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