7.30.2021

Friday, July 30: Jeff Siegel's Del Mar Picks

RACE 3 // Zuboshi had every chance but weakened late to finish second as the 6/5 favorite in her debut at Los Alamitos earlier this month but gets her chance to make amends today while switching to grass...

7.30.2021

Friday, July 30: Jeff Siegel's Saratoga Picks

RACE 9 // First Captain is undefeated in three starts, most recently winning the one-turn mile Dwyer S.-G3 at 40 cents on the dollar. The son of Curlin had to make hard work of it and earned his lowest Beyer speed figure (90) of...

7.29.2021

Thursday, July 29: Jeff Siegel's Del Mar Picks

RACE 5 // Old pro Madam Barbarian, a winner of 13 races from 79 starts to go along with 24 other placings, should be able to find a way to win this $10,000 claiming sprint for fillies and mares. Beaten at odds-on when third two races...

7.29.2021

Thursday, July 29: Jeff Siegel's Saratoga Picks

RACE 7 // This $40,000 inner turf claimer for older horses is yet another on today’s highly challenging card that requires a significant spread in rolling exotic play. Hieroglyphics, a $25,000 claim by D. Schettino (from M. Maker), returns...

7.28.2021

Wednesday, July 28: Jeff Siegel's Saratoga Picks

RACE 3 // Six of the nine entrants in this New York Stallion Series Stakes exit the same June extended turf sprint at Belmont Park, including the first five finishers. Ocala Dream won that seven furlong turf sprint...

7.25.2021

Sunday, July 25: Jeff Siegel's Del Mar Picks

RACE 1 // Bobby Bo somehow managed to get himself beat in his debut despite having worked as well as any maiden in the B. Baffert barn all year. He was sent off at 50 cents on the dollar in what was assumed...

7.25.2021

Sunday, July 25: Jeff Siegel's Saratoga Picks

RACE 2 // This race was handicapped for turf only. We’ll go three-deep in the second race, an abbreviated turf sprint for state-bred first-level allowance older horses. Veterans Beach, in his second start off...

7.24.2021

Saturday, July 24: Jeff Siegel's Del Mar Picks

RACE 7 // Honor It is a Tapit filly out of the outstanding local stakes winning grass filly With Honors from the remarkable family of Kitten’s Joy and Dreaming of Anna. She’s a quick-actioned, athletic filly that has been...

7.24.2021

Saturday, July 24: Jeff Siegel's Saratoga Picks

RACE 5 // Unbeaten Malathaat has just three rivals in this year’s edition of the C.C.A. Oaks-G1 and will be a very short price to extend her perfect streak to six in this nine furlong main track event for sophomore...

7.23.2021

Friday, July 23: Jeff Siegel's Del Mar Picks

RACE 3 // Here’s a bottom-rung maiden claiming sprint that probably should be left alone. Rolling exotic players may choose to spread; for those with a smaller budget we suggest you go two-deep, with slight preference on top to Mad...

7.23.2021

Friday, July 23: Jeff Siegel's Saratoga Picks

RACE 9 // This year’s edition of the Lake George S.-G3 for sophomore fillies over a mile on the inner turf is typically very contentions with several possibilities to consider. Jouster projects as the controlling...

7.22.2021

Thursday, July 22: Jeff Siegel's Saratoga Picks

RACE 9 // At first glance this race looks a bit treacherous due to a projected pace scenario that may compromise several of the contenders, who prefer to do their best work on the lead. They all can’t have it, and the one that earns...

7.21.2021

Wednesday, July 21: Jeff Siegel's Saratoga Picks

RACE 3 // Coalition Building has a well-deserved reputation as a money burner, having been beaten as the favorite in each of her last three starts. The four-year-old daughter of Lemon Drop Kid shows up...

7.18.2021

Sunday, July 18: Jeff Siegel's Del Mar Picks

RACE 4 // Sally Stanford has plenty of zip but maybe not a whole lot of stick, so this drop into the maiden $50,000 ranks appears warranted for the S. Miyadi-trained juvenile who is likely to be...

7.18.2021

Sunday, July 18: Jeff Siegel's Saratoga Picks

RACE 8 // There appears to be two main players in this state-bred allowance sprint for fillies and mares with preference on top to Awesome Debate. She’s a first-off-the-claim for D. Gargan (an amazing 40% with...

7.17.2021

Saturday, July 17: Jeff Siegel's Del Mar Picks

RACE 1 // Head for Business missed by a neck in a similar maiden $50,000 sprint at Santa Anita last month while more than five lengths clear of the rest. However, It wasn’t a great race – the Beyer Speed figure of 59 is 16...

7.17.2021

Saturday, July 17: Jeff Siegel's Saratoga Picks

RACE 7 // Familiar faces meet in this second level allowance/optional claiming sprint at five and one-half furlongs on turf in a race in which several have a legitimate look. Spread as deeply as your budget allows. Shekky...

7.16.2021

Friday, July 16: Jeff Siegel's Del Mar Picks

RACE 4 // California-bred maiden juvenile fillies sprint five furlongs in a messy affair that drew an overflow field of 14 starters. For the purposes of this analysis, we’re going to assume the four also-eligible runners will not draw...

7.16.2021

Friday, July 16: Jeff Siegel's Saratoga Picks

RACE 8 // Patty H has plenty in her favor in this $40,000 claiming sprint restricted to 3-year-old fillies. A winner of her last pair, mostly recently over a sloppy track at Indiana Downs, the B. Cox-trained daughter...

7.15.2021

Thursday, July 15: Jeff Siegel's Saratoga Picks

RACE 2 // Speedometer has the benefit of a prior outing, a better-than-looked third place finish in a hot race at Churchill Downs last month won by Pretty Birdie (entered in today’s Schuylerville S.-G3). In that race...