Highball will return to action in Wednesday’s third race at Keeneland, a 1/16-mile turf allowance. It will be his first start since a fourth-place finish by 5 1/2 lengths in the Grade 3 Fair Grounds Handicap on Feb. 21. The first- and seventh-place finishers from that about 1 1/8-mile turf race came back to win stakes races in their next starts.
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Trainer Jimmy Jerkens saddles Spark in Wednesday’s third race at Aqueduct, a 6 1/2-furlong allowance. Since Jan. 1, 2014, Jerkens is winning 31 percent of his starts in allowances, for a return on investment of $3.43.
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Winter Wish will return to action in Wednesday’s ninth race at Keeneland. It will be her first start since a fourth-place finish by three lengths in a May 31 maiden race at Belmont Park. The first-, second-, fifth-, seventh-, and ninth-place finishers from that six-furlong turf race came back to win their next starts.
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Before the start of the Gulfstream Park Championship Meet on Dec. 6, we used DRF Formulator to look at a handful of trainers and how they’ve fared there over the last five years. With the Championship Meet coming to a close following the running of the Florida Derby on April 4, let’s look back on how these angles fared, not just as an effort in self-evaluation, but also with an eye towards whether they could remain positive or negative angles at Gulfstream next winter.
“Bet This” Angles:
COMMENT: House Rules came here sharp from Gulfstream and maintained that form, notching a Grade 3 win, but it wasn’t easy. As the 2-5 favorite she bided her time in fourth as Amulay set the early pace, moved closer as Shayjolie took command from a tiring Amulay turning for home, continued to grind it out and pushed her way past a couple rivals late to get the win. She may point for the Grade 2 Ruffian at Belmont at a mile May 9.
Trainer Chad Brown saddles Delightful Joy in Sunday's Grade 3 Appalachian Stakes, a one-mile race ran on Keeneland's turf. Brown is winning 54 percent of his starts when switching from route to sprint, for a return on investment of $4.32.
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Om makes his much-anticipated return in Sunday's San Pedro Stakes at Santa Anita after winning by 7 1/4 lengths in a maiden race on Aug. 9 at Del Mar. The fifth- and sixth-place finishers – American Pharoah and Daddy D T – from that race came back to win their next starts.
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