Sat, 12/21/2019 - 10:56

TimeformUS Aqueduct Horses in Focus for Sunday, Dec. 22, 2019

RACE 1: TOPAZ BRIDE (#6)

Fri, 12/20/2019 - 14:26

TimeformUS Aqueduct Horses in Focus for Saturday, December 21, 2019

RACE 4: CARTHON (#3)

Fri, 12/20/2019 - 11:42

BreezeFigs Quick-Pix Saturday, December 21, 2019 by Bob Fierro & Jay Kilgore

Our Pick last week, Red Venus, may have moved too soon but then she was up against what appears to have been a pretty tough field including a million dollar yearling winner. Still, we’d tab her back next time with her experience. Meanwhile 15 BreezeFigs juveniles broke their maidens last week at: Aqueduct, Charles Town, Delta, Fair Grounds, Golden Gate, Gulfstream (six, including a BreezeFigs exacta), Hawthorne, Los Alamitos (two, including a BreezeFigs exacta), and Tampa Bay.

Thu, 12/19/2019 - 15:15

TimeformUS Aqueduct Horses in Focus for Friday, Dec. 20, 2019

RACE 3: BANQUE DE MARGAUX (#3)

Thu, 12/19/2019 - 15:10

Weekend GamePlan for Dec. 21, 2019: Picks for Mr. Prospector, Tenacious Stakes, and Sugar Bowl

Coglianese Photos
Diamond Oops wins the Smile Sprint at Gulfstream. He may enjoy the seven furlongs of the Mr. Prospector more than Imperial Hint and X Y Jet.

A paucity of North American stakes opportunities this pre-Christmas Saturday, and a wet forecast in New Orleans, where Fair Grounds hosts the best card of the weekend, could turn things murky. It’s downright icy at Aqueduct for the Queens County Stakes, which is too confusing to get seriously involved, and a decent chance of rain at Gulfstream Park complicates things in the Mr. Prospector Stakes, which has a short but select field.

Nonetheless, passing is not an option in this space, so . . . onward.

Mr. Prospector Stakes

Wed, 12/18/2019 - 14:43

TimeformUS Aqueduct Horses in Focus for Thursday, December 19, 2019

RACE 4: LETMETAKETHISCALL (#7)

Mon, 12/16/2019 - 13:15

Road to the 2020 Kentucky Derby: Springboard Mile analysis

Dustin Orona Photography
Shoplifted holds off Answer In by a head to win the Springboard Mile, earning a Beyer Speed Figure of 87. Embolden (No. 8) finished third.

Listed, $400,000 Remington Springboard Mile, one mile, Remington, Dec. 15, 2019

Sun, 12/15/2019 - 22:07

Trip Notes for Dec. 14-15, 2019: Sugar Swirl, Rampart, and more

Ryan Thompson/Coglianese Photos
The Chad Brown-trained Instilled Regard could go on to the Pegasus World Cup Turf off his victory Saturday in the Grade 2 Fort Lauderdale.

Dec. 14

Gulfstream

Sugar Swirl (race 6)