Saturday’s Keeneland Spot Plays
October 16th, 2010By Jude T. Feld
Queen Elizabeth II enjoys her afternoons at the horse races but won’t make this year’s Challenge Cup (G1) named after her.
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We’ve been clicking right along with some nice winners and a great string of place prices. Our standard wager is one unit to win and two units place, so we have been visiting the cashier frequently enough to be on a first-name basis.
If you are stuck in your handicapping this afternoon, consider backing the horse ridden by Ramon Dominguez. With many of Keeneland’s top riders out of town, he has a magnificent list of live mounts today.
3rd) DISTANT SKY showed good improvement when stretched out by trainer Eoin Harty for his last start. He worked a “bullet” five furlongs over the Keeneland Poly five days ago, tipping his fitness. Dominguez rides at 6-1 on the morning line.
4th) We’re not familiar with embracing Charles Town shippers at Keeneland but DEAR GRACE has solid form for a $10,000 claiming filly. She hasn’t been out of the money in over a year, has been training forwardly and was flattered when the horse she finished second to in her last start came back to win. Her trainer, Brad Cox, is winning at a 32% clip in 2010, so we’ll take a shot with her.
7th) TARRIP owns the best speed figures in this field. She prepped in a mile and a quarter race at Belmont, chasing a slow pace and should find this distance and field more to her liking. Jockey Julien Leparoux certainly won’t hinder her chances.
