When Wiggle It Jiggleit steps on the track Monday at Dover Downs to compete in the $300,000 Hap Hansen for 3-year-old pacers, he will have the opportunity to build his résumé and place in history. The George Teague, Jr-owned gelding sits 10th on the single-season earnings leaderboard for pacers and 13th among all standardbreds.
BreezeFigs Quick-Pix for Saturday, November 28th by Bob Fierro and Jay Kilgore.
There are a lot of different handicapping factors. A few years ago I participated in an online harness racing contest. Prior to the contest, seven harness handicappers were asked to give their most important handicapping factors and most overrated factors. For overrated factors, three of the handicappers pointed to time.
Garnet Barnsdale's analysis of the Saturday 11/28 card at Woodbine.
Bob Pandolfo's Sharp Horses and Track Trends for November 19 to 22, 2015.
Jockey Mike Smith bounded out of the winner’s circle after the featured race on Thursday at Del Mar and espied clerk of scales Charlie McCaul. “Pizza for Thanksgiving, Charlie!” Smith shouted.
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Ahh Chocolate emerged with her first stakes victory Thursday at Churchill Downs in the Grade 2 Falls City Handicap, a race marred by the fatal breakdown of one of the favorites, Chide.
Capitalizing on a race with little speed, Heart to Heart shot straight to the lead in Thursday’s Grade 3, $100,000 River City Handicap at Churchill Downs and maintained a clear advantage in winning by two lengths over Thatcher Street.
Two starts ago at Keeneland, Control Stake was in a $50,000 claimer, but on Thursday at Fair Grounds, he was in the winner’s circle after leading from start to finish in the $60,000 Thanksgiving Handicap.
The focus going into Thursday’s Grade 3 Fall Highweight Handicap at Aqueduct was on a 5-year-old New York-bred mare. But it was a 5-year-old New Jersey-bred horse who stole the thunder – and the race – by pulling off a huge upset in the Thanksgiving Day feature.
