Balmoral: Sunday 11/9 Analysis
Jeremey Day's analysis of the Sunday 11/9 card at Balmoral Park.
Jeremey DayNov 07, 2014
Jeremey Day's analysis of the Sunday 11/9 card at Balmoral Park.
Jockeys were expected to ride at Parx racetrack outside Philadelphia this weekend after representatives of the Jockeys’ Guild met Friday with track management and reported progress on resolving a dispute over a waiver the track distributed to riders this week, according to the head of the Guild.
Grade 2 winner Santiva will relocate to Questroyal North in Stillwater, N.Y., for the 2015 breeding season, where he will stand for an advertised fee of $2,500.
The main track was fast Wednesday, sloppy Thursday, and muddy Friday, yet outside paths produced the vast majority of winners on all three days – a trend that also was apparent to some extent during opening week, particularly Oct. 31.
Trainer David Donk was brought up under the tutelage of Woody Stephens, who was never afraid to quickly run a horse back. So, it shouldn’t come as a major surprise that Ocala Jim will be making his third start in 24 days on Monday in a $69,000 second-level allowance race that serves as the feature on a nine-race Aqueduct program.
Goodoldhockeygame (5-2) and Three Ring Circus (12-1) are two Bob Tiller-trained geldings owned by Frank DiGiulio Jr. in the $125,000 Frost King, for Ontario-sired juveniles.
Grade 1 winner Mr. Sidney will relocate to Walmac Farm in Lexington, Ky., for the 2015 breeding season, where he will stand for an advertised fee of $6,500.
DRF handicapper Matt Bernier outlines his plays for Sunday's card at Del Mar.
Owner Ken Ramsey said he has not yet mapped out an agenda for Thank You Marylou, who outran her 39-1 odds when third in the Filly and Mare Sprint, but he does have long-term goals for several others in his huge stable.
Trainer Niall Saville is based in Maryland but has picked his spots well in New York, having won with 8 of 49 starters he has sent to the three NYRA tracks. One of those winners was North Star Boy, who shipped to Aqueduct last Nov. 9 to win a first-level allowance race at 1 1/16 miles on turf. Exactly one year later, North Star Boy returns to Aqueduct to run in a third-level allowance race at 1 1/16 miles on turf.