Nice work Dan. I am nobody to give advice so far this meet, but I would not discount Petesamassbred's success here in the 8th. Also you mentioned that there was one you would use if it is wet - No chance of rain till late Wednesday.
Cases can be made in here for a few of 'em in first leg, but in order to keep it reasonable I'm giving the
2 Faraway Kingdom 2-1 WON the nod. I want to go 4 deep the rest of the way and there is no reasonable explanation to expect Centeno not to get it done handily.
In the 8th I'm going with
8 Right Flanker 4-1 WON. G. Bennett gets them rolling well here and the sharp bullet work coming is always a great sign. Also using
2 Petesamassbred 8-1,
1 Tour the Hive 5-2, and
2 Maraquero 3-1
In the 9th I could
almost single
3 State Treasure 3-1, but will spread with other logicals here;
5 Forrest Grinder 5-2 and
9 Perfect Find 6-1 (Tim Richey firsters
). Not at all sold on the 4 Lydia's Smile and am leaving off even with Centeno aboard, perhaps at my own peril, but the horse has been beaten a combined 35 lengths in two starts and not even Danny Boy is that good. The nice price in here is
10 Together Forever 10-1 - Belong to Me / Valid Appeal has a nice early turf ring to it and while the off site works are more window dressing than anything else, she's certainly bred to make it interesting. Will keep it at 4 in this race and move up the 11 and the 4 pending scratches.
The nightcap is a pathetic mish-mash of bad coconuts and really the only way for me to attack is to take the top 4 that look to be nearest to winning form - Going with
4 Gold Jolie 3-1,
3 Jenny Lu Hu 5-1,
8 Deus Vult 7-2, and
11 Red Sherry 9-2
So I'm
7//1,2,5,
8//2,5,9,10//3,4,8,11 - 64.00