8/5/2011

Two day’s with weak results on the STAR horses, but pretty decent payoffs on TOP Rated horses, which is always surprising to me.   Just remember, a top-rated horse at a price of greater than 9/2 deserves to be considered for a play.  Sometimes the races are very complicated with two horses that need to be played…Be brave…

8/4/2011

Del Mar’s turf course played very speed favoring, especially at 2 turns, and the main track was also favoring the inside and speed was okay as well.  Closers on the outside took the worst of it — I mention this as the Del Mar surface is so changeable from day to day…  Saratoga behaved as per the norm, with a slight edge to early speed, good runs from all locations…