Goldfeder: How I'd play Del Mar for Friday, July 17
Goldfeder: How I'd play Del Mar for Friday, July 17
Lonnie GoldfederJul 16, 2015
Goldfeder: How I'd play Del Mar for Friday, July 17
Matt Rose's analysis of the Saturday 7/18 card at Yonkers Raceway.
Garnet Barnsdale's analysis of the Saturday 7/18 card at Mohawk Racetrack.
When Indiana Grand runs its six-stakes card Saturday evening, it will be the Grade 2 Indiana Derby that grabs the focus of the fans, having drawn well-known 3-year-olds such as Mr. Z, Divining Rod, and Far Right – each of whom competed in at least one Triple Crown race this year. But the focus of my betting is on another race, the ungraded Michael G. Schaefer Memorial Stakes, where Ulanbator seems a standout.
His on-again, off-again race pattern says no, but everything else about Glenard says go – as in go to the windows when he starts Saturday in the $100,000 Warrior Veterans on the Indiana Grand undercard at Indiana Downs.
Jeremey Day's analysis of the Saturday 7/18 card at Balmoral Park.
Mr. Z had a cozy outside draw and went off at odds of nearly 7-1 dropping in class from the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness when he won the $500,000 Ohio Derby on June 20. Saturday at Indiana Grand, Mr. Z, from a handicapping standpoint, has lost his appeal.
The fields are starting to come together for the first weekend of the Saratoga meet, which begins next Friday.
Canterbury Park’s popular Extreme Race Day returns Saturday with unusual horse races carded along with exhibition races for camels and zebras.
A federal bill that would give the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency the authority to administer and oversee Thoroughbred racing’s medication policies and drug-testing programs was introduced Thursday to the U.S. House of Representatives, the legislation’s sponsors announced.