Atomicseventynine will return to action in Friday’s fourth race at Santa Anita, a one-mile optional claimer. It will be her first start since a first-place finish by 5 1/4 lengths in a one-mile race March 28 at Santa Anita. The second- and third-place finishers from that maiden race came back to win their next starts.
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Stellar Path makes her North American debut in Friday’s second race at Aqueduct, the one-mile turf Plenty of Grace Stakes. Since Jan. 1, 2014, trainer Christophe Clement is winning at a 35 percent clip when saddling first-time starters in North America, for a return on investment of $2.74.
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We are literally ready to leave for the airport to get to the OBSAPR sale, so this will be a bit to the point. If you had the prescience to throw our Pick last week, All Day Alice, into your superfecta mixes, you may not have liked her distinctly one-paced style to finish fourth but if you had the other three, you nailed a $56,000 payoff. If only, right? In any case, there were nine BreezeFigs maidens who won last week, at Aqueduct, Charles Town, Gulfstream, Keeneland (2), Pimlico and Tampa Bary (3). In addition, four previous
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Closer looks for Aqueduct, Golden Gate, Gulfstream Park, Keeneland, and Santa Anita, and spot plays and live longshots for Aqueduct, Hawthorne, Keeneland, Pimlico, and Santa Anita. Picks are chronologically listed, so you can build and plan your wagering day.
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As a general rule, handicappers appreciate horses who outrun their odds and view with skepticism those who have lost multiple times as a favorite. The former group is viewed as overachievers; the latter as underachievers.
So, as it applies to this year’s Kentucky Derby, who are the overachievers and underachievers, at least in terms of how the public has bet them?
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Obviously she has nowhere near the talent as her older full sister, the great Rachel Alexandra, but SAMANTHA NICOLE (No. 6) should have enough to win a maiden race – especially against this small, non-descript group, and with the hometown Stonestreet folks on hand to enjoy it. Her latest, which came at Gulfstream, comes with an obvious excuse, and she could very well be in front every step here. I’ll single her to start the early pick three:
Love’s Not Fair makes his first start since March 13 in Thursday’s eighth race at Pimlico, a 1 1/16-mile optional claimer on turf. Trainer Claudio Gonzalez is winning 28 percent of his starts coming off a layoff 31-60 days, for a return on investment of $3.16.
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Charles Town Races, the six-furlong track in West Virginia, is single-handedly altering the perception of bullrings. Not only does Charles Town offer the richest U.S. race of the entire month in the Grade 2, $1.5 million Charles Town Classic on Saturday, it lured Shared Belief, the best horse in America, if not the world, to run in it.
Other races of note Saturday include the Grade 3, $400,000 Illinois Derby at Hawthorne; the Grade 2, $250,000 Elkhorn at Keeneland; the Grade 2, $200,000 Distaff at Aqueduct; and the Grade 3, $150,000 Santa Barbara at Santa Anita.
Anna May Our Queen will return to action in Thursday's eighth race at Gulfstream Park, a five-furlong maiden claimer on turf. It will be her first start since a third-place finish by one length in a five-furlong turf race Jan. 31 at Gulfstream Park. The first- and second-place finishers from that maiden special weight race came back to win their next starts.
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Closer looks for Aqueduct, Golden Gate, Gulfstream Park, Keeneland, and Santa Anita, and spot plays and live longshots for Aqueduct, Keeneland, Pimlico, and Santa Anita. Picks are chronologically listed, so you can build and plan your wagering day.
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