The racing at Aqueduct was excellent on Friday. No doubt that track is one of the best tracks to race on, this was the perfect demonstration of balanced and honest.  And the racing makes was extremely readable with solid results.  The Power Page finished with an exclamation point when my top choice (ON Race day Las Vegas) Star of Teh Forest at 7/1 ran a giant trip but tired to my next best PPN Maxana at 3/1.,  The four horses in the exotic I gave out finihed 1,2,3,4 to make for a $59.00 exacta, a $197 trifecta and a $756 Superfecta…  You simply had to put my KEY HORSE at 7/1 in the win and place position to cash big — which was my “instruction” …

Santa Anita has reverted to an inside biased track , after a 1 day negative rail track.  It seems that you have to get down near the rail  or you just spin your wheels…   I would expect this trend to continue through the whole weekend…

Friday’s card at Aqueduct is a good one and hopefully we can now look forward to some uniterrupted racing in New York.  I thought the track played fairly in New York on Thursday,  I will make the call NO BIAS …  However at Santa Anita, I believe we saw a “dead rail” which is a bit surprising considering how good the inside has been at Santa Anita through the opening part of the meet…

For you newcomers, you have to remember that the PPN  (Projected Power Number) is heavily biased to more recent races and is NOT complete handicapping.  It does not pay any attention to workouts and no attention to the trainer’ stats.   You on the other hand can look at those factore, back class and any “psychs” you might have.  The Power Page simply gives you a very good opinion on the recent form – and while this is a  IMPACT  VALUE of great importance — it’s not the ALL of handicapping….   Top rated horses can always be part of your exacta strategy, but they should not be your KEY horse much more than 1/3 of the time — IN MY OPINION!