Aqueduct Horses To Watch Upcoming Races
Tie Breaker: May be More Suited For Routing | Upcoming Race:Gulfstream Park May 9, 2024
May have found a new home on the turf as he seemed to race much better with the surface switch. While he raced in midpack throughout, he seemed to give it his best in the stretch and didn’t seem to lose a lot of ground. The gelding has a long stride and may be more [...]
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Read MoreKuchar: A Victim of “Ortiz Drift” Can Improve In Next Start | Upcoming Race:Belmont At The Big A May 9, 2024
Comebacker was a victim of the “Ortiz drift” in the stretch and this may have cost him the race. There was clear sailing in between horses, before Ortiz drifted out causing Kuchar to steady a bit in midstretch. The jock was going to go in between horses once again, but the gap closed and he [...]
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Read MoreSwift Tap: Wide Throughout Trip While Track Favored the Inside | Upcoming Race:Parx May 7, 2024
A gelding who was awful in his last two starts may have been the winner in this affair if not for a wide-throughout trip over a track that favored the inside. He did show his usual early speed as a four horse duel developed as they left the chute and he was in the five-path [...]
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Read MoreWinning Connection: Can Improve With Fairer Track | Upcoming Race:Aqueduct May 5, 2024
On a day where passing horses in the stretch was pretty tough, this guy found himself in the back of the pack early. He started to pick off runners entering the turn and just did get up for 2nd while no match for the winner. A fairer track and a better placing early might help [...]
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Read MoreTempermental: Steadied at The Turn Behind Wall Horses But Rallied Well | Upcoming Race:Aqueduct May 5, 2024
Raced along the rail up the backstretch while sitting behind the two frontrunners. She had to steady entering the turn and was behind a wall of horses entering the stretch. The jock moved her to the outside and she rallied well, but the winner got the jump on her entering the stretch and clear sailing [...]
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Read MoreIkigai: Held Well After Racing Along The Slower Inside Stretch | Upcoming Race:Aqueduct May 10, 2024
May have been long gone on a normal day or fairer track while on the lead, but he was racing along the slower inside in the stretch and did hold well to be beaten about one length. He finished in the Exacta in his previous three starts and he could show more stick next time [...]
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Read MoreRunandscore: Off The Screen Around Far Turn But Ralled For 2nd | Upcoming Race:Parx May 6, 2024
Second-timer from Turfway was off the screen around the far turn, but he started his rally just before entering the stretch. He was really moving well in the stretch especially when he moved to the faster outside and he just got up for 2nd. Was it the mud, experience, switch to the dirt that made [...]
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Read MorePetrolo: Dueled Early and Put That Rival Away at Turn | Upcoming Race:Belmont At The Big A May 9, 2024
Second-timer looked like a different runner as he dueled early and put that rival away around the turn. He then was challenged by another runner to his inside entering the stretch and he was able to shake that rival off in midstretch. The gelding was caught late by the more experienced favorite and he could [...]
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Read MoreB C Glory Days: Look for Rider Upgrade For Improvement | Upcoming Race:Finger Lakes May 6, 2024
Made a nice little run along the rail around the turn and looked like a win threat entering the stretch. However, the jock just seemed to settle for a minor award as he was not riding that hard in the stretch and just used the whip every 10 strides or so. Look for a rider [...]