Meadowlands: Saturday 4/4 Analysis
Derick Giwner's analysis of the Saturday 4/4 card at The Meadowlands.
Derick GiwnerApr 02, 2015
Derick Giwner's analysis of the Saturday 4/4 card at The Meadowlands.
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Jeremey Day's analysis of the Saturday 4/4 card at Balmoral Park.
The Quarter Horse colt Forget It is forcing people to take notice of his recent performances. On March 15 at Los Alamitos, Forget It set the fastest qualifying time for Saturday’s $175,100 El Primero Del Ano Derby for colts and geldings with a comprehensive victory by 2 1/4 lengths. The win will make Forget It the favorite to win Saturday’s final.
On Saturday harness handicappers will be presented with the rare opportunity to get rich quick when Woodbine Racetrack offers an $847,458 Jackpot Hi-5 carryover with a mandatory payout. In addition to my analysis, I’ve enlisted some other professional handicappers for their advice on strategy when it comes to these Jackpot type wagers.
After watching Maven’s recent performances in Europe, trainer Jimmy Takter says he is optimistic about the 6-year-old trotting mare’s future overseas. A future that, if all continues to go well, will see Maven head to Sweden’s Elitloppet for the second consecutive year.
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For racing fans, few things mark the start of spring more than the Keeneland meet, a tradition that stretches back almost 80 years. This three-week meet lures many of the best horses in North America and most of the top trainers competing for lucrative purses, led by 15 graded stakes races. Prior to the fall meet last year, Keeneland replaced its Polytrack main surface with a new dirt track, meaning that that meet marked the first races on dirt at Keeneland since the spring 2006 meet.
There appears to be little separating the top contenders in the Grade 3, $400,000 Fantasy on Saturday at Oaklawn Park, but one angle Sarah Sis has working is that she’s proven at two turns unlike her Grade 1-placed rivals Feathered and Achiever’s Legacy, and the promising Oceanwave.