Very comprehensive, but there are two points
I would add:
The Saturday card was 9.04 hours.
Churchill and Oaklawn did similar. That's three football games. That is simply to maintain handle, not for anyones pleasure. At Saratoga, folks showed up from the 10th race on.
Sort of related, is the fact that for the next three weeks at Aqueduct , there are zero open dirt stake races. If they can't come up with solid cards 4 days a week,
rather, only 12- 14 race great 5 stake cards, once every 3-4 weeks, I fail to see how the sport can be properly promoted. It's turned into a Saturday game,
while the other major sports, which you can now wager on, are minimally 3-4 solid games per week.
AQUEDUCT
NYSOS
Looks close to a start - last work at CD (5/9)
5 FURLONGS - 100.2 .
The Met Mile at Saratoga (June 6) would ruin a lot of peoples vacation.
BELMONT AT SARATOGA
Churchills 6th - 225k stake
Bafferts Explora turns back Brad Cox's On Time Girl
for a $6. exacta.
Baffert in no mood for Saratoga's Union Avenue music, as he's in the Churchill winners circle.
Next step for Nysos in the forefront of his thoughts.