Harness: Sharp Horses and Track Trends for April 9 to April 12
Bob Pandolfo's Sharp Horses and Track Trends for April 9 to 12, 2015.
Bob PandolfoApr 16, 2015
Bob Pandolfo's Sharp Horses and Track Trends for April 9 to 12, 2015.
“Offerings From a Rust Belt Jockey,” by Andrew Plattner and published by Dzanc Books of Ann Arbor, Mich., was named the winner of the $10,000 Dr. Tony Ryan Book Award at a Wednesday reception at Shane Ryan’s Castleton Lyons farm near Lexington.
The prep-race season for 2015 classic races in the U.S. is over, but overseas, it is in full swing. At Newmarket in England on Wednesday, there were two such races, following a race in France on Tuesday and one last Sunday in Ireland, with more preps to come Thursday and Saturday this week.
It took the length of the stretch, but Night Prowler finally reeled in the front-running Luck of the Kitten to post a neck victory Wednesday in the Grade 3, $100,000 Transylvania Stakes at Keeneland.
Second to Untapable in the Breeders’ Cup Distaff last fall at Santa Anita, Don’t Tell Sophia is nearing her first breeze of the year, according to Keeneland-based trainer Phil Sims.
Derick Giwner's analysis of the Friday 4/17 card at The Meadowlands.
Trainer Ingrid Mason has lined up Hall of Fame jockey Gary Stevens to ride Sarah Sis in the Kentucky Oaks, agent Craig O’Bryan confirmed this week. Sarah Sis most recently finished fifth in the April 4 Fantasy at Oaklawn Park.
Download DRF Plus handicapping reports for Thursday’s races, including DRF Bets GamePlan, the Positive ROI Report, and Key Race Report.
Garnet Barndsale's analysis of the Friday 4/17 card at Mohawk Racetrack.
Field size averages barely more than six horses per race during the first half of a 10-race Friday program at Keeneland, but things pick up after that. Besides the Grade 3 Doubledogdare Stakes, the latter portion of the card also includes a remarkably deep first-level allowance for 3-year-olds (race 7).