This week at Picks and Ponderings, I previewed a grab bag of three stakes that could hardly be more dissimilar: the Red Smith (GIII) for long-winded grassy types at Aqueduct, the DeFrancis Dash for the dirt sprinters at Laurel, and the Bob Hope (GIII) for the emerging two-year-old polytrack runners at Del Mar.  All three of these races drew well-matched fields, and they all have at least one particularly interesting runner from a betting perspective.

Head on over to Picks and Ponderings, see what my opinions are on these races, and let me know in the comments what you agree or disagree with!