Sat, 11/16/2024 - 14:03

Sunday TimeformUS Highlight Horse: Outside draw should benefit Kid’s Last Laugh

Aqueduct | Race 2 | Post Time 12:40 p.m. (ET)

Thu, 11/14/2024 - 16:47

Friday TimeformUS Highlight Horse: Commerce Comet better than last effort suggests

Aqueduct | Race 7 | Post Time 3:10 p.m. (ET)

Thu, 11/14/2024 - 13:04

Woodbine: Analysis and ticket for mandatory-payout Jackpot Hi 5 on Nov. 16, 2024

Michael Burns
Sammy Stone will get some class relief in Saturday's finale at Woodbine.

Woodbine will offer a mandatory payout in the Jackpot Hi 5 in Saturday’s 12th and final race. The carryover pool is expected to be close to $300,000.

Torn between GHOSTLY SPITFIRE and PATROLMAN to use on top as both warrant a chance to take win honors for similar reasons, including retaining their jockeys from their last races. The two geldings are coming off recent wins at the distance.

Wed, 11/13/2024 - 16:24

Thursday TimeformUS Highlight Horse: Kahala should get better pace setup

Aqueduct | Race 3 | Post Time 1:10 p.m. (ET)

 

Tue, 11/12/2024 - 09:15

Brad Free's Del Mar Horses to Watch for week of Nov. 8, 2024

NO BAD BEATS
Trainer
: Doug O’Neill
Last race: Nov. 8, 5th
Finish: 2nd by 1 1/14
Beyer: 79
Juvenile debut filly by low-percent debut sire Midnight Storm ran super. Dueled two wide, finished nine lengths clear of third. Should be tough to beat second time out.

Sat, 11/09/2024 - 11:01

Sunday TimeformUS Highlight Horse: Commuted has upside for new connections

Aqueduct | Race 6 | Post Time 2:40 p.m. (ET)

Fri, 11/08/2024 - 15:33

Saturday TimeformUS Highlight Horse: Shefflin returns from layoff in Aqueduct Turf Sprint Championship

Aqueduct | Race 8 | Post Time 3:10 p.m. (ET)

Thu, 11/07/2024 - 17:48

Friday TimeformUS Highlight Horse: Clear Conscience should finally get better trip

Aqueduct | Race 6 | Post Time 2:40 p.m. (ET)

Thu, 11/07/2024 - 13:25

Weekend GamePlan: Picks for Maple Leaf, Bessarabian, Aqueduct Turf Sprint Championship

Caitlinhergrtness wins King's Plate at WO Aug 23 2024
Michael Burns
Despite starting from post 13, Caitlinhergrtness has the speed to gain good position in the run to the first turn of the 1 1/4-mile Maple Leaf Stakes.

Weekend GamePlan returns from an extended vacation and runs smack into massive stakes fields at Woodbine. The best racing this Saturday comes north of the border, though Aqueduct’s three grass stakes hold appeal. Laurel hosts three dirt stakes, but we’ll stick with Tapeta and turf.

Maple Leaf

Hard to imagine Caitlinhergrtness could go off at odds as high as 5-1, but here’s hoping. The morning-line lists Fashionably Fab as the 3-1 favorite, Queen’s Regent the 4-1 second choice, and it’s not easy wrapping one’s brain around either one of those prices.

Wed, 11/06/2024 - 16:57

Thursday TimeformUS Highlight Horse: Summer Cause ready to take on tougher in return to New York

Aqueduct | Race 1 | Post Time 12:10 p.m. (ET)