Sat, 12/05/2020 - 15:48

TimeformUS Aqueduct Horses in Focus for Sunday, Dec. 6, 2020

RACE 1: BELLAGIO (#2)

Fri, 12/04/2020 - 18:17

DRF's Horse Racing Playbook for Saturday, December 5, 2020

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Cool Arrow, winning the Smile Sprint on Sept. 5, might ship to Keeneland for an allowance race.

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.

Fri, 12/04/2020 - 16:29

Australia: Greek Hero favored in Nowra Cup

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.

Fri, 12/04/2020 - 11:36

BreezeFigs Quick-Pix Saturday, December 5, 2020 by Bob Fierro & Jay Kilgore

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.

Fri, 12/04/2020 - 11:15

Friday TimeformUS Highlight Horse: Make It in Ny’s debut not quite as bad as it looks

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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.

Thu, 12/03/2020 - 18:11

DRF's Horse Racing Playbook for Friday, December 4, 2020

Tom Keyser
Trophy Chaser defeated favored King for a Day by a neck in the March 7 Challenger Stakes at Tampa Bay Downs.

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.

Thu, 12/03/2020 - 16:42

TimeFormUS horses in focus for Friday, Dec. 4, 2020

RACE 5: A LIFE THAT’S GOOD (#6)

Thu, 12/03/2020 - 15:56

Weekend GamePlan for Dec. 5, 2020: Picks for Cigar Mile, Demoiselle, Sandpiper

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Majestic Dunhill (left) beats Share the Ride by a head in the Bold Ruler two starts ago. His poor performance last Sunday is not representative of his ability.

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.

Wed, 12/02/2020 - 17:08

DRF's Horse Racing Playbook for Thursday, December 3, 2020

Barbara D. Livingston
The casino at Gulfstream Park has been closed for the past three months due to the coronavirus pandemic.

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.