Let's Go To The Races: November 2011

Saturday, November 19, 2011

LET'S GO TO THE RACES - Nov 19-21

A quick reference tool meant to help the newer fan (like me!) NOTE: AFTER A RACE HAS BEEN RUN, you can return here, click on the CARD to view the Results and watch a REPLAY.

DRF: Watchmaker's Divisional Rankings - 11-14-11

NTRA Poll

BloodHorse - Stakes Entries Index for next several days

FEATURED RACES:

DELTA DOWNS JACKPOT

Saturday, Nov. 19: DRF will LIVE STREAM the full day's card, including the three headline events. Over $2 million in purses
DRF: Delta Down Live Streaming of Full Card - VIDEO

HOLLYWOOD TURF CUP GRADE 1
DRF Jay Hovdey: Acclamation yields spotlight for time being
The West Coast stakes action on Saturday will feature the Grade 1, $250,000 Hollywood Turf Cup, for 3yo+. DRF's Jay Hovdey gives us a run down on the field for this 1 1/2 mile test of endurance, which includes the Neil Drysdale trained mare, Miss Match (ARG), at 10-1 with Mike Smith aboard. Another Drysdale trainee, Bourbon Bay, 5-2, will be ridden by Garrett Gomez. Also entered is an invader fr...om the East Coast and the 2-1 favorite, Sanagas (GER), trained by Graham Motion and ridden by Rajiv Maragh. Hovdey likes Norvsky, 7-2, with Rafael Bejarano up, and describes Norvsky as being an Acclamation understudy. There's a nice story about Norvsky, who is out of a "barren" mare, or thought to be anyway, and out pops Norvsky, who has 15 in the money efforts in 16 races with winnings just shy of $400,000. The second-stringer (to Acclamation, his stable-mate, anyway) from the cast-off mare, has a chance to shed the second-stringer status as he makes his Grade 1 stakes debut. The morning line on Norvsky is 7-2.