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December 8, 2024 Jeff Siegel’s “What You Need to Know” Los Alamitos Race Course ______________________________________________________________________________ LOS ALAMITOS RACE 3: Post: 1:30 PT Grade: B+ Top Selection/Prime Play: 1-Taif Forecast: Taif finally makes it to the post late in his sophomore season, so he’s obviously had some issues, but the very expensive ($1.45 million) son of Arrogate […]

December 7, 2024 Jeff Siegel’s “What You Need to Know” Saturday, December 7, 2024 Aqueduct/Los Alamitos ______________________________________________________________________________ AQUEDUCT RACE 9: Post: 3:35 ET Grade: B+ Top Selection/Prime Play: 7-Locked Forecast: After a facile score over an outclassed allowance field in his first start in almost a year, Locked tackles the big boys today in this year’s edition of […]

December 6, 2024 Jeff Siegel’s “What You Need to Know” National Best Plays Gulfstream Park/Fair Grounds ______________________________________________________________________________ GULFSTREAM PARK – RACE 7: Post: 3:34 ET Grade: B Top Selection/Prime Play: 4-Zealous Moon Forecast: City of Oscars is the deserved morning line favorite (7/5) and logical top choice, but better wagering value may be found with Zealous Moon (9/2), […]

December 1, 2024 Jeff Siegel’s “What You Need to Know” Del Mar ______________________________________________________________________________ RACE 5: Post: 1:30 PT Grade: A- Top Selection/Prime Play: 4-Scipio Back-ups:: none. Forecast: Scipio finished fourth, beaten two lengths, in a valuable listed stakes at Del Mar on Breeders’ Cup weekend and with any kind of clean trip this talented two-year-old would […]

November 30, 2024 Jeff Siegel’s “What You Need to Know” Del Mar ______________________________________________________________________________ RACE 1: Post: 1:30 PT Grade: B+ Top Selection/Prime Play: Lila Back-ups:: none. Forecast The known element in this maiden turf miler for juvenile fillies doesn’t impress, so let’s latch onto a fast-working filly with credentials to win at first asking. Lila vans in from […]

Jeff Siegel’s “What You Need to Know” Friday, November 29, 2024 Del Mar ______________________________________________________________________________ RACE 6: Post: 3:00 PT Grade: B+ Top Selection/Prime Play: Ace of Clubs Back-ups:: 4-Journey D’ Oro; 6-Wild Recruit. Forecast: We’re expecting Ace of Clubs to produce a vastly improved version of himself in his first outing in almost 11 months with this […]

November 24, 2024 Jeff Siegel’s “What You Need to Know” Del Mar ______________________________________________________________________________ RACE 6: Post: 3:00 PT Grade: B+ Top Selection/Prime Play: 3-Artisma Back-ups:: 2-No Bad Beats Forecast: No Bad Beats tipped her hand in her debut when running a winning race before settling for second money while nine lengths clear of the rest, and […]

  Jeff Siegel’s “What You Need to Know” Del Mar ______________________________________________________________________________ RACE 8: Post: 4:00 PT Grade: B+ Top Selection/Prime Play: 2-Ultra Power Back-ups:: none. Forecast: Ultra Power returns to Del Mar, where two races back he crushed a two-turn allowance field with a Grade-1 type speed figure. Unfortunately, he didn’t run quite that well in […]

Jeff Siegel’s “What You Need to Know” Del Mar RACE 7: Post: 3:30 PT Grade: B+ Top Selection/Prime Play: 2-Wishtheyallcouldbe Backups: none. Forecast It may be difficult to trust a horse who was a voided claim following a win but in this case Wishtheyallcouldbe should be in good enough shape to repeat her strong performance in a similar […]

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 […]