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Aqueduct figures up

Contrary to upstate news reports, there will be no synthetic surfaces at Belmont, Aqueduct and Saratoga in the foreseeable future, which includes the lifetimes of your great grandchildren. That’s the good news. From the New York Racing Association’s perspective, there was a bit of more important news...

Posted to Paul Moran at the Races (Weblog) by Anonymous on Thu, May 8 2008
Hard Rock for blue hairs at Aqueduct?

(Note: The video lottery terminal crowd, which can be categorized as blue-haired, may not be quite comfortable with the Hard Rock ambiance. Obviously, SL Green has fallen short of due diligence when surveying the potential audience. This is not an under-30 demographic and the casino concept demands cheap...

Posted to Paul Moran at the Races (Weblog) by Anonymous on Mon, Apr 28 2008
Aqueduct: Harlem Rocker rolls in Withers

Harlem Rocker may be a bit short of seasoning to inspire his connections to consider the Preakness but indicated in Saturday’s Withers Stakes at Aqueduct that he may be a good deal more than a pure miler. Though J Be K, the odds-on favorite, had nothing to offer when challenged, Harlem Rocker showed...

Posted to Paul Moran at the Races (Weblog) by Anonymous on Sat, Apr 26 2008
Aqueduct: Three face J Be K in Withers

By Jason Blewitt/ NYRA A double dose of stakes action on Saturday, the penultimate day of fhs spring meeting at Aqueduct. The Withers, for three-year-olds, a race won by eventual Preakness champ Bernardini two years ago, and the Beaugay for fillies and mares on the turf, set the table for a return to...

Posted to Paul Moran at the Races (Weblog) by Anonymous on Fri, Apr 25 2008
Adding to the confusion

Todd Pletcher has Polytrack figured out, taking the Lexington Stakes yesterday at Keeneland with 5-1 Behindatthebar, who is now three-for-four over synthetic footing. A week ago, Pletcher sent out the first two to finish in the Blue Grass Stakes. This puts him in the Kentucky Derby with three horses...

Posted to Paul Moran at the Races (Weblog) by Anonymous on Sat, Apr 19 2008
Big A Friday card washed out

Heavy rains overnight continuing into Friday prompted New York Racing Association officials to cancel racing in the interest of preserving the surface for Saturday’s 11-race program anchored by four stakes including the Grade 1 Wood Memorial and Carter Handicap. “The main track is tight, in good shape...

Posted to Paul Moran at the Races (Weblog) by Anonymous on Fri, Apr 4 2008
Raining on the parade

With a weather front approaching New York, the racetrack at Aqueduct was sealed tight and rolled after the last race on Thursday. The combination of rain and heavy equipment will do nothing to rectify the pronounced inside speed bias that has prevailed during the first two days of racing on the main...

Posted to Paul Moran at the Races (Weblog) by Anonymous on Fri, Apr 4 2008
Friday notes/ Beyond the Florida Derby

There is more going on at Gulfstream Park on Saturday than the Florida Derby. Backseat Rhythm has her trainer very confident ahead of her first stakes engagement of 2008 as the daughter of El Corredor heads into the $150,000 Bonnie Miss Stakes – the Kentucky Oaks prep on the undercard of Saturday’s Florida...

Posted to Paul Moran at the Races (Weblog) by Anonymous on Fri, Mar 28 2008
A new shooter in the Derby mix

Though his itinerary remained a matter of discussion after Adriano returned to Polytrack at Turfway Park and won the Lane’s End Stakes with a certain degree of authority, it will be difficult to deny him the chance to run in the Kentucky Derby. Though his one race on dirt was something of a disaster...

Posted to Paul Moran at the Races (Weblog) by Anonymous on Sat, Mar 22 2008
Wide-open races in New York, Kentucky

From NYRA (edited) Beau Dare, Quality Affair and Your Flame in Me represent half the field in Saturday’s $150,000 Distaff Handicap for fillies and mares at Aqueduct. They also represent a phalanx of early speed at six furlong that set up the race to be won from off the pace. Rite Moment, purchased last...

Posted to Paul Moran at the Races (Weblog) by Anonymous on Fri, Mar 21 2008

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