Free: How I'd play Del Mar for Monday, Sept. 7
DRF handicapper Brad Free provides his best plays on Monday's card at Del Mar.
Brad FreeSep 06, 2015
DRF handicapper Brad Free provides his best plays on Monday's card at Del Mar.
Liam’s Map, dominant winner of Saturday’s Grade 1 Woodward Stakes, will most likely make his next start in the Breeders’ Cup at Keeneland, trainer Todd Pletcher said Sunday. What remains to be determined, however, is whether that start will be in the $1 million Dirt Mile on Oct. 30 or the $5 million Classic on Oct. 31.
Ron Gierkink's Horses to Watch at Woodbine for the week of Sept. 7.
If I were playing the pick six today at Saratoga, one of the strongest potential singles in the sequence would be Cavorting, the 2-1 morning-line favorite in the featured Grade 2 Prioress. She may actually be an overlay at that price.
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Trainer Tim Rycroft, who won the $51,850 Bird of Pay for 2-year-old fillies Friday with Bootleggers Wife, had the first two finishers, Kristofferson and Awesome Slate, in the $50,000 Birdcatcher for 2-year-old colts and geldings Saturday at Northlands Park.
State Treasurer and L A Delight also scored in stakes action Saturday night at Mohawk Racetrack.
Driver Yannick Gingras had an up and down night on Saturday at Yonkers Raceway that ended on a positive note when he captured the $500,000 Messenger Pace with Revenge Shark in 1:53 1/5.
When it comes to the 3-year-old trotting division in 2015, Brian Sears has the magic touch. After driving Pinkman to a Hambletonian victory one month ago, he steered Habitat, the a horse he qualified for the Hambo final, to the winner’s circle in the $500,000 Yonkers Trot on Saturday night.
Songbird left trainer Jerry Hollendorfer thinking about top races in other parts of the United States after her authoritative win in Saturday’s $301,250 Del Mar Debutante Stakes for 2-year-old fillies.