Mohawk: Thursday 4/16 Analysis
Garnet Barnsdale's analysis of the Thursday 4/16 card at Mohawk Racetrack.
Garnet BarnsdaleApr 14, 2015
Garnet Barnsdale's analysis of the Thursday 4/16 card at Mohawk Racetrack.
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The Howard Taylor-owned Major Uptrend has won six of 11 races this year, good for $75,475 in purses, and heads into Saturday’s $30,000 Bobby Weiss Series final for 3- and 4-year-old male pacers off victories in his two preliminary rounds of the event at The Downs at Mohegan Sun Pocono.
A septet of juveniles completed a one-furlong breeze in :10 seconds flat to lead Tuesday’s session of the Ocala Breeders’ Sales Co. spring 2-year-olds in training sale under-tack show.
His career is all of six weeks old, but already Eric Cancel has some convinced he has a bright future as a jockey in North America.
When the gates open for the $1.5 million Charles Town Classic on Saturday, it won’t be difficult to find Moreno. He’s going to be the horse on the lead. “If you are in front of us early, you are probably going too fast,” trainer Eric Guillot said.
After spending several frustrating days trying to get a race for his Grade 3-winning sprinter Speechify, trainer Ralph Nicks will finally be able to get his star back in action Thursday when he takes on five rivals in a $46,000 optional-claiming race at five furlongs on the turf.
Shared Belief had a final breeze at Golden Gate Fields on Tuesday prior to his Saturday start in the $1.5 million Charles Town Classic. Shared Belief breezed a half-mile over the Tapeta main track in 51.80 seconds with Russell Baze aboard.
Western Bloodstock Ltd. has entered an agreement with the Texas Thoroughbred Association and Lone Star Park to conduct auctions formerly hosted by Fasig-Tipton at Lone Star’s Texas Thoroughbred Sales Pavilion.
Piquant, who comes off a sharp three-length victory in the $70,000 Peeping Tom Stakes on March 21, will try to keep his recent run of success going in the six-furlong feature at Aqueduct on Thursday.
Recorded on March 31, 2015, hosts Peter Thomas Fornatale and Mike Hogan walk you through how to use DRF Formulator, using recent horses highlighted in Bet This, Not That.