Sunday is closing day “Where the Turf Meets the Surf” and their closing day feature is the Grade I Matriarch going one mile on the turf course. A full field of 12 fillies and mares is entered for this battle on the Del Mar lawn.
Del Mar Saturday December 2, 2023
First we’ll take a look at the first race of the day, the Grade III Jimmy Durante, which is a mile race on the turf for two-year-old fillies, and then we’ll look at the seventh race, the Hollywood Derby, which is a Grade III going a mile and one-eighth on the turf.
The feature race on the Daily Racing Form website for Friday coincides with the start of the 2023-2024 Championship Meet at Gulfstream Park, as the eighth race of the day will be the feature race, a five furlong race on the newly renovated turf course. Twelve horses are entered in this race that should not be effected by the weather has an approximate post of 3:34 pm Eastern Time.
Saturday’s Race of the Day brings us back to Ozone Park, NY as I will be taking a look at Aqueduct’s 9th race, as three-year-old fillies will be going a mile and an eighth over what I expect to be optimal fast conditions
Before I get to my picks for Black Friday, I do want to recap the two races in case there is anyone out there that really want to hold my record against me. I am 0 for 2 so going into my Thanksgiving Day pick. I feel like I read both races very well, but my horses just did not win.
My dad would always tell me about his big hits while he was working when he would come home. He’d tell me a similar story every time.
The Daily Racing Form’s Race of the Day has us returning to Aqueduct Race Track for the 4th race of their card, the Grade 3 Long Island Stakes, going a mile and three-eighths, just like the Saturday race I handicapped for you. There are eight horses entered, seven in the main body of the field, and a “main track only” which will probably be scratched.
This Saturday’s featured race on the Daily Racing Form site is The Grade 2 Red Smith Stakes going a mile and three-eights on the grass at Aqueduct.
The story of Cody’s Wish is a heartwarming story that no one could root against, even if you did not bet on the defending Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile champion today. The final chapter of this amazing horse held everyone in suspense not once but twice as the suspense of a stretch long duel mirrored National Treasure’s Preakness win in May was matched by an inquiry for the bumping the two horses had down the lane.