DRF's Horse Racing Playbook for Saturday, February 4, 2023
Daily Racing Form has served as the most trusted source of news and information about the sport since 1894, and moving forward we have decided to provide a free daily playbook – something that both hardcore horseplayers and casual observers can reference to get informed of each day’s action.
12:19 GP 2nd ALWAYS CONNECTED (#6, 7-2) adds blinkers while running for cheapest tag yet. Credible effort over the surface two back. – Mike Welsch | Get PPs for this race
1:46 GP 5th Going to give the speedy SARA'S SHAMAN (#3, 12-1) one more chance switching to turf, stretching out, after being hard used from tough post early on in debut. Has some modest breeding for grass. Might get brave if able to rate that early foot long enough here. - Mike Welsch | Get PPs for this race
2:15 GP 6th GENERAL JIM (#1, 5-2) is a DRF Best Bet (Mike Welsch). | Get PPs for this race
4:07 OP 6th BOLDISH (#7, 4-1) should be sharp for the move back to two turns off the seven-eighths of a mile start. His best recent Beyer Speed Figure came at this mile and a sixteenth trip. – Mary Rampellini | Get PPs for this race
5:14 SA 5th A promising fifth-place debut by SEATTLE SURF (#5, 4-1) sets him up for a second-start maiden win. 'SURF dueled on a strong pace, put away a worthy rival, led to inside the sixteenth pole and got swallowed to miss by only two. The sharp effort was validated when the pace rival he put away returned last weekend to win a maiden-50 by many. – Brad Free | Get PPs for this race
5:42 OP 9th LOVELY RIDE (#7, 3-1) is the one to beat in the Grade 3 Bayakoa off back-to-back stakes wins at Oaklawn. She wired her rivals in both starts and while she faces new pace foes in this spot, she draws to the outside of all of her rivals in what might give her a tactical advantage. – Mary Rampellini | Get PPs for this race
7:53 SA 10th AIR FORCE RED (#8, 3-1) is a DRF Best Bet (Brad Free). | Get PPs for this race