Ellis Starr’s Blog
Monmouth Oaks – Race 9 at Monmouth – Post Time 4:20 PM Eastern Analysis and main contenders: 10 fillies line up and more than a few have run competitively in stakes, but no more so than Foggy Night, who won...
Molly Pitcher Stakes – Race 10 at Monmouth – Post Time 4:38 PM Eastern Analysis and main contenders: Search Results, who opens as the 8 to 5 favorite, is a nice mare who has banked $1.6 million while winning six...
Prince George’s County Stakes – Race 7 at Laurel – Post Time 3:31 PM Eastern Analysis and main contenders: Royal Patronage is a contender but NOT the horse to beat. He opens at 5 to 2 on the drop from...
Belmont Oaks Invitational – Race 8 at Belmont – Post Time 4:43 PM Eastern Analysis and main contenders: Chad Brown, who seemingly dominates many stakes races on grass, has a pair in here in the form of Prerequisite and Aspray,...
Marine Stakes – Race 5 at Woodbine – Post Time 3:26 PM Eastern Analysis and main contenders: The reason for choosing this race to start this week’s KEY betting races is the morning line odds of 6/1 for Simcoe are...
Lady Jacqueline Stakes – Race 11 at Thistledown – Post Time 5:35 PM Eastern Analysis and main contenders: Sixtythreecaliber opens at five to one in spite of a runner-up effort in the higher level Grade 3 Shawnee Stakes at Churchill...
Pegasus Stakes – Race 10 at Monmouth – Post Time 4:44 PM Eastern Analysis and main contenders: ALL eyes, and a decent amount of wagering dollars, are going to be on Kingsbarns, who drops in class into a non-graded stakes...
Metropolitan Handicap – Race 10 at Belmont – Post Time 5:04 PM Eastern Analysis and main contenders: In a quality field of nine, favoritism is going to go to Cody’s Wish and rightfully so as he’s won five in a...
