It’s Coast to Coast — Spa Racing from morning until night… Saratoga begins Day #2 with a stellar card – 11 race card and Del Mar enters Day #4 – also a terrific card. No surprise there.
The Bias at Del Mar is distinctly negative for horses who are running on the rail – IN MY OPINION. But the jockey’s who seek the rail should be avoided until we see some horses take advantage of inside position to find a winning line. The best line seems to be well out into the track… Remember, these things do change and you have to play the game accordingly… So be nimble and make decisions that give you the best chance to score.
At Saratoga, the inside part of the main track was an advantage. The Turf course played as it has for years and years… we will keep our eyes open to see if it starts to get a little baked out. For the moment, there is an edge to inside positioning – that’s for certain. But there were some nice runs by horses well out in the TURF course as well… The biggest effort of the day for any horse, even though it was a slower class of horses was Giant Zinger. GZ was a monster and prevailed after being wide and pressing the pace — all the way. That was awesome – even though she kicked my butt…