Woodbine Harness: Monday 3/16 Analysis
Garnet Barnsdale's analysis of the Monday 3/16 card at Woodbine Harness.
Garnet BarnsdaleMar 16, 2015
Garnet Barnsdale's analysis of the Monday 3/16 card at Woodbine Harness.
Trip Notes for March 14-15: Azeri, Rebel, Santa Margarita, Santa Ana and more by Michael Hammersly.
Download positive ROI trainer statistics for Monday's cards at Mountaineer Park, Mahoning Valley Racecourse, Parx Racing, Sunland Park, Turf Paradise, and Will Rogers Downs. The report features top trainer angles, top trainer/jockey combinations, and profitable betting angles based on a trainer's record in similar situations.
Drayden Van Dyke and Graham Motion teamed to win the Grade 1 Kilroe Mile on Feb. 7 with Ring Weekend, and on Sunday at Santa Anita they scored a 12-1 upset with Hoop of Colour in the Grade 2, $201,000 Santa Ana Stakes for older female turf runners.
Evangeline Downs will be the site of a 2-year-olds in-training sale on Monday. The Stars of Tomorrow auction is administered by Stemman, Inc., and features a catalog of 93 young prospects.
Will Rogers Downs near Tulsa, Okla., launches its 30-date Thoroughbred meet on Monday with a restructured calendar, a twilight racing series, and packed stable area. The season runs through May 26.
Jockey Corey Nakatani, who fell in an accident in the fifth race at Santa Anita on Sunday, believes he has a broken collarbone, agent Tony Matos said Sunday.
Noble and a Beauty, sitting third in the field of five early, took control of Sunday’s $100,000 Cicada Stakes in upper stretch and galloped home an eight-length winner of the six-furlong stakes for 3-year-old fillies.
A group of 15 3-year-olds were entered Sunday for Saturday’s Grade 3, $550,000 Spiral Stakes at Turfway Park, resulting in three exclusions due to the track’s 12-horse starting-gate limit, and Turfway not having an also-eligible list for its signature race.
Ogygian, a multiple Grade 1 winner, prominent sire, and the oldest resident at Old Friends Equine Retirement in Georgetown, Ky., was euthanized Saturday due to complications from colic. He was 32 years old.