RACE 1: BELLAGIO (#2)
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Since his arrival from Great Britain at this time last year, Greek Hero has one win in four starts in Australia, a promising start to the latest segment of his career.
Twice, Greek Hero has been favored in Australia, a role he will have again in Sunday’s Nowra Cup at a mile at Nowra Racecourse. In early betting on Friday, Greek Hero was even-money.
Greek Hero starts at Nowra after a promising recent prep.
Although it’s never a good sign when our Pick is fractious behind the gate, they eventually got Gallant Star into the gate and he was off slow but made a huge middle move only to flatten out. At least if you keyed him with the whole field he paid off filling out a very big superfecta, but that didn’t help those who didn’t play the two longshots who finished first and second.
Aqueduct | Race 9 | Post Time 4:13 p.m. (ET) | Go to the TimeformUS PPs | Not already a TimeformUS member? Sign up
The likely short prices in this maiden-claiming finale don’t do much for me. Another Shot (#11) looks pretty logical at first glance. Yet this colt hasn’t really run any faster than some others sprinting and it’s not clear that added distance is supposed to help him based on his pedigree.
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.
Gulfstream, sans post drag, has started its primary winter season, but the Claiming Crown races on the Saturday program looked too daunting for the selection of merely one horse, the requirement of this exercise. Aqueduct is ending its autumn season and the Cigar Mile card offers stakes races at the other pole, short fields and limited plausible winners.
Still, I’m sticking with New York over Florida’s Atlantic Coast while venturing to Tampa Bay Downs on the Gulf Coast – and am just glad none of the three races under consideration has a Brad Cox-trained horse to contemplate.
Aqueduct | Race 6 | Post Time 2:45 p.m. (ET) | Go to the TimeformUS PPs | Not already a TimeformUS member? Sign up
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.