October 2006 Archives

Forget about all those speedballs in Saturday's Breeders' Cup Sprint. I mean, toss out Bordonaro and Henny Hughes, among others, and jump on the REAL winner.

The way I'm going, maybe these horses I suggest today will at least give you a list of runners that you can eliminate. But hey, I'm not THIS bad. I gotta break out sometime.

I've heard nothing but superlatives from trainers who are just raving about the new Cushion surface that Hollywood Park will unveil for live racing beginning next Wednesday at the Inglewood oval. Trainers such as Neil Drysdale, Jack Van Berg, Mike Mitchell, et al, are excited about the new surface, which hopefully could turn out to be a huge positive for the industry.

It's been such a poor Oak Tree meeting for me, betting-wise. Today I played a $36 pick four ticket and hit the first three -- 7-2, 6-1 and 8-5 shots -- and came up empty with my singleton in the eighth. It would have paid a little more than $1,000.

Not a good meeting for me so far. I'm a long-shot player and none of my long shots have hit so far at Oak Tree, but I'm still hopeful. I'm going to try a pick six today.

Take a look at these horses that are running today at Santa Anita's Oak Tree meeting.

Team O"Neill has to be disappointed with Liquidity's effort in today's Champagne Stakes for juveniles at Belmont Park.

I have my eyes on a few horses racing Saturday during Oak Tree at Santa Anita.

A double today for trainer Ted H. West? The way I've been going lately, I don't want to put a jinx on the high-percentage trainer, but he does have a couple of horses that look really good.

I like three races today at Oak Tree --- the fourth, fifth and nightcap. I'm going to play a double in the fourth and fifth and late doubles in the eighth and ninth.

Here are some horses I'm taking a look at today at Oak Tree:

There are three major Breeders' Cup prep races at Santa Anita's Oak Tree meet today, although there might not be much drama involved.

As usual, there will be quite a few European invaders who will have big shots on Breeders' Cup day at Churchill Downs on Nov. 4. This being one of the big weekends for Breeders' Cup prep races at Santa Anita, Belmont Park and Keeneland, let's take a look at some of the more impressive European grass hopefuls.

There's nothing better than heading out to Santa Anita for lunch and playing an early double and triple while you're out there.