Horse racing betting

Who: Thoroughbreds – Jackson Bend, Successful Mission, Soaring Empire, Prayer for Relief, First Strike, Tapizar
What: Horse Racing Betting Tips – The Hal’s Hope, The San Fernando
Where: Gulfstream Park, Santa Anita
When: Saturday, January 14th

Jackson Bend (2-1 Morning Line) will be favored in the Grade 3 Hal’s Hope at Gulfstream Park on Saturday, but beware of the speedy Successful Mission off the layoff. At Santa Anita, 3-time Derby winner Prayer for Relief will get plenty of support at the windows in the Grade 2 San Fernando, but likely favorite Tapizar could lead this field on a merry chase. Let’s take a brief look at the major players in these featured events.

There should be an honest pace in The Hal’s Hope, with early-speed types like Successful Mission, Decisive Moment and Will’s Wildcat signed on. You would think that this sets up nicely for mid-pack types like Jackson Bend and Soaring Empire, but keep in mind that Successful Mission doesn’t need the lead, and could fall into a comfortable stalking trip, getting the jump on the closers turning for home. Successful Mission has been training lights out for his return from a nearly 8-month break, and note he won last March off a similar hiatus, albeit on grass. Jackson Bend picks up the services of John Velazquez, and has worked well since his solid third in The Breeders’ Cup Sprint. Seven furlongs is his best distance, but the one-turn mile shouldn’t pose much of a problem for this tough little competitor. He’ll make his presence felt in the late going. Soaring Empire has done his best running at Gulfstream, and like Successful Mission, has been working smartly for his return from a lengthy layoff. He’ll be in the mix. I’ll key #4-Successful Mission first and second in exactas with #1-Jackson Bend and #7-Soaring Empire. The tickets will look like this: 4/1,7 and 1,7/4.

Prayer for Relief is by far the most accomplished horse in The San Fernando, with a bankroll in excess of $1MM. However, this race has the look of a prep, as trainer Baffert is expecting the colt to excel at longer distances later in the year. The screws haven’t been tightened yet, so tread lightly. Tapizar, on the other hand, looks like a horse that will do his best running from seven furlongs to 1 1/16th miles, which happen to be the distances of his three career wins. He’ll be reunited with jockey Corey Nakatani, who was aboard for a front-running, second-level allowance score at Belmont Park last fall. Tapizar owns a Grade 3 gate-to-wire victory at this track and distance (a year ago in The Sham), and I’m expecting a repeat performance. I’ll bet on Tapizar to win at odds of 4-5 or better.

Those are my horse racing betting tips for the weekend. Best of luck and happy gambling!

I was at my local gym working out, then afterwards I went in to the basketball gym. There was youth ball going on. This beautiful ten year old mixed race boy that I watch was standing in the crowded doorway talking to his teammates. He was making fun of the movie war horse. His big beautiful green eyes glimmered, as he told the story. Then he spotted me watching him and asked "dude why are you always here? Do you even have a kid?" I looked behind me, then back at him. He said "I’m talking to you n!66a" So I just stay quiet and smile. then he says " i bet war horse is his second favorite movie, right after dolphin tail" then all his friends laugh at me as I leave the gym.

How could such a beautiful child be so cruel?

Not uncommon, but not a rule either.

Because that’s who they are. Someone can be beautiful on the outside and ugly on the inside, or both for either. And vice versa.

Your a f*cking pedo.

It does not translate well, the tone of your statement.
Are you p3do, or aren’t you?

So you generalize based on one experience and one person? Really? Really?

Pretty people are more likely to experience a lack of accountability. That’s all. There are plenty of mean ugly people too, I think just as many.

Who: Thoroughbreds – Tapizar
What: Horse Racing Tips – The $150,000 Guaranteed San Fernando Stakes
Where: Santa Anita
When: Saturday, January 14th

The Strub Series continues at Santa Anita on Saturday as 4-year-olds are featured in the mile and sixteenth feature San Fernando Stakes.

Some absolute legends have won this race like Round Table, Buckpasser, Damascus, Spectacular Bid, Best Pal, Silver Charm and Tiznow.

Last year Bob Baffert won for the second time in 4 years as his Indian Firewater parlayed a second in the Sir Beaufort stakes to a nose win in the Fernando as he went wire-to-wire to post a 90 Beyer.

This year Baffert may be represented by Prayer for Relief, who raced wide in his last race but brings legit speed to the party and proved it by taking the Super Derby last year.

