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Jeff Siegel’s National Best Plays for Friday, December 16, 2022 Gulfstream Park 4th Race – Post time: 1:36 ET 3-Kanthari (8/5) Brought $575,000 at the OBS 2021 March sale after previewing in 20 2/5 seconds (fastest quarter mile drill at the venue) and finally makes it to the post late in his 3-year-old season in […]

Jeff Siegel’s National Best Plays for Sunday, December 11, 2022 Gulfstream Park 10th Race – Post time: 4:35 ET 9-Erna (5/2) Tipped her hand in an excellent debut performance last month at Aqueduct when getting tagged near the wire in a middle distance maiden juvenile turf event while winding up almost four lengths clear of […]

Jeff Siegel’s National Best Plays for Saturday, December 10, 2022 Gulfstream Park 8th Race – Post time: 3:38 ET 7-Malleymoo (8-1) Was a smart debut winner over the left-handed all-weather Dundalk surface in Ireland in early October and arrives for new connections fit and ready to step forward in this listed turf stakes for juvenile […]

Fair Grounds 6th Race – Post time: 3:45 CT 4-Bartulia (3-1) Was a willing third in his debut last month at Horseshoe Indianapolis in a better-than-average race for maiden special weight 3-year-olds while appearing something less than cranked up, so we’re expecting this sophomore gelding to produce a significant forward move for a barn that […]

“WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW” – DEL MAR By Jeff Siegel, 1stbet.com Handicapper & Analyst (For additional commentary, follow us on twitter @jsiegelracing). * DEL MAR SPOTLIGHT RACES: First Race: Post: 12:30 PT Top Pick: 4-Mi Hermano Ramon (6-1) Here’s a first-time starter with a series of better workouts than the final times indicate, and […]

“WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW” – DEL MAR By Jeff Siegel, 1stbet.com Handicapper & Analyst (For additional commentary, follow us on twitter @jsiegelracing). * DEL MAR SPOTLIGHT RACES: Fourth Race: Post: 2:00 PT Top Pick: 2-Antonsen (2-1) Finally makes it to the races late in his 3-year-old season after being started and stopped on a […]

“WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW” – DEL MAR Sunday, November 27, 2022By Jeff Siegel, 1stbet.com Handicapper & Analyst (For additional commentary, follow us on twitter @jsiegelracing). * DEL MAR SPOTLIGHT RACES: Sixth Race: Post: 3:00 PT Top Pick: 3-Lady T (5-1) Freshened since August and showing the always dangerous route to sprint angle, this daughter […]

“WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW” – DEL MAR By Jeff Siegel, 1stbet.com Handicapper & Analyst (For additional commentary, follow us on twitter @jsiegelracing). * DEL MAR SPOTLIGHT RACES: Seventh Race: Post: 3:30 PT Top Pick: 3-Hong Kong Harry (7/2) Has been freshened since his convincing victory over the local lawn in the Del Mar Mile […]

“WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW” – DEL MAR By Jeff Siegel, 1stbet.com Handicapper & Analyst (For additional commentary, follow us on twitter @jsiegelracing). * DEL MAR SPOTLIGHT RACES: Fifth Race: Post: 2:30 PT Top Pick: 1-Carmen Miranda (3-1) Sophomore filly launches a comeback for a barn that has solid stats with layoff runners in this […]

“WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW” – DEL MAR By Jeff Siegel, 1stbet.com Handicapper & Analyst (For additional commentary, follow us on twitter @jsiegelracing). * DEL MAR SPOTLIGHT RACES: Seventh Race: Post: 1:59 PT Top Pick: 3-Nice Guy Clay (3-1) Lightly raced gelding takes a realistic class drop to the restricted (nw-2) $16,000 claiming ranks and […]

“WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW” – DEL MAR By Jeff Siegel, 1stbet.com Handicapper & Analyst (For additional commentary, follow us on twitter @jsiegelracing). * DEL MAR SPOTLIGHT RACES: Fourth Race: Post: 2:00 PT Top Pick: 6-Forbidden Kingdom (5/2) Talented sprinter flopped as the even money favorite in his comeback in the Santa Anita Sprint Championship-G1 […]

“WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW” – DEL MAR By Jeff Siegel, 1stbet.com Handicapper & Analyst (For additional commentary, follow us on twitter @jsiegelracing). * NATIONAL SPOTLIGHT RACES: Del Mar Fifth Race: Post: 2:30 PT Top Pick: 9-Seal Team (7/2) Debuting 2-year-old has done some excellent work in the a.m. for trainer Richard Mandella, and while […]

November 18, 2022 “WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW” – DEL MAR By Jeff Siegel, 1stbet.com Handicapper & Analyst (For additional commentary, follow us on twitter @jsiegelracing). * DEL MAR SPOTLIGHT RACES: Sixth Race: Post: 3:00 PT Top Pick: 7-Love My Jimmy (7/2) Was disappointing in a mixed breed allowance sprint at Los Alamitos two weeks […]