Balmoral: Sunday 3/8 Analysis
Jeremey Day's analysis of the Sunday 3/8 card at Balmoral Park.
Jeremey DayMar 06, 2015
Jeremey Day's analysis of the Sunday 3/8 card at Balmoral Park.
His connections having resisted the temptation to stretch him out in distance, Majestic Affair will be doing what he’s proven he does best when he sprints in Sunday’s $100,000 Jimmy Winkfield Stakes for 3-year-olds at Aqueduct.
It’s not just a thrill to be able to watch Shared Belief, likely the best horse in the land, race in the Santa Anita Handicap. But his presence provides you with a “free square” to help with a number of your multi-race wagers.
A Texas Racing Commission official has increased a fine assessed to jockey Roman Chapa for allegedly using an electrical device from $25,000 to $100,000, according to documents provided by the commission. The case concerns the Richard King Stakes, run at Sam Houston Race Park on Jan. 17.
After the classy Louisiana-bred String King became a graded stakes winner with a victory Jan. 17 in the Grade 3 Colonel E. R. Bradley Handicap, trainer-owner-breeder Charles Smith decided the gelding would benefit from a freshening.
Regally Ready, who hasn’t raced since finishing seventh in the Grade 1 Cigar Mile last fall, returns to competition Sunday for trainer Steve Asmussen in an optional-claiming race at Fair Grounds.
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Cay Dancer was fairly good in her North American debut, but not good enough. Chad Brown went back to the proverbial drawing board afterward, and 10 weeks later, Cay Dancer is back in the entries, dropping in class and prepared to make far more impact in Sunday’s $52,000 feature at Gulfstream Park.
Three separate inquiries at Gulfstream Park on Feb. 21, including one resulting in the disqualification of the favorite in the Fountain of Youth Stakes, immediately raised the hackles of bettors, racing fans, and trainers, who collectively rallied around one point: consistency.
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