Yonkers: Thursday 3/19 Analysis
Brewster Smith's analysis of the Thursday 3/19 card at Yonkers Raceway.
Brewster SmithMar 18, 2015
Brewster Smith's analysis of the Thursday 3/19 card at Yonkers Raceway.
Download a list of horses exiting races where two or more of the competitors have come back to win their next starts. Wednesday's report features races from Camarero Race Track, Charles Town, Gulfstream Park, Mountaineer Park, Penn National, Tampa Bay Downs, and Turf Paradise.
With a move away from the traditional select format, there was plenty of room for speculation as to how the 2015 Ocala Breeders’ Sales Co. March 2-year-olds in training sale would compare to previous renewals. Early returns showed a resounding success. The first of the sale’s two sessions closed Tuesday evening with figures that stacked up favorably against last year’s record-setting single-day auction, and even surpassed it in some key areas.
The Equine Sales Co., of Louisiana has cataloged 80 prospects to its 2-year-olds in-training and horses of racing age sale on April 27, the sale company announced Tuesday. The auction will be held in Opelousas, La., near Evangeline Downs. A pre-sale under tack show will be held April 25.
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We can use statistics, logic and personal reasoning but ultimately predicting the best 3-year-old pacers and trotters in March is pure speculation. I studied the data from last year and attempted to strike the right balance between ability, consistency, eligibility to major stakes and the possibility of improvement.
Gold Medal Dancer, a half-length winner of the Grade 2, $294,000 Azeri Stakes over champion Untapable last Saturday at Oaklawn, likely will advance to the track’s Grade 1, $600,000 Apple Blossom Handicap on April 10, said trainer Donnie Von Hemel. He said Gold Medal Dancer also would be made eligible for the Doubledogdare at Keeneland and the La Troienne at Churchill Downs.
Michael Chamberlain has been named the announcer at Evangeline Downs in Opelousas, La., according to a release issued by the track Tuesday. The meet opens April 8. Evangeline also announced that Corey Veazey has been promoted to racing secretary, while Ramiro Flores has been named track superintendent.
Risetotheoccasion appears to have some key factors working in his favor Thursday in the featured eighth race at Oaklawn Park.
They’re back. After basically saying thanks but no thanks in 2014, when a mere three horses made the trip, U.S.-based horses will travel en masse for the March 28 Dubai World Cup card at Meydan Racecourse.
Horses trained by Todd Pletcher have accounted for two of the first three races in Oaklawn Park’s handicap series. Golden Lad invaded from south Florida and took down the $100,000 Essex in February, and Race Day traveled to town last week and won the Grade 3, $250,000 Razorback. There is one more offering for the division at the meet, and Golden Lad could return for the occasion, said Pletcher.