$89,776 pick six carryover starts week
A pick six carryover of $89,776 spices up a rather bland Wednesday card at Aqueduct on a day when wet weather could be a factor.
David GreningApr 06, 2015
A pick six carryover of $89,776 spices up a rather bland Wednesday card at Aqueduct on a day when wet weather could be a factor.
Will Vinceremos ever return to the form that helped him qualify for the 2014 Kentucky Derby? That is one key question facing handicappers when it comes to solving the riddle of Wednesday’s $46,000 allowance feature.
Evangeline Downs will celebrate its 50th season of racing when the 2015 season kicks off Wednesday evening.
Matt Rose's analysis of the Tuesday Afternoon 4/7 card at Yonkers Raceway.
Even with the last four races canceled Friday because of drastic weather conditions, all-sources wagering for the first two days of the Keeneland meet was barely down in comparison to the same two days at the 2014 spring meet.
Top Billing was supposed to arrive in Kentucky last spring as a top Derby prospect, but injury cut short those hopes. Patiently regrouped following surgery last March for a cracked cannon bone, the 4-year-old colt will make a belated appearance a year later as part of a very competitive field of 11 older horses in the last of four allowance races Wednesday at Keeneland.
The first race of the year in Kentucky for 2-year-olds is carded as the Wednesday opener at Keeneland, and to the surprise of no one, Wesley Ward has two of the likely favorites among his uncoupled pair of Bruised Orange and Love the Kitten.
Stephanie’s Kitten is among the 30 nominees to the Jenny Wiley on Saturday at Keeneland, but owner Ken Ramsey and trainer Chad Brown are intent on running her instead against male rivals in the Woodford Reserve Turf Classic on the May 2 Kentucky Derby undercard at Churchill Downs.
The first two days of the Keeneland spring meet produced plenty of news and adventure, but wait, there’s more. Seven stakes will be run this coming weekend, including a pair of Grade 1 races, a last-gasp Kentucky Derby prep, and the return of the unbeaten filly Lady Eli.
Bob Pandolfo's Sharp Horses and Track Trends report featuring horses from Northfield, Dover, Yonkers and others.