Daily Racing Form will soon unveil a product that will identify race flows in those instances where extreme pace scenarios played a major factor in a race. Here's a look at how some of the Triple Crown prep races have been assessed as we prepare for Saturday's Kentucky Derby.
There are 34,560 possible combinations in the late pick four (races 10-13) at Churchill Downs. The sequence includes a Grade 1 on turf, the Kentucky Derby, an N1X route for 3-year-olds, and a maiden sprint.
It is hard to separate the contenders from the pretenders in the $50,000 Jim Coleman Province for 3-year-olds on Sunday at Hastings. The 6 1/2-furlong sprint drew nine horses, and the race should give a better idea which horses have moved forward enough over the winter to be considered serious players on the road to the Grade 3, $250,000 British Columbia Derby on Sept. 13.
Bob Pandolfo's Sharp Horses and Track Trends report featuring horses from Balmoral, Meadowlands, Yonkers and others.
A couple of horses who could have been Derby protagonists and the return of a champion mare are some of the intriguing pieces in this middle-of-the-card pick four puzzle.
El Kabeir’s status for Saturday’s 141st Kentucky Derby might be in doubt after the colt showed tenderness in his left front foot Friday morning, forcing the gray colt to remain in the barn rather than train.
Trainer Brian Brown ended last year on what some might consider a sour note. His prized three-year-old pacing filly Color’s A Virgin was favored to capture the Breeders Crown at the Meadowlands and looked as imposing as a filly could be. The fact that she finished off the board in fourth might frustrate a trainer, but not Brown.
BreezeFigs Quick-Pix for Saturday, May 2nd by Bob Fierro and Jay Kilgore.
For horseplayers who crave large fields, they don’t get much bigger than those offered in the Kentucky Oaks-Woodford Reserve-Kentucky Derby pick three that straddles the Friday and Saturday cards at Churchill Downs. The races could average 15 starters each, with the Oaks capped at 14, the Woodford drawing 12, and the Derby cutoff 20.
Handicappers Matt Bernier and Kenny Peck are going head to head with $500 to wager on the Kentucky Oaks Day card at Churchill Downs.