The son of Jump Start has trained fast for this, as is Baffert’s custom, as he will break from the rail. He has not raced since being hung out to dry from post 12 in a stakes at Churchill but he is repeatedly proven off the bench and can be placed anywhere and still perform.

Balladry, in post 2, took some time to figure it out but has improved as the distances increased. Bred to go long on both sides of the pedigree, he will need plenty of help up front but he can try to draw from his classy dam Storm Song, who was a Grade 1 winner and a millionaire.

Riviting Reason may be shooting for the sport betting online rainbow as he was only a brief factor last time and he only has won once, but his connections have a knack for surprising when you least expect it.

Dreaminofthewin has been training forwardly in Arcadia but arguably his best race last year was a distant third in the Grade 3 Iowa Derby. The best thing he may have going for him is the fact that the last race came back live. The 4th and 5th finishers took allowance races next out, the 6th finisher took a $60K Fair Grounds stakes and the winner took the Grade 3 Discovery with a 94 Beyer.

Irish Art will be taking the same route into this fray as last year’s win as he was 2nd beaten over 3 in the Sir Beaufort and he proved his affinity for this surface taking a $65,000 stakes here at Oak Tree.
This son of Artie Schiller likely has a better sports betting websites future on grass but like Balladry, he has royal blood on the bottom side as his dam Irish Linnet won 18 times, took several Graded stakes and banked over $1.1 million.

Spud Spivens will get the acid test as he was a late third in a cheap spot last time and he is seeking his first stakes score.

First Strike could prove dangerous. He has sprinter speed, will be shooting for his fourth win in a row but you could have taken him from the claim box in his Oak Tree finale.

Tapizar did not get the best of trips in the Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile but he has trained fast for this for Steve Asmussen and loves the track as evidenced by his Grade 3 Sham win last year.

He brings natural speed to the table but doesn’t need the lead to win. He was boosted in his Sham win as the horse that he beat by nearly 10 lengths came back and took the Grade 2 Lewis.

We started out the year with a speed play at New York that could not hold on but we’re going with the speed right back.

Tapizar is back with Corey Nakatani who was up for the last win and in his victory locally he went to the three quarters in 1:08 and big change.

At 3-1 or higher, Tapizar may never look back.

Gambling at casinos and betting on horses(horse racing),as well as sports betting on American football,soccer,golf etc. is going to be a losing game for most people I believe.

While many may talk of the evils of money,there may also be a good side to money.Money may be called a "shades of grey" moral.Not 100% evil ,but not 100% good either.Loving money may be considered partially good ,and partially evil.You may pray to God through Jesus Christ,to confirm this.
There are the stories in the Bible of the "rich young man" "camel going through the eye of the needle" story.In this story the rich young man is ordained by God to love money,so in this context it is good-even though simultaneously there is an evil side.Also,the Bible story" give unto Ceaser’s what is Ceaser’s and give unto God’s what is God’s .The Ceaser was a "rich young man",and the taxes were not all used for the benefit of the common people.

There are many people who lie about gambling.They make false claims that you an make an income from gambling and you can give up your day job.There advice is a load of garbage/rubbish and complete falsehoods.You can NEVER win big money or even a regular income from gambling in general.You may pray to God through Jesus Christ to confirm this.Stock market and Forex are failures too.You will NEVER make any real money with it or a regular income.

THE EXCEPTION would be putting money into a term deposit with a bank,or a high interest savings account.This works to make good regular money.

And also real estate-but as has been seen and proven with the recent housing crisis and slump,this is open to corruption and explotation by con-men .Real estate can work ONLY if "you are in the know".But I guess most are not in the know.I guess you are only "in the know" if you are a real estate agent.I guess the same "in the know" could be argued for gambling insiders.The only people who make any real money from gambling would be the insiders themselves who are"in the know" These would be the operators of gambling casinos,the people at grass roots ground level-the people dealing the cards and operating the baccarat tables(I don’t know the proper names,poker clerks?poker secretaries?you know the people with the bow ties and shirts etc.).It’s a very clever and orchestrated scam involving people at all levels-a pyramid scheme?A gambling cartel? Also included amongst the money launderers would be people involved in horse racing.The horse trainers,the jockeys and the book makers-all con men and warlocks and witches, involved in black magic and witchcraft.It’s not really "entertainment",it’s a way of putting people under their control so they can play sadistic games with their gambling clients like some horror movie like Hostel,or Vacancy part 1 and 2.If anyone understands how black magic and witchraft works.simply by entering a gambling establishment, you come under the hypnotic control(or sleep walking) control of warlocks and witches involved in the gambling trade.They can now further do major evil to you exclusive to the gambling joint,enter your home using supernatural powers.e.g.supernatural spying(big brother),mind readind(physhic) and do the usual natural evil criminal stuff.Many gambling establishments have black magic and witchcraft curses put on them.So entering a casino or horse racing track may put you under supernatural demonic powers.These gambling estabilishments are essentially haunted by demons.

