Brad Free
@BradFree1
Daily Racing Form handicapper/reporter based in Southern California.
If you're looking for some in-depth quality handicapping analysis for the @PreaknessStakes tomorrow AND the @santaanitapark $94K P6 c/o today, then join @BradFree1 & I on the seminar, which begins at 11:50 am PT! Watch & listen via simulcast feed or online here:…
G1 Bing Crosby, 6f Saturday at Del Mar, includes fast shipper World Record. Bing Crosby is race 10. Post order: Crazy Mason, Dr. Venkman, Hejazi, Smooth Cruisein, World Record, Roll On Big Joe, Mbagnick, Spirit of Makena and Lovesick Blues. Big Crosby is a BC Sprint WAYI. #DRF
G2 San Diego Hcp, 8.5f dirt Sat at Del Mar, includes fav Nysos. San Diego race 8. Post order: Midnight Mammoth, Nysos, Mirahmadi, Express Train, Hall of Fame, Tarantino, Judge Miller. R4 Sat is career debut highly regarded 2yo Brant, $3 million Gun Runner colt tr by Baffert.
drf.com/news/bafferts-… Here's a preseason look at promising 2-year-olds for summer at Del Mar (raced and unraced). Approximately one in five summer races at DMR are for 2yos.
Key scratch from Desert Stormer Stakes. Odds-on Sweet Azteca is out, down to a field of three.
Late Scratch Race 7 @santaanitapark
Nysos = career-high 108 Beyer Speed Figure winning G3 Triple Bend Stakes by more than five lengths Saturday at Santa Anita, seven furlongs in 1:21.28 for trainer Bob Baffert, jockey Juan Hernandez. Nysos, 4yo, now four-for-five, summer campaign wide open. (Benoit Photo) #DRF
Santa Anita graded stakes Beyer Speed Figures from Monday: Be Your Best-95 turf (Gamely) and Skippylongstocking-98 (Hollywood Gold Cup) both Saffie Joseph + Irad Ortiz; King of Gosford-100 turf (Shoemaker Mile) Phil D’Amato + Flavien Prat. (King of Gosford, Benoit Photo) #DRF
Seismic Beauty = 104 Beyer runaway G2 Santa Margarita on Sunday at SA, Fresu up for Baffert. Based on the figure, anything possible for Seismic Beauty this summer DMR. First option G1 Hirsch vs. F&M, next option G1 vs. males. Premature? We’ll see. (Seismic Beauty, Benoit Photo)
Great trainer, kind man, sad news.
Very sad news. Christophe Clement has passed due to cancer. He was 59.
Kings River Knight = 94 Beyer (turf) third Crystal Water victory Sat at SA. Other stakes figs on all-Cal-bred Sat program: Private Gem-89 (Thor’s Echo), Sneaker-81 (turf) Fran’s Valentine, Om N Joy-72 (Melair), Santa Barbarian-74 (Snow Chief). Kings River Knight, Benoit Photo.
Allowing this to continue will kill the sport much faster than a drought of Triple Crown attempts. It’s hard to onboard new customers when the public perception of racing’s wagering experience is so (justifiably) negative.
Here's four parts on the Preakness exacta pools. Read the 4 images below. Pari-mutuel betting can be great, but real damage IS being done to retail players because CAWs aren't better controlled. Confidence is shot. But it doesn't mean markets are rigged, either. Questions?
Key scratch from ra ce 5 Friday at Santa Anita: likely pacesetter #2 Jerry’s Spirit is out. Now who makes the lead? It might be #7 Idiot’s Gold? Pick six carryover Friday at Santa Anita races 4-9 = $94k. #DRF
Wonder what Prairie Bayou (1993) and Summer Squall (1990) would say about this. Derby runners-up, Preakness winners.
In 2016 EXAGGERATOR became the first and only Kentucky Derby (G1) runner-up to win the Preakness Stakes (G1). Will JOURNALISM become the second?
Journalism has been grand since the @KentuckyDerby and @mwmracing has green-lighted him to head to @PimlicoRC for the 150th @PreaknessStakes! We look forward to showcasing Journalism’s talents in Baltimore in such a coveted American Classic w @umbyrispoli set to ride #BelieveBig
A new episode of Derby Watch premieres at 5 PM ET today on the @DailyRacingForm YouTube. @BradFree1 and I discuss my current odds line, some historical trends, and longshot ideas. Once again, I'll be live chatting on YT at 5. Join me! 👇👇 youtube.com/watch?v=N08YmR…
Richi = 102 Beyer romp four+ lengths G2 Santa Maria Stakes fillies and mares Sat at Santa Anita. Richi odds-on win validates undefeated Cavalieri, Bob Baffert-trained stablemate who beat Richi last out. Antonio Fresu rode Richi, 8 wins from 14 starts. #DRF (Richi, Benoit Photo)
