Thu, 04/28/2022 - 13:30

Weekend GamePlan for April 30, 2022: Picks for Californian, San Francisco Mile, Whittingham

Emily Shields
Express Train (No. 6) wins the 1 1/4-mile Santa Anita Handicap by a head over Warrant. He is better suited by the shorter distance of the Californian.

We interrupt this headlong dash toward the Kentucky Derby with a pre-Derby Saturday of racing across North America. Three-year-olds, the glamour division of the next six weeks, have races at Oaklawn Park (Bachelor), Golden Gate Fields (California Derby and California Oaks), and Woodbine (Star Shoot), but let’s give older route horses some love.

Californian

Wed, 04/27/2022 - 15:39

TimeformUS horses to watch for Thursday, April 28, 2022

RACE 2: CHLOE ROSE (#2) 

Wed, 04/27/2022 - 14:12

Breakout Beyers: B Dawk blows up in blowout maiden victory at Keeneland

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B Dawk wins his maiden April 24 at Keeneland, improving his best Beyer Figure by 26 points.

Each week in this space, the top Beyer performances by maiden winners will be featured and analyzed. Click here for a complete archive.

B Dawk

April 24, 8th race Keeneland, MdSpWt100k

Beyer: 92

7 furlongs 184 feet (Beard Course) 1:27.05 – 1st by 11 1/4 lengths

ch. c. 3, Gormley – Mott N Hester, by Super Saver

Wed, 04/27/2022 - 12:16

Free: Stilleto Boy sharpens up for Californian

Emily Shields
Stilleto Boy’s last work has him on his toes for Saturday’s Californian Stakes at Santa Anita.

ARCADIA, Calif. – From Santa Anita to Golden Gate Fields to Churchill Downs and Keeneland, the cross-country notebook is full again. With stuff like this . . .

Stilleto Boy sharpens up

After a reinvigorated Stilleto Boy dusted two workout rivals last Saturday at Santa Anita, blazing five furlongs in 58.80 seconds prepping for the Grade 2 Californian Stakes this Saturday, trainer Ed Moger pondered the identity of the work rivals Stilleto Boy blew away.

Tue, 04/26/2022 - 15:12

DRF's Horse Racing Playbook for Wednesday, April 27, 2022

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Keeneland raced 17 days at the 2019 fall meet.

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.

Sat, 04/23/2022 - 16:22

Horses in Focus at Aqueduct for Sunday, April 24, 2022

RACE 6: EUCHARIST (#5) 

Sat, 04/23/2022 - 13:43

DRF's Horse Racing Playbook for Sunday, April 24, 2022

Barbara D. Livingston
Aqueduct will resume racing as scheduled on Friday without fans on-site.

1:00 KEE 1st WIND AT MY BACK (#2, 5-1) was beaten 15 lengths in career debut, but still split the field debuting on a sloppy track. Wasn't just any MSW in which he ran, either, but a strong race for the class level, making the drop to $50K maiden-claiming all the more meaningful. Five works since and he is set to run much better and contend for win in this second start. -Marcus Hersh

Sat, 04/23/2022 - 12:38

Saturday TimeformUS Highlight Horse: Sandrone can continue progression in return from layoff

Aqueduct | Race 5 | Post Time 3:26 p.m. (ET) | Go to the TimeformUS PPs | Not already a TimeformUS member? Sign up 

This New York-bred allowance turf sprint looks very wide open. The favorite, whoever that may be, is likely to be lukewarm, as most of the major players are returning from layoffs with inconsistent prior form.