DRF Plus handicapping reports for Thursday, April 30
Download DRF Plus handicapping reports for Thursday’s races, including DRF Bets GamePlan, the Positive ROI Report, and Key Race Report.
DRF StaffApr 29, 2015
Download DRF Plus handicapping reports for Thursday’s races, including DRF Bets GamePlan, the Positive ROI Report, and Key Race Report.
A colt by Gold Tribute topped the Equine Sales Co. auction of 2-year-olds in training and horses of racing age in Opelousas, La., on Monday, bringing $65,000 from Jerome Namy. The Louisiana-bred 2-year-old named Cale’s Gold helped lift the auction to gains over the corresponding sale in 2014.
Trainer Shug McGaughey won the 2013 Kentucky Derby with Orb, and later that year, three races into Honor Code’s career, it seemed fair to wonder if McGaughey might make it two Derbies in a row.
The stars won’t just be on “Millionaire’s Row” leading up to Saturday’s Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs. As usual, equine stars also will be showcased, long before the Kentucky Derby is run.
Derick Giwner's analysis of the Friday 5/1 card at The Meadowlands.
The jockey Christophe Soumillon never has ridden in the Kentucky Derby. He will do so for the first time Saturday when he gets astride Mubtaahij. Do not expect Soumillon to be overwhelmed. Do not expect mistakes.
Garnet Barnsdale's analysis of the Friday 5/1 card at Mohawk Racetrack.
Brewster Smith's analysis of the Friday 5/1 card at Yonkers Raceway.
There was finally an El Kabeir sighting on the track Wednesday at Churchill Downs, but even that didn’t quell whispers that the gray colt might not be running in Saturday’s Kentucky Derby.
Although jockey Sheldon Russell, who was injured in a spill at Pimlico last Saturday, seemed to be improving Tuesday, he is scheduled for surgery Thursday.