Hammersly: Pick three play for Santa Anita on Saturday, Feb. 14
Some big, competitive fields make the day’s last pick three (races 7-9) attractive. You have options, and there appears to be plenty of value in each leg.
Michael HammerslyFeb 13, 2015
Some big, competitive fields make the day’s last pick three (races 7-9) attractive. You have options, and there appears to be plenty of value in each leg.
Not that the average fan would notice or even care, but the Sunday feature at Gulfstream Park was supposed to be an overnight stakes for 3-year-old fillies at five furlongs on the turf.But the $60,000 Margate did not fill, leaving back-to-back allowances to anchor an 11-race card that starts at 12:30 p.m. Eastern.
The harness racing stakes calendar for 2015 is out. I’ve slimmed down a list into two categories--“Must-See Racing” and “Save The Date”--profiling the best racing dates on tap this year.
BreezeFigs Quick-Pix for Saturday, February 14th by Bob Fierro and Jay Kilgore.
Moonist, the champion 3-year-old of 2014, will be favored to get a 10th consecutive win in Sunday’s $169,800 Winter Championship.
On Monday, California Chrome was honored as the 2014 California-bred Horse of the Year, champion 3-year-old and champion turf horse. The ceremony was held at the California Thoroughbred Breeders’ Association’s awards dinner in Pasadena, Calif.
Irving Orozco was sentenced to 90 days in jail this week after two warrants were issued for his arrest. The jockey had violated terms stemming from misdemeanor charges in the last two years, according to California Horse Racing Board officials and public records.
Arapahoe Park plans to put on the richest day of racing in the history of Colorado at its upcoming meet by packaging its most prestigious Thoroughbred and Quarter Horse stakes into a single program Aug. 16.
Evangeline Downs in Opelousas, La., has announced a 21-race, $1.9 million stakes schedule for its Thoroughbred meet that opens on April 8. The highlight is the $300,000 Evangeline Downs Turf Sprint on May 30.
If you’ve been a horseplayer for any length of time, you probably have a few favorite angles. Blinkers off a speed horse, third start following a layoff, and second career start after a well-bet debut have been popular angles for years with horseplayers.