There are a number of race tracks up and running this weekend, with action taking place from Belmont Park and Keeneland Race Course to Woodbine and Delaware Park. We have the schedule for all of the races, with odds and some thoughts on your best wagering shots. Odds are courtesy of JAZZ Sports, except for the Toyota Blue Grass Stakes.
Weekend Racing Calendar
Saturday, July 11
Toyota Blue Grass Stakes (5:30 pm ET, TVG, Keeneland Race Course)
Grade II, Dirt surface, $600,000 purse, 1 1/8 Miles
Post Horse Jockey Odds*
1 Shivaree John R. Velazquez +800
2 Finnick the Fierce Jose L. Ortiz +1200
3 Art Collector Brian J. Hernandez Jr +500
4 Mr. Big News Mitchel Murrill +1000
5 Man in the Can Tyler Gaffalione +1000
6 Hard Lighting Rafael Bejarano +5000
7 Swiss Skydiver Mike E. Smith +300
8 Basin Ricardo Santana Jr +800
9 Attachment Rate Luis Saez +2000
10 Rushie Javier Castellano +500
11 Hunt the Front Corey J. Lanerie +3000
12 Enforceable Joel Rosario +1000
13 Tiesto Flavien Prat +1500
*odds for this race courtesy of America’s Best Racing
This is the signature prep race for the Kentucky Derby at Keeneland Race Course. There are 100 qualification points for the Kentucky Derby available here. Swiss Skydiver has the best resume here, a filly who has won three straight graded stakes against other fillies. She has 310 points toward the Kentucky Oaks, but none yet toward the Kentucky Derby. Mr. Big News won the Oaklawn Stakes in April against a field that included several of the best three-year-olds. Basin finished second in the first division at the Grade I Arkansas Derby. Rushie came in third at the Grade I Santa Anita Derby in his last race. Art Collector picked up a 106 Equibase Speed Figure in his return to racing on May 17, while Swiss Skydiver has picked up figures of 104 and 108 in her last two races. Art Collector can win wire to wire or make a big finish. Look at Swiss Skydiver and Art Collector atop your cards.
Coolmore Jenny Wiley Stakes (4:57 pm ET, TVG, Keeneland Race Course)
Grade I, Turf, $350,000 purse, 1 1/16 Miles
Post Horse Jockey Odds
1 Secret Message John R. Velazquez +1500
2 Juliet Foxtrot Luis Saez +800
3 La Signare Ricardo Santana Jr +3000
4 Rushing Fall Javier Castellano +120
5 Mucho Unusual Julien R. Leparoux +800
6 Jolie Olimpica Mike E. Smith +250
7 Altea Joel Rosario +1200
8 Toinette Flavien Prat +500
Delaware Handicap (4:45 pm ET, TVG, Delaware Park)
Grade II, Dirt surface, $400,000 purse, 1 1/8 Miles
Post Horse Jockey Odds
1 Vexatious Miguel Mena +1200
2 Dunbar Road Irad Ortiz Jr +120
3 Wicked Awesome Horacio Karamanos +1500
4 Bellera Trevor McCarthy +350
5 Always Shopping Carol Cedeno +500
6 Lucky Move Roberto J. Rosado +800
7 Saracosa Martin Garcia +1000
8 Over Thinking Jaime Rodriguez +1500
Central Bank Ashland Stakes (4:24 pm ET, TVG, Keeneland Race Course)
Grade I, Dirt surface, $400,000 purse, 1 1/16 Miles
Post Horse Jockey Odds
1 Alta’s Award Ricardo Santana Jr +2000
2 Venetian Harbor Joel Rosario +120
3 Bonny South John R. Velazquez +500
4 Envoutante Jose L. Ortiz +500
5 Tonalist’s Shape Tyler Gaffalione +600
6 Speech Javier Castellano +200
There are 170 available points on the Road to the Kentucky Oaks in this race, going out 100-40-20-10 to the top four finishers. The Kentucky Oaks only allows in the top 14 point earners. Bonny South has been training regularly at Keeneland since the end of April and currently sits in second place on the points list with 100. Venetian Harbor is in 11th place on the points list with 50. She finished as runner-up to Swiss Skydriver in the Fantasy Stakes (Grade III), beating the third-place horse by 10 ¾ lengths.
Connaught Cup Stakes (4:15 pm ET, TVG, Woodbine)
Grade II, Turf, $175,000 purse, 7 Furlongs
Post Horse Jockey Odds
1 Silent Poet Justin Stein +180
2 White Flag Luis Contreras +300
3 Blind Ambition Patrick Husbands +800
4 Admiralty Pier Jerome Lermyte +1000
5 Regally Irish Steven R. Bahen +2000
6 City Boy David Moran +1500
7 Olympic Runner Kazushi Kimura +400
8 Gray’s Fable Rafael M. Hernandez +600
Robert G. Dick Memorial Stakes (4:15 pm ET, TVG, Delaware Park)
Grade III, Turf, $125,000 purse, 1 3/8 miles
Post Horse Jockey Odds
1 Mrs. Sippy Irad Ortiz Jr +250
2 La Australiana Angel Suarez +1200
3 Saffron Spirit Ricardo Chiappe +2000
4 Not in Jeopardy Trevor McCarthy +1500
5 Gentle Ruler Chris Landeros +150
6 Beale Street Jorge A. Vargas Jr +1200
7 Theodora B. Daniel Centeno +600
8 Shifra Magician Keiber J. Coa +2000
9 Tass Miguel Mena +1200
10 Tightly Twisted Jhonatan Mendoza +1200
Shakertown Stakes (3:51 pm ET, TVG, Keeneland Race Course)
Grade II, Turf, $150,000 Purse, 5 ½ Furlongs
Post Horse Jockey Odds
1 Extravagant Kid Joel Rosario +600
2 Wildman Jack Mike E. Smith +250
3 Real News Colby J. Hernandez +1500
4 Tell Your Daddy James Graham +3000
5 Just Might Alexis Achard +5000
6 Smart Remark Rafael Bejarano +5000
7 Fast Boat Adam Beschizza +800
8 Bound for Nowhere Julio A. Garcia +250
9 Texas Wedge Flavien Prat +600
10 Totally Boss Brian J. Hernandez Jr +800
11 Tiger Blood Luis Saez +1200
12 Corruze Corey J. Lanerie +5000
13 Leinster Tyler Gaffalione +1200
14 Shared Legacy Declan Cannon +5000
15 Nitrous Ricardo Santana Jr +2000
Madison Stakes (3:18 pm ET, TVG, Keeneland Race Course)
Grade I, Dirt Surface, $250,000 Purse, 7 Furlongs
Post Horse Jockey Odds
1 Diamond Crazy Brian Hernandez Jr +5000
2 Wildwood’s Beauty Joseph Rocco Jr +2000
3 Sally’s Curlin Joseph Talamo +1000
4 Princess Causeway Julien R. Leparoux +1500
5 Guarana Jose L. Ortiz +100
6 Unique Factor Flavien Prat +1500
7 Mia Mischief Ricardo Santana Jr +300
8 Bell’s the One Corey J. Lanerie +600
9 Amy’s Challenge Joel Rosario +800
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