big day in Chicago today, Arlington million day, 115est post, 8 of the 10 scheduled for turf.. races 5-10 are stakes. race9 is the million.. quality fields with nice sizes .. could be a real nice day of racing there with lots of value..more on these later..
lets look at some stars from yesterday and some jockey standings
Saratoga jose Ortiz and Javier castellano got 2 Friday..irad leads with 29 ,jose 23, johnny v 22, castellano 20 Rosario 15... not one of them left today.. card very strong. races 2,3,5 are 2 yr old opens with stars of the future probably.. very nice p4 2-5..race9 brings 2 yr old fillies in 200k Adirondack, race10 is the 500k fourstardave on turf. ..late p4 very strong also r8 1/1/8 turf, race11 maidens sprinting on turf..
del mar .. more two year olds in race8 ,the 200k best pal 6/1/2 furlongs. another real challenge ..p4 races 7-10 , 2 yrs in 7th also, 1/1/8 maidens on turf in the 10th to close card. Norberto arroyo jr got 2 Friday and he came from prison and substance abuse to the big stage at del mar. read where he is physically and mentally as good as he could possibly be. that makes sense. comes from angel cordero school, race rider superb.. got 8 ws at the meet. one to watch as trainers are all putting him up
into sat.. flavian prat 21, in Chicago today, raf bejarano 15, Santiago gonzalez 16,desormeaux 13, v Espinoza and tyler baze 11.
Indiana grand
Fernando dela cruz 75 leads jocks by 18, jimenez 58, marcelino pedroza got a 3 bagger Friday.
ellis park
didiel Osorio 15, rob albarado and corey lanerie 14, both in Chicago today...,bj hernandez 13 listed in arlingtons 10th,james graham surprisingly not in ill 13,mig mena 12,chris landeros won a pair Friday. hes on 10 ws.
Louisiana downs .. big day coming up sept 10th, john jacinto 56, Richard eramia 52 , way ahead of colony.. kevin smith did win 3x Friday,,
santa rosa fair, ends on the 16th, very nice p4 in races 7-10 today,three of them on turf, one for 50 k the 9th. frank Alvarado leads jocks with 10,couton,cat Martinez ,ricardo gonzalez all got 7, kyle frey 6. golden gate coming back on Friday aug 19th for brief summer meet til sept 18,
more in a bit