrome through his daily exercise knows his way around Los Alamitos.
Race 3 is for low-level maiden claimers sprinting on dirt. While horses like Flying K C (#3) and Take a Bow (#4) are logical as the shortest prices on the morning line, I want to try to wake up One More Song (#6) in this spot.
A filly who seems to have turned the corner and some price potential in a competitive maiden turf N1X give an early $1 pick three some appeal (races 3-5).
For the second time this week, there will be a two-day pick six carryover at Aqueduct. The wager went unhit Thursday and Friday, resulting in a carryover of $134,344 into Saturday’s nine-race program at the Big A.
It's not unusual to see trainers Chad Brown, Christophe Clement, and Bill Mott square off in a weekend feature in New York. It's a bit more peculiar when it happens on the second Sunday of December over Aqueduct's inner track.
Litfin: Aqueduct pick four play for Saturday, Dec. 12
