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A key component of the Bris Ultimate Past Performances is the Ultimate Race Summary. Using the Summary one can quickly find races in which the pace may have the potential to set up in the favor of a lone front runner, or even a l

With not much racing on tap until mid-week, we'll delve into the past weekend's races by offering our personal analysis with the help of the free Brisnet.com race charts.

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The Aristides S (G3) at Churchill has drawn a very competitive field of eleven with Sok Sok the Prime Power pick.

Racing returns to Arlington on Thursday and the fourth race on the card has drawn a competitive field of low level claimers. # 2, Helicopter comes off an impressive win and is the morning line favorite and the Brisnet Prime Power pick.

With overnight rain and an off-track expected for Churchill's Monday card this is a good opportunity to look at Brisnet's Pedigree Ratings and sire and damsire statistics to find runners that are bred to appreciate these conditions.

The first of four stakes races on Arlington's eleven race Saturday card is the one mile American One Thousand Guineas S. for three-year-old fillies on the turf. Hot Cha Cha is the Brisnet Winner's Choice selection while owning the highest Class rating.

By using statistics, such as those relating to trainers and pedigrees, found in the BRIS Ultimate Past Performances one can uncover overlays that are the key to successful long-term handicapping. A few examples are found in races on Thursday and Friday.

There are many ways to use the BRIS Prime Power Rating, and not all involve selecting the winner of the race. Sometimes the Prime Power Rating can be use to identify false favorites.

In Churchill's opening race on Saturday's card Wayne Catalano sends out Ok Nothanksforaskn in a mile and a sixteenth starter allowance. This will be the six-year-old's first start for Catalano, an angle which wins at 38 percent of the time as seen in the BRIS Ultimate Past Performances.

Racing returns to Churchill on Wednesday with the featured eighth race  a one mile allowance on the main track for three-year-olds and up. The morning line favorite, pegged at 5/2, is Limestone Edge who was most recently a close second in an allowance at Keeneland and who ran fourth in last year's Lone Star Derby (G3).