Fri, 12/31/2021 - 16:11

TimeformUS horses in focus for Saturday, Jan. 1, 2022

RACE 4: VIOLENT VIXEN (#6) 

Fri, 12/31/2021 - 10:30

BreezeFigs Quick-Pix Saturday, January 1, 2022 by Bob Fierro & Jay Kilgore

And a Happy New Year to you, too. Today’s card is for those horses who breezed at the 2021 sales, and are now officially 3-year-olds. The 2020 sales cards will no longer be published because those horses are now 4-year-olds and very few of them are left to break their maidens. During the week five 2021 BreezeFigs 2-year-old maidens won at Aqueduct, Fair Grounds, Tampa Bay (two), and Santa Anita and now go on as 3-year-olds to try to prove their worth.

Thu, 12/30/2021 - 16:26

TimeformUS horses in focus for Friday, Dec. 31, 2021

RACE 1: EVERESTING (#2) 

Thu, 12/30/2021 - 15:16

Weekend GamePlan for Jan. 1, 2022: Picks for Smarty Jones, Sham, Jerome

Benoit Photo
Juan Hernandez urges Mackinnon to victory in the Del Mar Juvenile Turf.

Happy birthday, horses! Which is to say, “Happy New Year!” Here we go with the foal crop of 2019 beginning their march toward the Triple Crown, so it seems fitting to use three one-mile dirt races for freshly turned 3-year-olds in the first Weekend Gameplan of 2022.

Smarty Jones Stakes

The Oaklawn Park race has more entrants than the New York and California races combined, so we’ll begin here.

Wed, 12/29/2021 - 16:58

TimeformUS horses in focus for Thursday, Dec. 30, 2021

RACE 1: BIG LITTLE RISK (#2)

Wed, 12/29/2021 - 15:12

Breakout Beyers: $1.1 million purchase Shaaz gets late start but impresses

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

Shaaz

Dec. 26, 4th race Santa Anita, MdSpWt68k

Beyer: 105

6 1/2f 1:16.11 – 1st by half-length

b. c. 3, Uncle Mo – Miss Ocean City, by Mineshaft

Wed, 12/29/2021 - 09:37

Free: Santa Anita horses to watch for week of Dec. 27, 2021

NOTRE DAME

Trainer: Doug O’Neill

Last race: Dec. 27, race 2

Finish: 1st by 2 3/4

Beyer: 103

Older gelding now four-for-four at Santa Anita after highly rated N1X/optional claiming sprint. Set pace, motored along, gone. Into Mischief gelding fits in N2X or minor stake.

 

SHAAZ

Trainer: Bob Baffert

Last race: Dec. 26, race 4

Tue, 12/28/2021 - 16:45

DRF's Horse Racing Playbook for Wednesday, December 29, 2021

Barbara D. Livingston
Gulfstream Park returns to action Wednesday afternoon.

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.