Jeff Siegel's Blog Archives - XBTV (2024)

October 11, 2024 Jeff Siegel’s “What You Need to Know” Santa Anita ______________________________________________________________________________ Santa Anita 4th Race – Post: 2:30 PT. Degree of confidence: B+ Top Selection/Prime Play: 3-Size Does Matter Other Contenders: 4-Sbagliato; 7-Night Out Forecast>: Size Does Matterdrops into a realistic spot – he’s entered in a claimer for the first time since […]

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October 6, 2024 Jeff Siegel’s “What You Need to Know” Santa Anita ______________________________________________________________________________ Santa Anita 7th Race – Post: 4:00 PT. Degree of confidence: B+ Top Selection/Prime Play: 1-Shea Brennan Other Contenders: I’m a Bad Boy Forecast: Shea Brennanwas so visually impressive winning his debut that in his next start (the I’m Smokin Stakes) the […]

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October 5, 2024 Jeff Siegel’s “What You Need to Know” Santa Anita ______________________________________________________________________________ Santa Anita 6th Race – Post: 3:30 PT. Degree of confidence: B Top Selection/Prime Gamble: 10-Mizzyaan Other contenders: 7-Well Funded; 8-Helga Brandt (Ire) Forecast: Mizzyaanhas acclimated quite well since arriving from Dubai earlier this year and tipped her hand when despite losing […]

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October 4, 2024 Pick-6 Carryover Analysis/Strategies (races 4-9) Friday, October 4, 2024 ______________________________________________________________________________ RACE 4: Post: 2:30 PT Grade: A- Main Ticket/Prime Play: 6-Legal Fiction Other Contenders: none. Forecast:Already a two-time winner in her brief career, unbeatenLegal Fictionremains eligible to this first level allowance main track dash for 2-year-olds because of the purse earnings […]

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September 29, 2024 Jeff Siegel’s “What You Need to Know” Santa Anita ______________________________________________________________________________ Santa Anita 1st Race – Post: 1:00 PT. Degree of confidence: B+ Prime Gamble: 5-English Icon Other Contenders: 6-Laugier Night (Ire). Forecast: English Iconwas given an educational run in his debut yet still performed admirably when fifth beaten only three lengths in […]

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September 28, 2024 Jeff Siegel’s “What You Need to Know” Santa Anita _______________________________________________________________________ Santa Anita 4th Race – Post: 2:04 PT. Degree of confidence: B+ Prime Gamble: 5-Ready to Pounce Other Contenders: 3-Pony Express. Forecast: Trainer J. Sadler has two strong contenders in this main track miler for entry level allowance older horses, the speedy […]

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______________________________________________________________________________ Santa Anita 1st Race – Post: 1:00 PT. Degree of confidence: B Prime Gamble: 4-Acquitted Other Contenders: 1-Comeback Girl; 5-What About Q; 8-Donttellourwives Forecast: The first timers look okay (not great) in this wide open maiden juvenile grass dash, so perhaps a filly with a bit of prior experience will have an edge.Acquittedalways has […]

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Jeff Siegel’s What You Need to Know – Del Mar – 9/8/24 ______________________________________________________________________________ Del Mar 3rd Race – Post: 2:30 PT. Degree of confidence: B+ Top Selection: 2-Step It Out (Ire). Other Contenders: 12-They Are For Sale Forecast: Step It Out (Ire)ran much better than the line will show when finishing 10th of 12, beaten […]

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Jeff Siegel’s What You Need to Know – Del Mar – 9/7/24 ______________________________________________________________________________ Del Mar 5th Race – Post: 3:30 PT. Degree of confidence: A- Top Selection: 2-Thought Process. Other Contenders: 5-Casalu. Forecast: Thought Processwas given an easy run sprinting on dirt in her debut in late July and then got serious when stretched out […]

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Jeff Siegel’s What You Need to Know – Del Mar – 9/6/24 ______________________________________________________________________________ Del Mar 3rd Race – Post: 4:00 PT. Degree of confidence: B+ Top Selection: 8-Lady Chic. Other Contenders: 10-Alaramo (Ire). Forecast: Lady Chichas done some very good work leading up to her racing debut in this mile turf affair for juveniles and […]

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Jeff Siegel’s What You Need to Know – Del Mar – 9/5/24 ______________________________________________________________________________ Del Mar 6th Race – Post: 4:07 PT. Degree of confidence: B+ Top Selection: 1-Nene Diamond. Other Contenders: 7-Diamond Bar Gal. Forecast: Nene Diamondproduced an intense amount of early speed en route to her gate-to-wire debut maiden victory on dirt at Santa […]

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JEFF SIEGEL’S WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW – DEL MAR – 9/2/24 ______________________________________________________________________________ Del Mar 4th Race – Post: PT. Degree of confidence: B Top Selection: 2-Pavel Is Appealing Other Contenders: 6-Rizzleberry Rose. 7-Om N Joy. Forecast: Pavel Is Appealinghas done some sneaky good work in the morning and should be a live item in […]

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Jeff Siegel’s What You Need to Know – Del Mar – 9/1/24 ______________________________________________________________________________ Del Mar 7th Race – Post: 4:32 PT. Degree of confidence: B Top Selection: 1-Mc Vay. Other Contenders: 3-Muth. Forecast: It may be a bit foolish to try to beatMuth– a certain odds-on favorite in this year’s edition of the Shared Belief […]

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Jeff Siegel’s What You Need to Know – Del Mar – 8/31/24 ______________________________________________________________________________ Del Mar 7th Race – Post: 4:37 PT. Degree of confidence: B+ Top Selection: 9-Pure Madness. Other Contenders: 5-Don’t Fight the Fed. Forecast: Pure Madnessshows the always dangerous two-sprints-and-a-stretch-out pattern while returning to what we suspect is his preferred surface in this […]

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JEFF SIEGEL’S WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW – DEL MAR – 8/30/24 ______________________________________________________________________________ Del Mar 4th Race – Post: PT. Degree of confidence: B Top Selection: 1-Tequilaandtherapy. Other Contenders: 9-Grazen Gator. Forecast: With three sprint starts on her resume,Tequilaandtherapystretches out for the first time and should use her ideal rail post position to good advantage […]

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