The statistics for gambling are largely made up.False statistics.I have heard(from multiple sources) that 70% of statisitcs are made up-gambling stats are no exception.They fake their results -this is true for ALL types of gambling,inc. horse race stats,stock market stats,forex stats,
Some people have put severe black magic and witchcraft curses on me to prevent me from winning at gambling.It turned into an addiction,and I could not stop myself,I was literally driven into poverty by gambling.It hurt real bad when I was not gambling,like I would physically die if I stopped.
EDIT:In parapgraph 5 ,I meant to say "psychic", after mind reading.Also,many gambling casinos and horse racing establishments have evolved AGAINST GOD’S WILL.40 or 50 years ago ,these gambling establishments existed that had NEVER ever existed before the history of humanity.Something new evolved,it was like the invention of the nuclear bomb.

• No, I’m secretly Rain Man
• I think I’ll have lasagna for dinner tonight.
• No, i carry a die with unbalanced weight to get most of time 5 and 6 face
• Not if you can count cards.
• no, i always win playing blackjack…go to the website www.blackjacksecrets.com
• Businesses make money out of gambling because, on average, you will loose more money than you gain. Card counting can be used to improve the odds, but it is usually not permitted for this very reason. In the long term individuals are unlikely to make any money out of gambling.

  Besides this, Jesus was more interested in your personal contribution to society. In modern society wealth generation has become strongly separated from your utility to society. Indeed, many hedge funds and financial investors make huge profit by damaging the economy. Serving others and being a useful, functional part of society is a good way to feel valued and increase happiness.

  Muslim law does not permit you to earn interest on loans (and Jesus specified neither a borrower nor a lender be) so money isn’t a ‘shades of grey’, money is bad. Huge wealth division only occurred with the invention of money. Also, in a capitalist economy, you make money from employers by paying them less than they are worth to you. It’s probably for this reason that Jesus said it was easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than a rich man go to heaven. He also told us to give up all our wealth. Fundamentally, money is bad… its a form of power that has nothing to do with justice, fairness or righteousness. For the same reasons, you should not do anything that is ethically questionable to gain money.

• No, Never, Because there are plenty of options available over the internet to earn money. I never choose to go with gambling as I am already earning huge profit by Forex trading and affiliate marketing and I think these are one of the best sources from which anybody can earn lot of money.

Who: Thoroughbreds – Alpha, Hierro, Secret Circle
What: Horse Racing Betting Tips – The Count Fleet, The Sham
Where: Aqueduct, Santa Anita
When: Saturday, January 7th

Godolphin Racing’s Alpha kicks off his sophomore campaign as the heavy favorite in Saturday’s Count Fleet at Aqueduct. On the left coast, Secret Circle figures to be odds on in the Grade 3 Sham at Santa Anita, but will get a stern test from Steve Asmussen trainee Hierro. Let’s take a brief look at these early stepping stones to the Triple Crown.
Alpha takes a huge class drop in The Count Fleet, having last raced in The Breeders’ Cup Juvenile at Churchill Downs. He left his race in the starting gate that day, so put a line through that non-effort. His second-place finish behind the highly-regarded Union Rags in the Grade 1 Champagne provides a truer gauge of this colt’s ability. Alpha was sent off at 2-1 in The Champagne, so you know he’s got ability. Trainer McLaughlin adds Lasix to the mix, and the colt has trained well leading up to this engagement. Recent entry-level allowance winner Speightscity is worth a look underneath in the exacta. Il Villano is on a three-race win streak, but this will be his two-turn debut. Shkspeare Shaliyah tries dirt for the first time, but is a graded stakes winner on the lawn. I’ll bet on #5-Alpha to win at odds of 3-5 or better.
I’m not willing to take short odds on Secret Circle in The Sham, as he’s trying two turns for the first time. That’s also true of Hierro, but that runner will be closer to 3-1, and at least he’s got a three-race foundation at seven furlongs to build upon. They paid $350,000 for this son of Hard Spun, and judging from his last race, it looks like he’s starting to put it all together. Workout reports from Santa Anita have been very positive as well, so another move forward is anticipated. Also note that Julien Leparoux, not exactly a fixture on the West Coast racing scene, retains the mount on Hierro. I’ll bet on #3-Hierro to win at odds of 5-2 or better, and box him in the exacta with #4-Secret Circle.

