
Meadowlands: Saturday 2/21 Analysis
Derick Giwner's analysis of the Saturday 2/21 card at The Meadowlands.

Derick Giwner's analysis of the Saturday 2/21 card at The Meadowlands.

Matt Rose's analysis of the Saturday 2/21 card at The Meadowlands.

Jeremey Day's analysis of the Saturday 2/21 card at Balmoral Park.

Garnet Barnsdale's analysis of the Saturday 2/21 card at Woodbine Harness.

When looking for the winner of the Risen Star Stakes on Saturday at Fair Grounds in Louisiana, casting an eye toward Florida has been a wise play in recent years.

Spring Included lost a heartbreaker last month when Sugar Shock came rolling down the center of the track to nab the front-runner on the wire in the American Beauty at Oaklawn Park. But that’s probably news to Spring Included. So it will be with confidence that Spring Included enters the $100,000 Spring Fever on Saturday.

R Free Roll, who set the pace into the final furlong of the Grade 3 Sugar Swirl Stakes at Gulfstream in her last outing, will be out to prove she’s the fastest of several very quick rivals set to contest Saturday’s $50,000 Minaret Stakes.

Ghost Is Clear appears capable of adapting to whatever pace scenario might develop in Saturday night’s $50,000 Sam Houston Sprint Cup.

I’m a Chatterbox came out of nowhere last month in the Silverbulletday Stakes, leading from start to finish in a blowout victory.
Betting at California tracks rose by 3.4 percent in January compared to the same month last year, executive director Rick Baedeker said at Wednesday’s California Horse Racing Board meeting.