Thu, 04/17/2025 - 16:09

Friday TimeformUS Highlight Horse: Thirteen Red Flags better than last two results

By David Aragona

Aqueduct | Race 6 | Post Time 3:50 p.m. (ET)
 

Thu, 04/17/2025 - 14:38

Weekend GamePlan: Picks for Oaklawn Handicap, Elkhorn, Bathhouse Row

By Marcus Hersh
Disarm wins at OP March 14 2025
Coady Media
Disarm won his first start in more than five months at Oaklawn in March. He should get a nice off-the-pace setup in the Oaklawn Handicap.

Weekend GamePlan recently has gone cold. An unseasonably hot Saturday is forecast for the central swath of America. Let’s get warmed up.

Oaklawn Handicap

Just last week, Steve Asmussen, working for owner Winchell Thoroughbreds, masterfully prepared Extra Anejo to win the Grade 3 Commonwealth at Keeneland, the horse’s first start since September. An important win, the first in a stakes for a horse with a stallion career ahead of him.

Wed, 04/16/2025 - 17:41

Thursday TimeformUS Highlight Horse: Reddington looks to rebound off the claim

By David Aragona

Aqueduct | Race 7 | Post Time 4:22 p.m. (ET)
 

Sat, 04/12/2025 - 11:58

Sunday TimeformUS Highlight Horse: Mikealicious gets preferred surface and distance

By David Aragona

Aqueduct | Race 3 | Post Time 2:13 p.m. (ET)

Fri, 04/11/2025 - 16:58

Saturday TimeformUS Highlight Horse: Eliminate starts over as new gelding

By David Aragona

Aqueduct | Race 9 | Post Time 5:26 p.m. (ET)

Fri, 04/11/2025 - 11:01

Friday TimeformUS Highlight Horse: Peak of Chic rounding back into form

By David Aragona

Aqueduct | Race 6 | Post Time 3:50 p.m. (ET)

Thu, 04/10/2025 - 14:21

Weekend GamePlan: Picks for Jenny Wiley, Apple Blossom, Lexington

By Marcus Hersh
No Show Sammy Jo wins All Along at LRL Sept 14 2024
Jim McCue/Maryland Jockey Club
No Show Sammy Jo, shown winning the All Along Stakes at Laurel Park, will be more than fair odds in a wide-open edition of the Grade 1 Jenny Wiley at Keeneland.

A dark weekend on the West Coast, quiet on the East Coast, most eyes on Keeneland and Oaklawn this Saturday.

Jenny Wiley

A fascinating race, with a French import, a Dubai shipper, an England shipper, the one-two finishers from the most important female turf race so far this year in America, and a couple of talented 4-year-olds. (Spoiler alert: The play is none of those.)

Wed, 04/09/2025 - 17:53

Thursday TimeformUS Highlight Horse: La Grotte deserves another chance going longer

By David Aragona

Aqueduct | Race 2 | Post Time 1:42 p.m. (ET)
 

Tue, 04/08/2025 - 10:23

Brad Free's Santa Anita Horses to Watch for week of April 4-6, 2025

By Brad Free

ADELIE
Trainer: Phil D’Amato
Last race: April 4, 6th
Finish: 5th by 4 1/2
Beyer: 70
Veteran turf miler, first in eight months, lagged, fast finish (23.16-second final quarter), race dominated by speed. Better-than-looked comeback, follow in N3L claiming route.

Sat, 04/05/2025 - 11:29

Sunday TimeformUS Highlight Horse: Charging Aero rounding back into form for new connections

By David Aragona

Aqueduct | Race 7 | Post Time 4:20 p.m. (ET)

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