Woodward Stakes 2022: Odds and analysis
Life Is Good is the overwhelming favorite in the Grade 1, $500,000 Woodward at Aqueduct on Saturday. Todd Pletcher is only trainer with a victory in this race. P Fletcher won the Woodward three times with Liam’s Map, Quality Road and Lawyer Ron.
Life Is Good is the heavy favorite for Woodward Stakes 2022. He won both of his starts at the nine-furlong distance. Aqueduct will become the seventh track at which he has run.
Law Professor won a $400,000 stakes race at Kentucky Downs in September. Thomas Shelby won an upper-level allowance at Monmouth on the front end by four lengths. Keepmeinmind won his second career victory in a two-turn allowance in Saratoga in July. Laoban finished fifth in the Jockey Club Gold Cup. - Toss. The winner of Woodward Stakes 2022 is Curlin. He won the Kentucky Jockeying Club (G2) as a 2-year-old.
Life Is Good is the only Grade 1 winner in the Woodward Stakes field. Law Professor and Keepmeinmind are likely to finish second and third. The vertical wagers are not worth wagering unless you play a single ticket. The Woodward is a race on which I will be a spectator only. It's the kind of race where vertical bets are worth betting on.
