Eight-year-old millionaire Bold Chieftain has been around.
He’s made 42 starts, 34 in stakes. He’s appeared at all of California’s major tracks, winning at Golden Gate Fields, Bay Meadows, Del Mar and Santa Anita. He’s won at Pleasanton and Sacramento on the fair circuit and, on Sunday makes his first appearance at the Sonoma County Fair in Santa Rosa, where he drew the outside post 8 for the $50,000-added Joseph T. Grace Handicap at 1 1/16 miles on the turf.
Dollarwaitnonadime appears to have a stranglehold on a $32,000 optional claiming race that will serve as Sunday’s feature at Northlands Park. The 6 1/2-furlong dash for 3-year-olds drew six horses and there isn’t much doubt Dollarwaitnonadime will be sent off as the favorite.
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Many horseplayers believe that the longer a race, the better the chance of a closer's success, and they tend to bet that way. They look for the late-runner, reasoning the adding distance will move them up.
The problem is that longer races typically attract less speed, and the pace can, in turn, unfold slower, giving the advantage back to the front-runner.
Welcome to Spa Babies! I'll break down the statistics for every juvenile contest at the meet and hope for a tidy profit.
In past years, I would list the stats for each horse before writing up my analysis, selections and wagering strategy.
In order to streamline the content, this year's Spa Babies will showcase written analyses of each juvenile race. Each analysis will include relevant statistical information. Following the analysis, top three selections and wagering strategy will be provided.
Welcome to Spa Babies! I'll break down the statistics for every juvenile contest at the meet and hope for a tidy profit.
In past years, I would list the stats for each horse before writing up my analysis, selections and wagering strategy.
In order to streamline the content, this year's Spa Babies will showcase written analyses of each juvenile race. Each analysis will include relevant statistical information. Following the analysis, top three selections and wagering strategy will be provided.
Welcome to Spa Babies! I'll break down the statistics for every juvenile contest at the meet and hope for a tidy profit.
In past years, I would list the stats for each horse before writing up my analysis, selections and wagering strategy. In order to streamline the content, this year's Spa Babies will showcase written analyses of each juvenile race. Each analysis will include relevant statistical information.
Following the analysis, top three selections and wagering strategy will be provided.
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Thursday's results:
Kenneth Street might be leaving the Colorado-bred ranks behind for the first time in the $20,000 Silver Cup Futurity at Arapahoe Park, but no 2-year-old will bring better credentials into the 5 1/2-furlong race.
Of the 12 set to start, Kenneth Street is the lone winner in the field. He also is the only horse who has placed in a stakes race, having run third in the $42,000 Colorado Thoroughbred Breeders’ Association Futurity in his most recent start July 16.
The first 2-year-old Ohio-bred stakes race in northern Ohio this season, the $50,000, six-furlong Cleveland Kindergarten Stakes, has drawn a field of 13, including a five-horse coupled entry from the barn of trainer Tim Hamm comprising horses solely or partially owned by Blazing Meadows Farm LLC. The race has eight betting interests.
Not an Altar Boy will be looking to upset the race. Trained by Ivan Vazquez, Not an Altar Boy won an Ohio-bred maiden special weight in his last outing July 24 and was the runner-up in the $50,000 Hoover Stakes on July 10, both at River Downs.
