Mon, 05/08/2017 - 10:07

Free: Santa Anita horses to watch week of May 8

By Brad Free

SHOW IT N MOE IT
Trainer: Gary Sherlock
Last race: May 4, race 2
Finish: Third by 8 1/2 lengths
Beyer: 50
Juvenile filly was merely prepping in 4 1/2-furlong dash. No speed, not urged, dropped out, finished with run, galloped out well. Fits with Cal-bred maiden fillies.

JUANSAGAIN
Trainer: Peter Miller
Last race: May 5, race 4
Finish: First by 1 1/2 lengths
Beyer: 83

Sun, 05/07/2017 - 20:29

Gierkink: Woodbine horses to watch for week of May 8

By Ron Gierkink

Inflexibility

Trainer: Chad Brown

Last race: May 4, 4th

Finish: 1st by 1 1/2

Beyer: 75

This Ontario-bred daughter of Scat Daddy looks like a serious contender for the June 11 Woodbine Oaks off her decisive victory in a 1 1/16-mile maiden special on turf at Belmont.

Mike

Trainer: John LeBlanc Jr.

Last race: May 5, 9th

Sat, 05/06/2017 - 15:01

TimeformUS Belmont Horses in Focus for Sunday, May 7, 2017

By David Aragona

Race 4:

Maddizaskar (#4)
Has been in excellent form since switching to dirt.
Never had a chance on turf last time when attempting to close into a slow pace.
Javier Castellano figures to keep her relatively close to the pace.
5-2 on ML
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Race 6:

Sat, 05/06/2017 - 13:51

Gierkink: How I'll play Woodbine on Sunday, May 7

By Ron Gierkink

I rarely play Woodbine’s pick five, a 20-cent-base bet with a 25 percent takeout, but it seems getable without spending a lot.

The sequence kicks off in the second race with a short-priced single, GREEN DOCTOR (6). The classy comebacker drew toward the outside in the $10,000 starter, a post from which she should be able to track the other speed before going in for the kill.

The third race, a weak group of $10,000 conditioned claimers, could be a fight to the finish between the front-runners DANCE WITH ME BABY (6) and HAVEAWONDERFULDAY (7).

Fri, 05/05/2017 - 23:23

Peck: Churchill Downs early pick four for Derby Day

By Kenny Peck

The early bird gets the worm, and he may even play the early pick four on Kentucky Derby Day at Churchill, but he'll have to get up very early if he's on the West Coast, as post time for the first leg (race 2) is 8:01 a.m. Pacific. Here's one view:

Fri, 05/05/2017 - 23:15

Peck: Lone Star Park pick four for Sunday, May 7

By Kenny Peck

Are you usually depressed after the Kentucky Derby hangover kicks in? Head over to Lone Star, where a solid pick-four sequence could be the cure for what ails you Sunday.

RACE 6: FOREST MIST and LUCKY RICKY are the two favorites and seem to have an edge on the rest, and while it's generally not a good idea to use two favorites in equal strength to start off a pick-four sequence, these two are tough to separate, and they do seem to hold an advantage.

A's: 2, 4
B's: NONE
C's: NONE

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