Northfield: Wednesday 2/11 Analysis + Pick Four ticket
Jeremey Day's analysis of the Wednesday 2/11 card at Northfield Park.
Jeremey DayFeb 09, 2015
Jeremey Day's analysis of the Wednesday 2/11 card at Northfield Park.
Dave Litfin's Aqueduct Horses to Watch
The Meadowlands will usher in a new era of stakes racing in 2015. The track has added broad language that essentially gives management carte blanche to amend all the rules to significant stakes events.
Roman Chapa, the jockey charged in Texas with a felony for allegedly using an electrical device on a horse, appeared at an arraignment on Friday in a Harris County court in Texas but did not enter a plea after representatives of the county and his attorney asked for additional time to investigate the charge, according to Harris County officials.
Brad Free's Santa Anita Horses to Watch
Though Kid Cruz is progressing well, trainer Linda Rice doesn’t think he will be ready to run this coming weekend.
While the top three finishers from Saturday’s Grade 3 Withers Stakes could very well run back in next month’s Grade 3, $400,000 Gotham Stakes at Aqueduct, that race also looks like the destination for Ocean Knight, undefeated winner of the Sam F. Davis Stakes at Tampa Bay Downs on Jan. 31.
Kenneth Wirth, a trainer who has raced a stable at Tampa Bay Downs since 1996, was arrested Feb. 1 and accused of maliciously stalking jockey Oriana Rossi, according to a report from the Tampa Bay Times.
Four jockeys including the meet’s leading rider, Antonio Gallardo, continue to recover from injuries following a multi-horse spill during Friday’s sixth race.
With so many Derby prospects in his barns at Palm Beach Downs, trainer Todd Pletcher conceded Sunday that he likely will have to run some of his trainees against each other in upcoming prep races.