Aqueduct Notes
- Another winner for trainer Kathleen Feron, now 4-for-6 at Aqueduct, on Friday when Them There Eyes upset the Scoot Stakes, paying $25.20 to win. The 3-year-old Holy Bull filly did something we don't see much of these days: She won off short rest. Only the week before, she took an optional claimer and two weeks before that, finished second in the Office Miss Stakes for state-breds.
- Suddenly, Aqueduct is playing like Southern California. For the third time in less than three weeks, there's a two-day pick six carryover at the Big A, with $118,054 in the pot for Saturday. The day's feature is the very competitive Red Smith Handicap, which drew 12 starters and four AEs, and has no obvious favorite. If the race stays on the turf, I'm leaning toward Tricky Causeway, 8-1 on the morning line, but Operation Red Dawn, making his second start off a short layoff and wheeling back on two weeks rest, is another intriguing possibility, despite a penchant for traffic trouble.
Posted by JC, Nov 10, 2007 09:00 AM
Comments
Posted by dana, Nov 10, 2007 11:48 AM
I had that sense too about payouts. It might be worth going back over the past three weeks and looking at the numbers.
Posted by Jessica, Nov 12, 2007 08:40 PM
Is it just me or are those payouts almost looking like Saratoga? I was watching Friday's replays last night and was surprised how infrequently favorites were winning... or even hitting the board for that matter.