Woodbine Harness: Saturday 3/7 Analysis
Garnet Barnsdale's analysis of the Saturday 3/7 card at Woodbine Harness.
Garnet BarnsdaleMar 05, 2015
Garnet Barnsdale's analysis of the Saturday 3/7 card at Woodbine Harness.
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The Grade 3, $150,000 Honeybee to be run at Oaklawn Park on Saturday has had something of a revolving door, with champion Take Charge Brandi passing on the race in favor of next weekend’s Rebel and the undefeated Promise Me Silver unlikely to start as of Thursday morning due to the latest round of winter weather that has landed in Arkansas.
Trainer Ron Burke's aged stars will be in action Saturday morning at The Meadowlands.
The Group 1, $400,000 Al Maktoum Challenge Round 3 highlights the so-called Super Saturday card on Saturday evening at Meydan Racecourse in Dubai. And for whoever wins, victory is likely to be the highlight of their Dubai campaign in 2015.
Even after an anticipated thrilling day of racing Saturday, there’s one thing that won’t go away – the concern over the condition of Allen Jerkens, who has been in a South Florida hospital since last weekend, fighting the potentially dangerous effects of a urinary tract infection that requires intensive care.
Ivan Fallunovalot has gone from $25,000 claim to 108 Beyer Speed Figure earner in a leap that will make him a strong favorite Saturday in the $100,000 Hot Springs at Oaklawn Park.
The well-traveled Summer Front may be based on the East Coast with trainer Christophe Clement, but his final three starts of 2014 were in California. Fittingly, Summer Front is back at Santa Anita for Saturday’s $400,000 Frank E. Kilroe Mile.
Trainer Chad Brown will bring a powerful one-two punch to the Grade 3, $150,000 Hillsborough Stakes on Saturday for their 2015 debuts as he sends out both 2014 Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Turf runner-up Stephanie’s Kitten and Ball Dancing, who was second in the Grade 1 Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup Stakes in her final 2014 start. The Brown starters top a full field of 12 turf distaffers slated to contest the 1 1/8-mile race over the Tampa turf course.