Those are my horse racing betting tips for the weekend. Best of luck and happy gambling!

There are horses that run into trouble every single day across the country but online best sportsbook players have to be careful when evaluating just how much trouble really costs the runners a victory.

Sometimes trouble can be subtle. Take for instance the first timer at Gulfstream last week Cloudwatcher.         
The sophomore filly had trained steadily for the debut for 23% trainer Garry Simms and was caught three wide every step of the way at Gulfstream when hooking the speedy Todd Pletcher student The Last Meow, who is the first to run an unraced dam that won a Grade 3 and banked nearly $170,000.

Cloudwatcher is also out of an unraced dam and is the first to run from the dam but there is power on the bottom side. The dam Silk Queen banked over $100,000 but more importantly is kin to 11-race winner and over $300,000 earner Madam Inspector.

Look for the sport betting skies to burst open the next time Cloudwatcher shows in the entries.
Dixie Slam was protected last week in a starter allowance but he closed out 2011 with two solid efforts. In his first start of the year he walked out of the game but came home like gangbusters passing all but two and missing the exacta by only a neck.

Players should look for him in a $16,000 claimer going at least 6 and a half furlongs but preferably 7 furlongs.
Like the legendary fighter he was named for Liston packs a closing punch but he was fully extended in his 2011 finale and came up just over a length short to kick off the year.

The runner exited a live race in his prior engagement, has won at Gulfstream and has the pedigree to still become a very useful charge as kin to double Grade 1 winner and near $700,000 earner Country Star.
Two more to go now and let’s go coast to coast.

Tropiluk won’t be a maiden for long. The gelding was green in the debut, was hooked wide in his Santa Anita debut, improved in leaps and bounds in his third start and lost all chance in his 2012 opener.

The runner was bet like a good thing but was finished before they started because he broke through the gate. His rider Joel Rosario had not other choice then to try to gun and clear but after breaking sharply, the runner just was zapped.
If he comes back in another $40,000 maiden claimers, he will be the play.

Now to New York and what may be a very tasty play in the future named Sweet Kakes. The filly had trained forwardly for the debut but was a bit intimidated to kick off the career. Factor in the fact that trainer Bruce Levine is a very patient conditioner, this filly’s impressive third is worthwhile.

Person of Interest will be just that in his next betting websites start. The veteran needed his 2011 opener badly and then caught the slop to boot.

The runner stepped up a notch and made a super middle move to get within a length and a half of the lead before reality set in. He was nearly 8 lengths clear of the 4th finisher and that middle move may have not been detected by all.
Just believe in this Person.

I betted $250 on this years Melbourne Cup winner (major horse race) and won $2175.

Yourself?

Thank you for answering.

• not really anything as cool as winning lage ammounts of money, but one time i was wearing a skirt, im a guy. and my dog broke a glass in my living room my mom came out and saw me, but she didnt notice what i was wearing. i felt like i was going to die, because she hates gays and verry christian.
• I inherited $25,000 from a relative who despised me.

  One time I was totally unexpectedly given a check for $5,000 as a reward for turning in some keys I found.

  There are lots of things that I could list (big and small) but that should suffice.

• Being a 6 hours walk away from civilization one way, a 7 hour walk away the other way, in the snow, at night, in the mountains, in summery clothes, with no phone, no food, an empty water bottle, no tent, nobody knowing where I was, face to face with a disgruntled bull (apparently, cows are very sensitive, and my unrest caused a cow to make a sort of shrieking sound, which got the bulls attention)… I happened to have 3 hunters come across my path, who pulled me over the fence, took me to their cabin, gave me food, made a nice fire, gave me a sweater, gave me a bed to sleep in.

  These hunters only came to the cabin once a year for a few days.

• It’s a random story. I went to a school bowling event with my girlfriend at the time. We spent all of our money getting drunk at the bar in the bowling alley, and never actually bowled. Afterward, I drove us home and ended up going down the wrong side of an interstate highway. I was pulled over. The officer could have easily arrested me. Instead he told me to follow him to a gas station. He told me to get some coffee and food, and to not get back on the road until the sun is up. So yeah, I could have died, killed other people and ended up in jail. Instead I got a mocha and some donuts. I haven’t done anything like that since, and I won’t ever again.
• I was born and not aborted.
• After my birthday bash, I joined a special group of elites………..
• meeting my sweetie by chance <3

  mom took us to the horse track as children and i managed to turn $20 into $100.

  in vegas i played the penny slots ( not a fan of casinos ) and made over $20.

