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Super Saturday March 1, 2025: Three Year Old Preview at Aqueduct, Fair Grounds, Gulfstream, and Santa Anita
Saturday March 1, 2025: Three Year Old Preview at Aqueduct, Fair Grounds, Gulfstream, and Santa Anita
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Today we shall review the 3 year old stakes races in play for the Road to the Roses on their way to a possible Kentucky Derby berth. Go ahead and open today’s custom 3 year old Grid below to follow along. There are many other great stakes races at Aqueduct, Gulfstream, and Santa Anita, but they can’t be covered in a 5 minute podcast.
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R8 4:18ET 8f D Gotham-G3 3 YO
The first big 3yo race is the Gotham at the Aqueduct at 4:18 PM ET, and it may be the only decent wagering race for 3yo stakes today.
Sand Devil at 9-5 ML is the obvious and legit favorite, having won all 3 for Linda Rice thus far.
Flood Zone at 12-1 is my 2nd choice, improving for Brad Cox in his 2nd race.
Sacrosanct at 3-1 has won all 4 races for Brad Cox, including 3 stakes races.
Scorching at 10-1 has been good but not great, and normally this type of horse will freak out in his first dirt race, for John Charalambous.
After that it’s anyone’s guess, but the superfecta will include 2 long shots any way you cut it.
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R8 4:50ET 8.31f D LaStalnYr100k 3 YO
This is not an official Derby prep point race, obviously, but it is a stepping stone for those who wish to enter the Derby fray. It looks quite chalky so I wouldn’t bet it. Wheel the top 3 in your vertical wagers (rollers.)
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R13 5:44ET 8.5f D FntnOYth-G2 3 YO
Next up is the Fountain of Youth, which hasn’t produced many real Kentucky Derby contenders in a while, but we have to cover it anyway. Not a great betting race because it looks chalky, so include chalk in the rollers.
River Thames rolls away with 2nd win for Todd Pletcher.
River Thames at 2-1 ML, who we recommended betting on in the last Ky Derby Futures pool, will get his first stakes racing test, but looks solid for Todd Pletcher.
Burnham Square at 5-2 already notched his first stakes victory for Ian Wilkes in the Holy Bull here at GP and continues to improve with each race.
Gate to Wire 6-1 won the Swale Stakes in his 5th race but 1st dirt race for Pletcher. It’s unclear why he raced 4 times on surfaces other than dirt, but the Swale was by far his best run, and he did it going away, suggesting that the two turns shouldn’t be a problem, and nor is the surface apparently.
Sovereignty 6-1 won the Street Sense for Bill Mott and is a good 4th option here.
Keep it Easy at 8-1 and Neoequos at 10-1 would also make good options for spot 4 in the super.
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R8 6:43ET 8.5f D SnFelipe-G2 3 YO
In the 8.5 furlong San Felipe at Santa Anita, scheduled for 6:43 ET, as usual it’s not all, but mostly about Bob Baffert, whose trainees consist of half of the 6 horse field. It’s not a good race for wagering, but you do need to wheel 3 in your rollers. Baffert’s Barnes and Rodriguez, for sure. The winner could well be 3rd ML choice Journalism, coached by Mike McCarthy. Include those three.
The next Kentucky Derby Futures Pool is scheduled for March 14-16, so we’ll know a lot more at that point, but it’s best to track the young colts as we go along. Visit our website at horseracebetwin.com/picks and make sure to visit Kentucky Derby Central for all the latest info. We will have a new Derby Double Dozen posted by the Ides of March.
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Stay tuned and as always you can get the Grid for all your favorite tracks and races at HorseRaceBetWin.com
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Good luck! This is Dalton, over and out.
