BreezeFigs Quick-Pix for Saturday, June 24, 2017, by Bob Fierro & Jay Kilgore

Second week in a row one of our Pix didn’t run—the races at Belmont were cancelled just before They Shot Sonny was scheduled to run. However, by then our 2-year-old Pick, Mel’s Gone Wild, had buried her field for a generous $5.20 payoff at Parx. Both BreezeFigs age brackets scored big time in maiden races last week. There were a dozen 3-year-olds that won and eight juveniles. The 3-year-olds won at Belmont (two), Churchill, Delaware (three), Gulfstream, Mountaineer, Penn National, Santa Anita (two) and Sunray. The 2-year-olds went on a gimmick parade with a trifecta and exacta at Churchill; and exactas at Delaware and Santa Anita. The other winners came at Belmont (two), Parx and Prairie Meadows. Saturday's 2-year-old card is short and in our opinion there are no first timers that look decent. Therefore, we’re giving you two 3-year-old Pix, see below. Good luck!

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Here are Saturday’s Pix:

3-year-olds:

Churchill Downs, 1^st Race, Maiden Claiming (25k to 30k), 6 Furlongs (Dirt)

Nicholas and Me punched an impressive five-over-Par Group 1 ticket at OBSAPR last year with a 25.53 foot stride length (SL), a foot and three-quarters longer than average for colts that day at a furlong. However, he never made it to the ring as he was scratched (SCR) before the sale. He’s not the best mover in the world, and he’s entered for a lot less than he brought as a yearling, but he’s in clever hands and listed at 5-to-1. Mix him into a gimmick.

Delaware Park, 5^th Race, Maiden Special Weight, 6 Furlongs (Dirt)

Into Bluegrass is also not the best mover but she’s been training steadily and may frank her EASMAY form where she was one-over-Par Group 2 with a 24.32 foot SL, almost a foot longer than average for fillies that day at a furlong. Super Stacy was three-under-Par Group 3 at OBSMAR where her 22.97 foot SL was three-quarters of a foot shorter than average for fillies that day at one furlong. She was up the track in her debut. Into Bluegrass, at 9-to-2 morning line, looks “gimmick-able.” Good luck!