Ellis Starr’s Blog
Franklin-Simpson Stakes – Race 8 at Kentucky Downs – Post Time 4:40 PM Eastern Analysis and main contenders: Playlist was entered (as an also-eligible) in last week’s Music City Stakes, for fillies only, and shows up here against males as...
Gun Runner Stakes – Race 8 at Kentucky Downs – Post Time 5:21 PM Eastern Analysis and main contenders: Wadsworth has won two similar stakes on grass for three year olds in a row. Although he opens at 5 to...
H. Allen Jerkens Memorial Stakes – Race 9 at Saratoga – Post Time 4:19 PM Eastern Analysis and main contenders: In a six horse field, albeit a good one, I’m going to start with only one pick, and that is...
Lake Placid Stakes – Race 7 at Saratoga – Post Time 4:26 PM Eastern Analysis and main contenders: Chad Brown is loaded with four of eight in the main body of the race, but none have the positional advantage of...
Galway Stakes – Race 7 at Saratoga – Post Time 4:30 PM Eastern Analysis and main contenders: Redefined and Love Reigns have the bulk of the probability to win, with Isabel Alexandra and Stone Silent (the likely pacesetter) also having...
Lure Stakes – Race 7 at Saratoga – Post Time 3:51 PM Eastern Analysis and main contenders: I get the sense the plan for Ocean Atlantique in the Grade 1 Manhattan on June 10 (his most recent race) was to...
Monmouth Oaks – Race 9 at Monmouth – Post Time 4:20 PM Eastern Analysis and main contenders: 10 fillies line up and more than a few have run competitively in stakes, but no more so than Foggy Night, who won...
Molly Pitcher Stakes – Race 10 at Monmouth – Post Time 4:38 PM Eastern Analysis and main contenders: Search Results, who opens as the 8 to 5 favorite, is a nice mare who has banked $1.6 million while winning six...