Gil Winston's Freehold and Meadowlands notes

The objective of this analysis is to identify horses with plus or minus evaluations that are not identifiable in the harness racing program.

Horses whose performances are accurately captured in the past performances are not captured here, regardless of how well or poorly they may have raced. These scores do not indicate must bet or must toss the next time they race because other handicapping factors will come in to play. But it does give the bettor a huge edge in what is frequently the most important factor when making betting decisions. We recommend saving this data as other factors may cause a horse to have one or more issues (e.g., interference, layoffs, breaks, off track, driver change) and you will want to go back to the last line that appeared clean on the program.

However, many flagged horses have been coming in with generous payouts. Please note that horses that ship in are not tracked in the Meadowlands/Freehold analysis and win many races, but horses that ship between M1 and Freehold have produced some of the bigger payouts. In addition, do not expect to see many favorites on the winners list. They frequently show their abilities in the past performances, and are less likely to be given a score.

You may want to track flagged horses shipping to other tracks.

No Freehold this week and only a couple of winners with hidden form connected this week at The Meadowlands. Few of them raced (watch for them shipping to Yonkers and elsewhere), while The Meadowlands story this weekend was trainers (Engblom – 7 wins — and also Estrada back from vacation) and driver Jason Bartlett won 9 races.

This weekend’s winners that were identified in previous analyses:

Meadowlands 1-19 Race 9 PHEENOM SEELSTER $19 Scored +2 on 12-22, then interfered with in last

Meadowlands 1-20 Race 11 ITS SHOWTIME $5.40 Scored +2 in last

Meadowlands Qualifiers 1-20

Race Horse Score Analysis

1 4 THREEPOINTBLUECHIP1 Unable to extend while in tight quarters

1 6 LONELY HEART 2 Totally blocked, appeared to have much more

1 8 CHALLENGER 1 Under hold through stretch

2 1 NATURALLY GIFTED A 1 Under hold with pace through lane

3 5 PEARL HARBOUR N 2 Blocked through stretch

3 8 CLEAR THE WAY 1 Swung out into traffic, seemed better than form

Meadowlands 1-19

Race Horse Score Analysis

3 3 SENNA 1 Clear too late with pace

4 6 SLICK N QUICK 1 Weaving and never clear

5 4 CONRADE DIPOGGIO IT1 Shut of with trot

6 6 SANTAFE’S APPETITE 1 Clear too late, winner if clear sooner

9 6 MISS CHANTILLY N 1 Clear too late

9 7 BE MY ROSE N 2 Outside entire first q, long very wide last 3/8

10 1 KING ALPHONSO 1 Never clear

13 1 MAGGIE AT BAT 1 Multi-check before finally getting clearance

13 8 VIRTUAL KISS 1 Never clear with pace

13 9 BELLATRICKS 1 In traffic

14 2 IMPORTER EXPORTER 1 Blocked, had more

Meadowlands 1-20

Race Horse Score Analysis

2 4 AINTNOBETTOR A 1 Never c;ear

2 5 LIKE CLOCKWORK 1 Will continue to improve for Engblom

2 7 CAPTAIN T HANOVER 1 Will continue to improve for Estrada

2 9 MASK ON MASK OFF 2 Very wide first 1/8, brushed, then game in stretch

5 3 THIRD PILLAR 1 Blindwitch, good when clear (2nd straight excuse

5 7 FOX VALLEY PATRIOT 1 Huge brush from before 3/8 to ¾ (also flagged in qualifier)

6 6 WESTERN JOE 1 Blocked with pace

6 7 LOVE YOUR WORK A 1 Never clear

7 7 HOT MESS EXPRESS 2 Blocked with pace along cones

11 6 ONTO EL DORANDO N 2 Plenty of pace along cones, blocked

11 8 THROWING COPPER 2 Multi-check in stretch, then good when clear

12 2 BULLVILLE TERROR 1 Weak 3rd q, then came back in stretch

12 3 CURBSIDE PICKUP 1 Shuffled out, good pace while looking for room

12 5 ALTA BLUES A 1 No clearance, had more

12 8 NOX VEGAS BLUECHIP 1 Good pace when clear

13 3 HEZA REAL DIAMOND 2 Used very hard, stayed gamely

13 4 GOOD DEAL 1 Tight along cones

13 9 SLING SHOCK 3 Way over used. Much the best

Freehold  1-19 ***  racing cancelled – save entries so you know who was in to go ***

Freehold  1-20 ***  racing cancelled – save entries so you know who was in to go ***

by Gil Winston, for Harnesslink