Race 4:
Jeanjeannie (#6)
Got a curious ride last time when making a five-wide premature move on the turn before being eased late.
Had previously run competitive speed figures, albeit at longer distances.
David Jacobson has been winning at a high rate over the past few weeks.
3-1 on ML
Race 6:
Nocturnal Mission (#6)
DRF Formulator Fact: Over the past five years, Bill Mott is 11 for 36 (31 percent) with a $3.64 ROI with debuting 3-year-old fillies in dirt sprints.
Aqueduct | Race 8 | Post Time 4:50 p.m. (ET) | Go to the TimeformUS PPs
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ARCADIA, Calif. - There are two carryovers in the pick six for Saturday’s program at Santa Anita.
There were no winning tickets in Friday’s pick six. The carryover in the main pool will be $33,758. The carryover in the single ticket jackpot pool is $7,233.
Friday’s pick six began without any carryovers from Monday’s program, the most previous day of racing.
Friday’s pick six pool was $63,189.
Saturday’s program begins at 12:30 p.m. Pacific. The pick six covers the fourth through ninth races on the nine-race program.
The ninth race kicks off the late Pick 5 on this expanded 13-race card. In this $30,000 conditioned sprint, I will key the favored GRAND NENE (8), who came up empty in a recent turf experiment. His previous form was excellent, and trainer Jane Cibelli is 2 for 9 (22 percent) with turf/dirt runners competing second-time off the claim over the past five years ($1.04 ROI). Her go-to rider, the very capable Nik Juarez, retains the mount.
Let’s shoot to get some fresh money in our pockets early at Gulfstream Park on Saturday by tackling the opening pick three.. Here’s a look at the sequence and the horses I view as best used in the wager.
Race 1
Two horses appear a cut above the rest in this mile maiden $50,000 claimer on grass – Looking At Thelake (5) and Final Flurry (8). Both are lightly raced, in good form, and share the top last-race Beyer Speed Figure in the field, a 67.
Race 2
Race 1:
Onecats Chance (#3)
Was shuffled back on the backstretch last time before making a five-wide run around the far turn.
A few key pace players should create an honest pace this time, setting up his late run.
Gets a positive rider switch to Irad Ortiz.
5-2 on ML
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It’s been difficult to assess Santa Anita of late due to all the rain. We thought we might finally catch a break for Sunday’s card, but the forecast is for more of the wet stuff. At least it wasn’t to rain Friday and Saturday, so maybe Sunday’s moisture won’t affect the card significantly, giving the final pick three of the day (races 7-9) some appeal.
Race 7
Aqueduct | Race 7 | Post Time 4:20 p.m. (ET) | Go to the TimeformUS PPs
If anything positive came out of our Pick last week it could be that when Clear N Convincing comes back, perhaps around two turns, he should be played. Other than that, it was another decent week for BreezeFigs maidens as 15 of them got to the wire first, really from coast-to-coast: Aqueduct, Gulfstream (three), Oaklawn (three, including a BreezeFigs exacta and a BreezeFigs trifecta), Parx, Sam Houston (two), Santa Anita (two), Tampa Bay (two) and Turfway.
Fair Grounds | Race 11 | Post Time 5 p.m. (CT) | Go To The FREE TimeformUS PPs
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