BreezeFigs Quick-Pix for Saturday, May 20, 2017 by Bob Fierro & Jay Kilgore
Our 2-year-old Pick at Lone Star last week ran creditably to finish a solid second while our 3-year-old Pix either are not that good or did not like the deeply sloppy track at Pimlico. The babies had a good week with two winners including a BreezeFigs exacta at Belmont and a solitary winner at Santa Anita. The 3-year-olds exploded with 17 breaking their maidens, at: Belmont (two, including a BreezeFigs exacta), Churchill (two), Finger Lakes, Gulfstream (five, including a BreezeFigs trifecta), Monmouth, Parx (three, including a BreezeFigs exacta), Penn National and Santa Anita (two). Saturday's cards are very strange, as you will see, below. Good luck!
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Here are Saturday’s Pix:
2-year-olds:
Gulfstream Park, 2rd Race, Maiden Special Weight, 5 furlongs (Turf):
Confidential is the only BreezeFigs entry here, and his OBSMAR profile is hardly one to dance about—three-under-Par Group 3 with a basically average 23.54 foot stride length (SL) at an eighth on synthetic. However, he has his crafty turf trainer going for him and that means that his 4-to-1 morning line might be generous if it stays around that at post time. He’s a key.
3-year-olds:
Lone Star Park, 2nd Race, Maiden Special Weight, 6 ½ Furlongs (Dirt)
This column concentrates on first-time starters only, but today’s 3-year-old card has only one of those and it’s not a horse to play. So, we scrounged around and came up with Red Flash, whose nine-over-Par Group 1 performance at OBSJUN featured a 24.66 foot SL, seven-eighths of a foot longer than average for colts that day at a furlong. He had a useful debut at Oaklawn and gets an extra furlong here to show his stuff. If he’s not pushed early he could roll late. Another key. Good luck