RACE 3: PUNCHLINE (#6)
MEISTERMIND
Trainer: Mark Glatt
Last race: Dec. 7, race 3
Finish: 2nd by head
Beyer: 83
This gelding rallied from last in $25,000 starter route won by pacesetter. Meistermind remains in peak form, and would be competitive in allowance or high-level claiming route at Santa Anita.
TOROSAY
Trainer: Doug O’Neill
Last race: Dec. 7, race 5
Finish: 2nd by 7
Aqueduct | Race 5 | Post Time 1:46 p.m. (ET) | Go to the TimeformUS PPs | Not already a TimeformUS member? Sign up
There are some intriguing first-time starters to consider in this wide-open maiden special weight for New York-breds, including Makingcents (#3), a daughter of stakes winner Mischief Maker for the powerful Jeremiah Englehart barn. However, I want to primarily focus on those with experience.
Aqueduct | Race 8 | Post Time 3:13 p.m. (ET) | Go to the TimeformUS PPs | Not already a TimeformUS member? Sign up
A pick-6 carryover of $11,906 spices up Saturday at Los Alamitos, where Donna Veloce and Thousand Words are respective favorites in the Grade 1 Starlet and Grade 2 Los Alamitos Futurity. New money into the $2 pick 6 should top $50,000. The payout structure in the Los Al pick six is a traditional 70-30 split between six winners (or carryover) and consolation. There is no single-ticket scheme. The Los Al surface could be wet Saturday. The track condition is pending.