Ebor Festival Day 3 - The Locks

Ebor Festival Day 3.....3 Group Stakes...


In the Gimcrack, I liked Lilbourne Lad(7-2) and Burwaaz(6-1) 
I played a $8 WP on Burwaaz and then boxed the 2 in an exacta....race is going off right now!! Results are in Burwaaz 3rd, LL 2nd...:(


In the Group 3 Strensall Stakes, Biondetti at 8-1 just missed in France last month and actually did well (4th) in the BC Juvenile last year.  Western Aristocrat  13-2 has just missed in last 2 .  


Biondetti $10 W $5PL, $2 B/WA exacta box


In the Group 1 Nunthorpe Stakes...15 will line up for a 5 furlong sprint....Masmah 8-1 either wins or flops....has won 3 out of last 4 including last month at York.   Inexile and Prohibit are battle hardened vets with group stakes victories.  Can't look past favorite Hoof It.


$10 Win Masmah  $1 exacta box M, I, P, HI...


Good Luck

York Ebor Festival Day 2 - The Locks

The Festival moves to day 2 and we have 2 group stakes, the Group 1, Yorkshire Oaks, and the Group 2, Lowther Stakes.


In the Lowther Stakes, we have 11 2yo fillies line up going 6 furlongs.   The Locks likes Best Terms at 8-1, 3 for 3 with jock Richard Hughes up.   Fire Lily at 7-1 also is a good play as filly already won a group stakes at the Curragh in a good time.


Lets go $10 win on Best Terms, and $2 exacta box BT and FL


The Yorkshire Oaks is for 3yo+ fillies and mares going 12 furlongs.  Banimpire at 6-1 already has 7 wins in 13 tries and is a multiple group stakes winner.  Crystal Capella 7/2 is an accomplished race mare including winning the Group 2 Princess of Wales Stakes at Newmarket.  Blue Bunting is short priced at 11/4 with with wins in the Irish Oaks and English 1000 Guineas.   Banimpire will be my play $10 win and then lets box up the 3 above but will result in a relatively low paying exacta.


Good Luck!!

York Ebor Festival - The Locks

Northern England plays stage to a 4 day meet that will feature some of the best of England's summer racing.   Today in Yorkshire will be a G1, a G2, and G3.   The G1 is the Juddmonte International, a 10f affair for 3yos+.  Monster horse, Frankel flirted with running in this race but decided against.  But the race will feature some good horses in even-money favorite Await the Dawn who has 5 wins in 6 tries, the 5/2 racemare, Midday who hasn't raced worse than 2nd since October of 2009, Twice Over,5-1 an accomplished horse that has 10wins and 18 in the $$ finishes in 23 tries.  

Lets go with the value play of Twice Over who has just recently won at the course going same distance and came in a close 2nd in this race last year.  $15 win. $5 place.  

Namibian looks like the horse to bet in the Great Voltigeur Stakes, a 12 furlong race for 3yos.  Going off at 5-1 with wins in last 2 and a win at the track as a 2yo provides more value than even money Seville who has only 1 win in its 7 race career and 7/2 Sea Moon who is 2 for 3 lifetime but yet to race against group stakes competition.   Namibian last 2 wins are both group stakes wins.  

Lets go Namibian $15 win. $5 place.

The Group 3 race is the Acorn Stakes for 2yos all somewhat indistinguishable to me but ranging in odds from 4-1 to 40-1.  Do i dare do an all over all for $144......?  I will let the bettor to decide.  Bet or pass....

Good Luck