• I got shot from 6′ away and didn’t die….
• Probably getting my current job.

  ~

The Big Easy, also known as The Crescent City or Nawlins is the home of the Fair Grounds Race Course and those looking for some spicy sports betting action have this venue to consider until late March.

Known then as the Union Course, thoroughbred racing started at that track now known as the Fair Grounds way back in 1853.

Forty years later racing charts appeared in local papers for the first time and notorious cowboy Pat Garret, who killed Billy the Kid, raced a stable in the beginning decades at the Fair Grounds.

In recent years, the Fair Grounds has been a good spot for young horses to mature and that’s one reason why online best sportsbook players should pay attention to this meet.

War Emblem won at Fair Grounds during the 2001-02 meet and then went on to take the Kentucky Derby. The Louisiana Derby second Funny Cide won the first two legs of the Triple Crown in 2003.

As for the older set, Rachel Alexandra became the first reigning Horse of the Year to start at Fair Grounds since 1942 but was defeated in her 4-year-old debut.

This season, the Louisiana Derby will carry a $1 million purse and should bring together a full field of aspiring runners.

As far as wagering this year at the Fair Grounds, there are some unique trends about this track. Last season for instance, the top 5 jockeys in the colony won nearly half of all the races.

Runners that ship in from Arlington Park in Chicago, especially early in the meeting, seem to excel in numbers year in and year out.

Racehorses that come to the meeting fresh can pop and sometimes at prices. Local horsemen often will shelf their runners well before Thanksgiving and bring them in for the bigger paydays.

As far as conditioners go at Fair Grounds, players can start with the sports betting online A’s like Tom Amoss, Albert Stall and Steven Asmussen and move on to the B’s like Brent Calhoun and have a solid nucleus of success.

Amoss, who has won meetings locally 9 prior times, and Stall, who trained Blame to beat the great Zenyatta in the BC Classic, are off to great starts this season.

Combined they won with 11 of the first 33 starters they saddled.

Asmussen has not had many starters to this point but is seeking his fifth straight training title.

As for Calhoun, he had a breakout year in 2010 winning two Breeders’ Cup races and he has finished second to Asmussen in the standings here three times.

The ladies are well represented at this meet as far as the chauffeurs are concerned, as Rosie Napravnik will try to defend her riding title at Fair Grounds.

With her 110 wins last season, she became the first woman to finish on top, proved her cool winning the Louisiana Derby and is off to a good start leading the league already. Her success is no fluke as she had previously won riding titles at Delaware, Pimlico and Laurel.

The venerable Robby Albarado is the all-time stakes-winning rider at Fair Grounds and will have his pick of the prime mounts once again.

Look for speed to be prominent on the main and turf course but you can come from the clouds with a fast enough pace. Inside posts on the main track are generally the places to be.

So kick back, relax, enjoy the vibes and win some cash this meet enjoying The Big Easy.

I like horse racing. I would like to know if there is a easy way to bet and make money. I know trifecta is good but hard. SHOW is easier I think. Sure I bet $100 to SHOW is that a good idea? Do I have more chances like that to make money?

• go long!
• More money is taken out of the place and show pools than the win pool.. Exotic pools even more.. The books say play “win”..
  Study your stuff.. Pick your nag and play it up-front.. I know it’s a gambling thing but to me there is nothing worse than having 20 bucks on a horse to show and it pays 4 bucks. And the darn thing wins and pays $18.40..
  Study TRAINERS.. Claimers going to a good barn. Have some fun pickin ponies.
  Right.. Never bet a lot to make a little.. Bet a little to make a lot..
• No matter what, unless you have connections to the track, you are playing a LOSING game.

  The ponies have a 20% take on the money. In other words, if $100,000 is bet on any single race, the track takes $20,000 out of that money just for themselves. They only put $80,000 of all that money into all the various prize pools.

  A 20% take on the money is all but impossible to beat. Very few can, and again – those who can, do so with connections to the track.

  If you follow Show betting enough, occasionally you might find something with good value, but it’s still a craps shoot. Here’s an example to illustrate what you’re up against.

