Fair Grounds Today – Feb 8th

Fair Grounds Recap – Feb 7th

Fast main track and good turf course. Edge to horses with positional speed on the main. A wire job (5.5 furlongs) and two off the pace types made up the three turf winners.

Patrick Valenzuela booted home a pair on the turf. Shaun Bridgmohan and Steve Asmussen teamed up for two wins on the day.

3yo filly La Gran Bailadora graduated in a dirt route on Sunday. I mention this because she is a daughter of Afleet Alex, and offspring from the promising sire seem to improve with distance and experience. Sire also threw a 3yo maiden route winner (Fast Alex) on Saturday.

On the analysis front, I got home best bet tops Successful Mission ($8.80) and Blue Smoke Bess ($17.60).

Fair Grounds Preview – Feb 8th

A 10-race program will be run on Monday at the Fair Grounds. Pick six carryover of $4,687. Partly cloudy skies are expected with a high temperature of 62.

The featured 8th race is an optional claiming turf route for fillies and mares. More of the Best, Cigar Starter, Pretty Squall, Dancin Perfect, Elision, and Oculuna all faced stakes company in their last starts. This is my Horse Racing Nation free selection of the day.

My daily full cards from Fair Grounds are available through Today’s Racing Digest (free sign up). I also have a Digest free pick page, and my Monday free selection is the 9th race from Fair Grounds.

My MySpace free selection of the day is the 5th race from Fair Grounds.

For those interested in the Ky Derby Future Wager, check out Horse Racing Nation’s new Future Wager page.

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