Friday Night Hollywood Park Recap – April 22
A pair of 8.5 furlong wire jobs on Cushion Track. The lone turf route carded was nabbed by a midpack type.
Martin Garcia and Alonso Quinonez both booted home a pair of winners on Friday night.
On the ticket front I tabbed three Primary winners (American Story, Russian River, Love Theway Youare) and one Secondary winner (Seven Secrets).
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Saturday Free Play Links
Below are links to my April 23rd free selections…enjoy!
Coolmore Lexington Stakes (video play) – Horse Racing Nation
Snow Chief Stakes – Horse Racing Nation
Fast Track with Steve Bortstein
I am pleased to announce that I have joined Steve Bortstein on his Fast Track radio show. Tune in each Saturday and Sunday (8-9am MT).
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Saturday’s Gold Rush Day pick six from Hollywood Park features the $150,000 Snow Chief Stakes for state bred or sired 3-year-olds traveling a mile and an eighth on Cushion Track. Morning line favorite Thirtyfirststreet appears best sprinting and is worth trying to beat at this trip. Mostly sunny skies are expected with a high temperature of 64.
Degree of Difficulty: Moderate. On a scale of 1 to 10, the Saturday pick six from Santa Anita Park rates a 6.
Possible Singles: Subpoena The Dress (6th race), Drink At Buster’s (9th race)
Jarrod Horak’s Hollywood Park Pick 6 Tickets – Saturday, April 23, 2011
Hollywood Park Race 5 (Grey Memo, CA-bred 3up, 7f) Primary (#9 Master Chef, #10 Liberal Arts) – Secondary (#7 Sierra Spirit)
Hollywood Park Race 6 (Warren’s Thoroughbreds, CA-bred f&m 3up, 7f) Primary (#5 Subpoena The Dress) – Secondary (#2 Going For A Spin, #4 Safe Word)
Hollywood Park Race 7 (NTRA, CA-bred 3up, 6f) Primary (#4 Awesome Indy, #3 He’s So Stylish)
Hollywood Park Race 8 (Melair, CA-bred f&m 3up, 8.5f) Primary (#9 Halo Dolly, #8 Miles Rules) – Secondary (#5 Shezabigbroad)
Hollywood Park Race 9 (Snow Chief, CA-bred 3yo, 9f) Primary (#1 Drink At Buster’s) – Secondary (#5 Burns)
Hollywood Park Race 10 (Alphabet Kisses, CA-bred f&m 3up, 6.5f) Primary (#5 Tiz A Brite Miss, #4 Dot’s Mark) – Secondary (#2 Alala, #7 California Heat)
Saturday Pick 6 Tickets
Note that the Standard Ticket shows how much it would cost if you used all of the contenders on one ticket. The multiple Primary/Secondary ticket strategy saves money and allows you to put your strong handicapping opinions to the test.
Pick 6 Spread Ticket Calculator courtesy of Del Mar website (click tickets to enlarge)
Come on fellas, change this to the Pick 5 blog. This new wager is a far better wager for the player and the pool is going to be huge Saturday !!! Horseplayer’s need to support these low takeout options to show the decision makers that the only thing that is going to save our sport in California are new fan-friendly ideas. At least put the Pick 6 on the back burner until we see some carryovers !!!!