sat aug 13 recaps, previews

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

laurel park..  completes its summer meet  aug21, been crazy..  no respect for favorites.. Friday..  8  double digit winners 6 of the 9 today set for turf, more  bombs.  carrasco out for a week.  leads meet with 19,  fergal lynch 18, jevian Toledo 17angel cruz 13, McCarthy and karamanos both in at 12..laurel  racing resumes after that break  sept9 with loads of fall stakes,and meet concludes  dec31. 

Monmouth park... where were you paco..   Antonio Gallardo still winning  on the shore,  5 x  Friday, nik Juarez  got 3..  4 Gallardo wins and 1 Juarez win would have brought you 897 in the 50 cent late p5..  need to see if pacos in town sat.

woodbine  ..  eurico rosa da silva  got 4 more Friday,  leads Contreras  104-84  heading into  today...long way to go, meet on til early dec I believe.  .gary Boulanger  was 3x winner Friday.  what a story..  recovering from all them injuries  in 2005.. two stakes on tap today, the 100k  flaming page,1/1/2 on turf  ,race4, and race8 the shady well 6/1/2 on turf for 2 yr old fillies   for150k.

harness  guys need to  watch  the meadows at 1 est  for some ok action,   and northfield park in ohio at 6est,  the carl Milstein invitational for 300k  has  betting line , the no America cup winner and pure country to headline  race11. 

mids 

Saratoga     race2  50 cent p4

r2   1,4,10

r3   2,4,6

r4   6,7,10

r5    3,8

Arlington  115est 

r1   2,3,4  p4

r2    3,5,7,8 bx

r3    1,3,4,8

r4     4,8

r5    3,5,9

r6    1,5  p4

r7    2,4,7,8,9

r8    1,6,12  p3

r9   9,10,11,12  bx

r10    3,9

laurel   

r1   1,3

r2   2,4,6,7 bx  p4

r3    2,3,11

r4   6,7,8 bx  p4

r5   4,5

r6   3,4,7  p4

r7   4,5,7

r8  1,4,7,9 bx dd

r9   3,10