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November 17, 2024 Jeff Siegel’s “What You Need to Know” Del Mar ______________________________________________________________________________ RACE 7: Post: 3:30 PT Grade: B+ Top Selection/Prime Play: 4-Old Pal Back-ups: 1-El Potente. Forecast: Old Pal earned a career top speed figure when his late kick fell a nose short in a similar affair over nine furlongs on grass at Santa […]

November 16, 2024 Jeff Siegel’s “What You Need to Know” Del Mar ______________________________________________________________________________ RACE 1: Post: 12:30 PT Grade: B+ Top Selection/Prime Play: 6-Big Gain Back-ups: 1-Andtheomofthebrave Forecast: Big Gain didn’t break well, fell back early and simply spun his wheels thereafter when unplaced as the odds-on favorite in a maiden claiming dirt dash last month […]

November 15, 2024 Jeff Siegel’s “What You Need to Know” Del Mar ______________________________________________________________________________ RACE 7: Post: 3:30 PT Grade: B+ Top Selection/Prime Play: 6-Sandy Bottom Back-ups: none. Forecast: The classy comebacker Tamara is clearly the one to beat as the 4/5 morning line favorite in this allowance dash for fillies and mares, but she might be vulnerable […]

November 10, 2024 Jeff Siegel’s “What You Need to Know” Del Mar ______________________________________________________________________________ RACE 1: Post: 12:30 PT Grade: B+ Top selection/Prime Play: 1-Aransas Pass Back-ups: 5-Aunt Mo. Forecast: Aransas Pass appears to be a filly with good ability and promise. In her second career start (and her first on dirt), the daughter of Global Campaign […]

November 9, 2024 Jeff Siegel’s “What You Need to Know” Del Mar RACE 3: Post: 1:30 PT Grade: B Top Selection/Prime Play: 2-Big Mama Sue Backups: 3-Tiergarten; 5-Empress Ellie Toss Ins: none. Forecast: At this stage of her career it’s pretty clear that Big Mama Sue much prefers turf to dirt, and after a couple of below […]

  Jeff Siegel’s “What You Need to Know” Friday, November 8, 2024 Del Mar Specifically designed for the rolling exotic player, Jeff Siegel’s “What You Need to Know” isolates those horses that should be included in daily doubles, pick-3s, pick-4s, pick-5s, and the pick-6. Grade Descriptions: Grade A=Highest degree of confidence; Grade B=Solid Play. Grade […]

November 3, 2024 Jeff Siegel’s “What You Need to Know” Del Mar ______________________________________________________________________________ Santa Anita 3rd Race – Post: 1:30 PT. Degree of confidence: A- Top Selection/Prime Play: 9-Slick (Ire) Backups: none Forecast: Slick (Ire), an Irish-bred juvenile filly, makes her U.S. debut after displaying considerable promise in her only prior outing in Ireland a […]

  Jeff Siegel’s Breeders’ Cup “What You Need to Know” Saturday, November 2, 2024 Del Mar ______________________________________________________________________________ RACE 4: Post: 12:00 PT Grade: B Main Ticket: 4-Valva Back-ups: 9-Ways and Means Toss Ins: none Forecast: The pace should be relatively quick in this year’s edition of the BC Filly & Mare Sprint, so let’s go […]

  Jeff Siegel’s Breeders’ Cup “What You Need to Know” Del Mar ______________________________________________________________________________ RACE 6: Post: 2:45 PT Grade: B Main Ticket: 8-Ecoro Sieg Back-ups: 2-Aesterius (Ire); 3-Big Mojo (Ire); 7-Whistlejacket (Ire) Toss Ins: 4-Magnum Force (Ire); 12-Ides of March (Ire) Forecast: It’s difficult to assess the quality of his competition but in viewing his two […]

  Jeff Siegel’s “What You Need to Know” Del Mar ______________________________________________________________________________ Santa Anita – 6th race – Post: 3:05 PT. Degree of confidence: B+ Top Selection/Prime Play: 4-Broski (Ire) Backups: none. Forecast: Broski (Ire) makes his U.S. debut for sharp connections after displaying a decent amount of promise in his racing debut in Ireland last summer. Second […]

  October 26, 2024 Jeff Siegel’s “What You Need to Know” Santa Anita ______________________________________________________________________________ Santa Anita 5th Race – Post: 3:00 PT. Degree of confidence: B+ Top Selection/Prime Play: 3-Dairago (Fr) Backups: 4-Rostovsky; 1-Middleburg Forecast: In his U.S. debut and just his second career start, Dairago (Fr) lost position soon after the start, moved with range on […]

Jeff Siegel’s “What You Need to Know” – Santa Anita Friday Pick-6 Analysis/Wagering Strategies (races 4-9) ______________________________________________ Fourth Race – Post: 2:30 PT. Degree of confidence: B Main Ticket: 6-A Toast to Lanie; 7-Uffda Backups: 1-Shop Till You Drop. Forecast: A Toast for Lanie flashed sharp speed to establish the pace, stayed on nicely through the […]

October 20, 2024 Jeff Siegel’s “What You Need to Know” Santa Anita ______________________________________________________________________________ Santa Anita 5th Race – Post: 3:00 PT. Degree of confidence: B+ Top Selection: 2-Burning Rubber Backups: 9-Irish Rebel Forecast: Those that have had a prior outing n this maiden optional claiming sprint for juveniles haven’t shown much, so let’s go with […]

October 19, 2024 Jeff Siegel’s “What You Need to Know” Santa Anita ______________________________________________________________________________ Santa Anita 1st Race – Post: 2:30 PT. Degree of confidence: A Top Selection: 2-Renatus Backups: none. Forecast: Renatus will certainly be heavily backed on the tote, so there’s little we can do with her other than use her as a short-priced rolling […]