BreezeFigs Quick-Pix for Saturday, May 18, 2019, by Bob Fierro & Jay Kilgore
One Pick, Barracuda, was scratched and the other, Bay Society, stuck on the rail as she was, had to use her energy to get close early but faded to complete a modest trifecta. It was a semi-quiet week for BreezeFigs maidens with six of them coming home on top—at Arlington, Belmont, Gulfstream (two including a BreezeFigs trifecta), Parx and Santa Rosa. Saturday's card is crazy full of opportunities with only a few first-timers worth considering, one of which happens to be on the Preakness card, see below. Good luck!
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Here’s Saturday’s Pick:
Pimlico, 1st Race, Maiden Claiming ($25,000), 5 Furlongs (Turf)
Kicking off the Preakness card, this maiden claimer has two BreezeFigs colts in it, neither of which is going to win a stakes anytime. However, Top Hat Hustle may have a bit of a chance based on his one-under-Par Group 2 profile at EASMAY last year where his 24.06 foot stride length (SL) was a half-foot shorter than average for colts that day at a furlong. Given the EASMAY sale is going on this and next week down the road in Timonium one might think this is a karmic Pick. Not really—his way of going on the dirt in that breeze indicated he might prefer the turf, so here he is. Creative Artist, who posted a six-under-Par Group 3 number at OBSJUN is also in here making his second start off a poor debut. That leaves us with Top Hat Hustle as our Pick to sashay down the weeds into a gimmick. Good luck!
