VENUE: June 1 @ Churchill Downs

[JolyB]

The Stakes Calendar at Bloodhorse is usually a more reliable list of upcoming stakes races. As you can see, it extends further into the future than DRF.

Here's a link for future reference:

https://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-rac...takes-calendar

No need to fret. Even though there's no Stephen Foster or Fleur de Lis on the Churchill card (there's both on a superb race card two weeks away), the Churchill offering should suit us just fine as we eagerly await the Belmont. My only complaint is that Mike Battaglia makes a mediocre morning line. The couple of times I checked the numbers, he never got below a total of 125%, even though the WPS takeout in KY is only 17.5%. He also seems to use 6-1 as his automatic default odds once he gets beyond the contenders. Perhaps I'm being too picky, but his ML has a very mechanical feel to it and has for many years.