BreezeFigs Quick-Pix for Saturday, February 24, 2018, by Bob Fierro & Jay Kilgore
The one we really liked in our feature Pick last week, Uppercut, showed that she could be something special in her debut, paying an astounding $15, while the 3-to-10 favorite Hotalabamba could not keep but at least finished third to fill in the trifecta. The other Pick was scratched at snowy Laurel. In all it was a super week for BreeezeFigs maidens as 16 others in addition to Uppercut came home first: Aqueduct (two, including a BreezeFigs exacta); Charles Town (BreezeFigs trifecta); Fair Grounds (BreezeFigs trifecta), Gulfstream (six, including one BreezeFigs exacta), Oaklawn (three) and Santa Anita (three nore including a BreezeFigs exacta and BreezeFigs trifecta). Saturday's card is light on first-timers and quality, but we may have found a sneaky bet anyway, see below. Good luck!
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Here’s Saturday’s Pick:
Santa Anita, 6th Race, Maiden Claiming ($30,000), 5 ½ Furlongs (Dirt)
Onassis, who is aptly named based on her pedigree (First Dude-Jaqueline Gail), ran poorly in her debut, especially considering her two-over-Par Group 2 profile at OBSAPR where her 25.55 foot stride length (SL) was almost two feet above average for fillies that day at a quarter mile. That she brought 140k at the hammer and is being dropped way down today indicates you will have to watch the board on this one, especially since she is only 4-to-1 on the line. The same might be said for the first-timer in here, Mongolian Rahy who actually posted a very decent two-over-Par Group 2 ticket at OBSMAR with a 24.25 foot SL, more than a foot longer than average for fillies that day at a furlong. However, she never made it to the ring (SCR), but was wheeled back at EASMAY where her performance was a five-under-Par Group 3 effort with a 23.30 foot SL, a third of a foot longer than average; she brought 30k, her price today, so we cannot dance all over the place for her chances, but at 6-to-1 she is one to watch on the board as well. Both fillies might be worth considering as gimmicks. Good luck!