I'm fascinated by two horses that could wind up as overlays in the win pool. If the betting goes as expected, I will play both to win, and key them in exotics. I'm also slightly interested in a couple of longshots. While my opinion of these horses isn't as strong, I'll lightly stab at them.
If you can beat Tiz Midnight in Sunday’s featured event at Santa Anita, I think there could be some value to be had in the late pick three.
Mshawish overcame a trip trainer Todd Pletcher simply described as “not the way we drew it up” to register a neck decision over Grand Tito in Saturday’s Grade 2 Fort Lauderdale at Gulfstream Park.
Hoppertunity followed up his season-ending win in the Clark Handicap last November with a victory on Saturday in the Grade 2, $201,500 San Pasqual Stakes at Santa Anita to kick off 2015.
Control Stake delivered as the 1-5 favorite at Delta Downs on Saturday night, when he rolled to a two-length win in the $75,000 Big Drama.
The first start of 2015 for Bayern, the Breeders’ Cup Classic winner, is in flux, due to a quarter crack, trainer Bob Baffert said on Saturday at Santa Anita.
With management and horsemen committing to be more vigilant and with a planned re-examination of an inner track it already deems safe, the New York Racing Association plans to go on with the remainder of Aqueduct’s winter meet schedule as is, officials said Saturday afternoon.
A 50-cent pick four closes out the card at Gulfstream Park on Sunday, and with the modest minimum, the ticket can be played at levels that won’t deplete the wallet.
Calculator hadn’t run since September, his trainer warned he wasn’t fully cranked up for his comeback Saturday in the Sham Stakes, and Calculator was fanned five paths wide on the first turn and three paths wide on the far turn. Add all that up, using an abacus, your fingers, or a calculator, and it often results in a loss, but Calculator overcame it all while rolling to a dominating 4 1/4-length victory at Santa Anita.
Private Zone, a two-time Grade 1 winner in 2014 and a finalist for an Eclipse Award as the nation's premier sprinter, will be trained by Jorge Navarro when he returns to the races in 2015.
