Cigar Mile, Derby and Oaks preps highlight Thanksgiving
Saturday
The Cigar Mile highlights a card that includes three other graded stakes,
among which is the $300,000 Remsen (G2), an important Kentucky Derby (G1) prep.
Churchill Downs will host the “Stars of Tomorrow II” program on Saturday and
the
Kentucky Jockey Club (G2), which is co-featured along with the Golden Rod (G2)
for fillies, will provide a line on five horses entered in the Kentucky
Derby Future Wager Pool 1.
For previews of all these races, visit the TwinSpires blog via the above
links.
Also at the blog on Wednesday:
Odds-on favorites were upset Wednesday in the
Zia Park Derby and Zia Park Oaks.
Dick Powell explains in Handicapping Insights how
Bernardini is thriving at stud and 2016 looks extremely promising.
John Mucciolo recaps the past week at the Big A in his
Aqueduct Notebook.
Foreign invitees for next month’s Hong Kong International Races have been
announced, and include European star Flintshire (Dansili) and Breeders’ Cup
Turf Sprint (G1) winner Mongolian Saturday (Any Given Saturday).