  Let’s say you notice that not much money has been wagered for the Show position on one of the favorites of the race. You’re seeing more money has been wagered on the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th most favored horses than has been wagered on the 1st most favored horse. THAT is a good value for betting the Show on that favorite horse. Instead of getting a 2.20 payout on a Show bet, perhaps that horse will end up paying 2.5 or better. For a favorite, that would be a fairly good payout for Show.

  Problem: You notice this value bet, and you wager $100 on the Show for the favorite. You do this 2 minutes before post. Suddenly, by the time 1 minute to post rolls around, you see tons of money going into the Show pool for that favored horse! Now the payout plummets back to 2.20 or worse!

  More problem: Let’s just say that didn’t happen. Let’s say the payout is going to be half way decent at about 2.50. What does that mean??? Well, at a 2.50 payout per two-dollar ticket, that means you MUST WIN this bet 4 times for every 1 time that you LOSE the bet just to break even! So if you find this value on 5 separate races and bet $100 each time, if you WIN 4 times and just LOSE 1 time, you break even on your betting! Any worse rate than that, and you’re losing money!

  Yes – you WILL WIN this bet much more often. Will you win it enough to make it worth it? Almost certainly not. By the way, if the price plummets to a 2.20 payout, that means you need to win this bet TEN times for every 1 time you lose!!!

  Long story short – the answer is “NO!” There is NOT an easy way to bet and make money with horse racing. Going to the track can be fun, especially if you enjoy watching the race live. It can be fun to wager on horses, just the same that it can be fun to bet on the roulette wheel. In the long run, you are PAYING for this fun. You will no easier make money from horse racing as you will from playing roulette.

Who: Thoroughbreds – Empire Way ( on top)
What: Horse Racing Betting Tips – The $750,000 Cashcall Futurity
Where: Hollywood Park
When: Saturday, December 17th

Juveniles on the West Coast get one more shot at glory Saturday in the mile and a sixteenth $750,000 CashCall Futurity and online sports players should pay attention as the winner will have one leg up on Kentucky Derby success.

Six Futurity starters have gone on to win the Kentucky Derby starting with Gato Del Sol in 1982 and ending with wild long shot Giacomo in 2005.

The winner of this race last year, Comma to the Top, was coming off a win on grass in the Grade 3 Generous as he got an ideal 2-hole trip to post a 95 winning Beyer.

Horses are coming from near and far to compete this year.

Desormais was flown to California from Europe Wednesday, one day after Cozzetti arrived from Kentucky, to swell the lineup.

He is in the Paddy Gallagher barn but owning spokesman Aron Wellman had this to say about the runner, Wellman: “We bought Desormais after he broke his maiden in his third start on November 15, at a mile and a quarter at Marseilles. I’m worried the Futurity might be a little too short for him.”

Cozzetti broke his maiden by five lengths in his third try on a sloppy Churchill Downs track in November but would not get oversold on the margin.

Majestic City is unbeaten at Hollywood and will have the services of Ramon Dominguez. He is trained by Pete Miller, who won this race last year.

Handsome Mike is trying to take the same route as last year’s winner as he was a solid second in the Generous. The colt has to prove he can handle the synthetic.

Brother Francis figures to enjoy the distance but as a maiden, he could have his work cut out while Groovin’ Solo is also looking for his first win and will be a huge price.

Empire Way is bred to get the trip on both sides of the pedigree and he does retain Joel Rosario for this. How high might the expectations be for this guy? He is a full brother to multiple Grade 1 winner and over $1.6 million earner Royal Delta.

Drill needs a rebound run. He is a Grade 1 winner but disappointing as the beaten chalk in the Norfolk, and then bore in sharply in the BC Juvenile. The Bob Baffert charge seemed in the right spot last time but was fried in a duel and dropped back quickly.

Sky Kingdom, another Baffert charge, freaked on the surface to graduate and has drilled fast since while Blingo walked out of the gate in his turf debut, could have sulked, but came flying to win going away.

Rousing Sermon has to prove he can win outside of state-bred land but he did run well in open company last time vs. rival on his direct outside, Liaison, who was troubled in the debut, has run three bang-up races and is yet another Baffert bullet.

Basmati improved when given a chance to route and he can give you a sub :22 quarter if in the mood.

Face it, this is a made scramble with several in here with tons of upside. The play here is to key Empire Way first and second in the trifecta for a buck with Handsome Mike, Drill, Blingo, Majestic City and Liaison.

Good luck and have a great holiday season. See you at Santa Anita the day after Christmas.