Aqueduct Racetrack*
Ozone Park, NY
Friday, January 8, 2009

Race 1:
(7) - steps up in class, but should benefit from the up-front speed in the opener.
(3x) - off-the-pace type runner had 3 wins in 2009, contender.
(5) - has been popular at the claim box in last few, has taken a liking to Aqueduct's inner.

Turfway Prevue Stakes - $50K

Turfway Park - Florence, KY

9th Race - 6 1/2 furlongs - All Weather Surface

17 degrees, light snow

Race 2 - BC Juvenile Turf (G2) - $1 million

1 mile - Turf

Pounced (4) - Dettori + Turf + Breeder's Cup, it just makes sense, I like the 1st NA angle (on grass) and this horse has not finished worse than 2nd.

Viscount Nelson (2) - O'Brien / Murtagh won yesterday, and this horse has been in the money in every career start.

The Travers is known as the Summer Derby, but in recent years, with the addition of the Woodward (G1) to the Saratoga meet and the emergence of the Haskell (G1), it has had some competition in luring the best horses.  The race will be the 12th at Saratoga Racecourse on Sunday and features a field of seven after the scratch of Kentucky Derby winner Mine That Bird.  The race, however, is not lacking a big time runner this year despite Mine That Bird's scratch and Rachel Alexandra running in the Woodward.  The field boasts the winners of the Florida Derby (G1), the Belmont Stakes (G1) and the Jim Dandy (G2).