Del Mar and Saratoga approach as rapidly as the shiny grille of a downhill runaway Mack truck. The former arrives Friday, July 15, and the latter thunders into town one week later. You know you’re going to play the races from one or both of these summer stands. How could you not? Both feature large, […]
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Jeff Siegel’s Santa Anita analysis offers race-by-race wagering strategies geared to rolling exotic players. The basic strategy is to isolate those horses that should be included in rolling daily doubles, pick-3s, pick-4s, pick-5s, and pick-6. It is recommended that Jeff’s selections and analysis be used to augment the reader’s own personal handicapping, though excellent results can be […]
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Arlington Park – 6th race – 2-Kitten Silver (7/2) Tipped his hand in his debut with an excellent runner-up performance, lagging to the head of the lane, taking hold, and then finishing strongest of all inside while needing just a bit more ground. With that effort behind him, the Stidham-trained son of Kitten’s Joy should […]
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Ellis Park – 6th race – 9-Ever Special (5-1) Makes her debut in a moderate maiden special weight mile affair scheduled for turf and looks well-placed for a major effort. The Brad Cox barn has exceptional stats with first-time starters and this daughter of Archarcharch should be ready to fire after a string of strong, […]
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Jeff Siegel’s Santa Anita analysis offers race-by-race wagering strategies geared to rolling exotic players. The basic strategy is to isolate those horses that should be included in rolling daily doubles, pick-3s, pick-4s, pick-5s, and pick-6. It is recommended that Jeff’s selections and analysis be used to augment the reader’s own personal handicapping, though excellent results can be […]
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Below is the Pick 4 ticket for July 9th at Belmont Park. As always, the ticket is $20 or less. Race 8 Belmont Derby: Long Island Sound (#7, 7-2) leads the most competitive race in the sequence. He has the most upside in the field following a strong 3rd place finish to subsequent Grade 1 winner […]
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Ellis Park – 5th race – 2-Colonel Swinson (8-1) Featured in our East Coast “Black Book” a couple of weeks ago, this juvenile son of Colonel John should move forward considerably in his second career start and is worth a gamble despite being raised from maiden $50,000 claiming to maiden special weight company. In his […]
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Jeff Siegel’s Santa Anita analysis offers race-by-race wagering strategies geared to rolling exotic players. The basic strategy is to isolate those horses that should be included in rolling daily doubles, pick-3s, pick-4s, pick-5s, and pick-6. It is recommended that Jeff’s selections and analysis be used to augment the reader’s own personal handicapping, though excellent results can be […]
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While we were on vacation the man who has won more races than any other jockey in the universe retired. Such a notable farewell after 42 years in the saddle warrants more than a mere passing comment from this peanut gallery. Russell Baze’s retirement, at 57, marks the conclusion of an amazing career, chock-full of […]
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Delaware Park – 7th race – 6-Private Client (7/2) Has finished second in both of her career outings to next-out winners and seems more than ready to graduate today in this maiden turf two-turner for fillies and mares. Can really turn it on late and with any kind of racing luck this Proctor-trained daughter of […]
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Jeff Siegel’s Santa Anita analysis offers race-by-race wagering strategies geared to rolling exotic players. The basic strategy is to isolate those horses that should be included in rolling daily doubles, pick-3s, pick-4s, pick-5s, and pick-6. It is recommended that Jeff’s selections and analysis be used to augment the reader’s own personal handicapping, though excellent results can be […]
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Jeff Siegel’s Santa Anita analysis offers race-by-race wagering strategies geared to rolling exotic players. The basic strategy is to isolate those horses that should be included in rolling daily doubles, pick-3s, pick-4s, pick-5s, and pick-6. It is recommended that Jeff’s selections and analysis be used to augment the reader’s own personal handicapping, though excellent results can be […]
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Woodbine – 6th race – 1-Conquest Enforcer (2-1) Earned a triple-digit Beyer figure when winning the restricted Queenston Stakes in his sophomore debut in May, making the pace and winning in hand by almost eight lengths. That performance came over the all-weather surface but this son of Into Mischief showed he could handle grass just as […]
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Jeff Siegel’s Santa Anita analysis offers race-by-race wagering strategies geared to rolling exotic players. The basic strategy is to isolate those horses that should be included in rolling daily doubles, pick-3s, pick-4s, pick-5s, and pick-6. It is recommended that Jeff’s selections and analysis be used to augment the reader’s own personal handicapping, though excellent results can be […]
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Churchill Downs – 7th race – 8-Recruiting Ready (4-1) Juvenile colt from the first crop of unbeaten Algorithms demolished a maiden field at Pimlico in his debut in late May, opening up quickly in hand and then coasting to the wire while more than 10 lengths clear of his out-classed foes. Quick, athletic, and extremely […]
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