Race 5: Klickitat (#5)
Jimmy Jerkens gets a 94 TimeformUS Trainer Rating when adding Lasix for the first time.
Ran well going this distance two back when greenly running in spots.
May appreciate the move to Belmont Park’s Widener course since he appeared to have trouble cornering at Saratoga.
7-2 on ML
Grade 3, $200,000 Iroquois Stakes, 1 1/16 miles, Churchill Downs, Sept. 14, 2019
(10 Derby qualifying points for a win, 4 for second, 2 for third, 1 for fourth)
Winner: Dennis’ Moment, by Tiznow
Trainer: Dale Romans
Jockey: Irad Ortiz Jr.
Owner: Albaugh Family Stables LLC
Beyer Speed Figure: 90
The Late pick four at Woodbine has a $350,000 guaranteed pool and a ticket can be built around Got Stormy in the Grade 1, $1 million Woodbine Mile. The Mile goes as race 9 and is the first leg in the sequence.
What we feared might happen did when our two gimmick Pix, Unprecedented and Sagamore Mischief, were sent to contest the lead early and folded as the two big favorites passed them in the stretch. Fortunately our Pix filled in the trifecta and superfecta, so there may have been some consolation.
Train your eyes on northern skies Saturday because that’s where most of the stars in North American racing this weekend will be coming out.
The Woodbine card featuring the Woodbine Mile provides the highest-class racing of the week, though Churchill, which was to launch a short September meeting on Friday, has four stakes, including a pair of 2-year-old dirt-route races that should proffer clues to the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile and Juvenile Fillies.
KING OF SPADES
Trainer: Kelly Breen
Date: Sept. 8, 9th
Finish: 3rd by 8
Beyer: 71
Settled for the show as the favorite in this starter allowance event but he was at a tactical disadvantage, given the lack of pace in this field. Can make amends in his return, likely at a better price.
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Race 5: Brilliant Brooks (#2)
Found himself in a very difficult race in his debut, as both horses who finished ahead of him may be stakes bound.
All three of the dam’s wins came on the turf, so this colt is bred to handle the surface switch.
DRF Formulator Fact: Over the past five years, Jeremiah Englehart is 4 for 19 (21%, $3.65 ROI) with second time starting maidens trying turf for the first time.
4-1 on ML
