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Saturday stretches from desert to bayou!
MEYDAN
POST-SCRATCHES
2nd: Godolphin Mile (G2), SH3/NH4+, 1m (P3, DD)
Most Likely: #2 Marking 2-1 4th
Best Value: #5 Maftool 6-1 7th
Next Best: #9 Sloane Avenue 3-1 5th
Exotics Use: #1 One Man Band 10-1 WON ($13.00)
3rd: Gold Cup (G2), SH3/NH4+, 16f-T (P3, DD)
Most Likely: #8 Manatee 4-1 6th
Next Best: #1 Vazirabad 6-5 WON ($3.40)
Best Value: #5 Star Empire 15-1 9th
Exotics Use: #7 Big Orange 5-1 2nd
4th: UAE Derby (G2), 3yo, 9.5f (P6, P3, DD)
Best Value: #5 Vale Dori 9-2 4th
Next Best: #2 Polar River 3-5 2nd
Best Value: #1 Frank Conversation 8-1 7th
Exotics Use: #7 …
Risen Star Day tops NOLA experience
Have enjoyed spectacular week in New Orleans and still have Louisiana Derby Day Preview slate highlighted by compelling Risen Star to go..
FAIR GROUNDS
POST-SCRATCHES
2nd: LA-OC/N2X, 4+, 6f (P4, P3, DD)
Most Likely: #2 Jazzy Rebel 9-2 2nd
Best Value: #6 Sir Genghis 6-1 6th
Next Best: #7 Malachite 6-1 5th
Exotics Use: #1 Louisiana Flyboy 6-1 4th
3rd: MSW, 3yo, 6f (P3, DD)
Small group, (all but one starting for first time), notable for debut of Untapable full brother/Paddy O’Prado half Taprize SCR’D. Sports limited worktab including Sam Houston drills, but likely prepared on the farm. Scarf It Down (10-1) a half to very fast Idiot Proof and Twirling …
P5 frustrates; AQU, FG offer nice action looks
Very irksome miss in the Aqueduct C/O P5 Friday which returned nearly $1,000, as decision to cut budget from $136 to $96 proved fateful. Initial full approach utilizing complete A-B-C plays included Quibbler as an A in the first leg, but in trying to keep the investment under $100, I crippled a backup ticket that had a successful A-A-A-A-C punch.
This topic gets right back to the conversation I had with Andy Serling Tuesday on ATR where we broached the budget issues on P6’s. When constructing plays in the analysis, I never want to suggest outlandish budgets that will be a stretch for the average player and a $100 cap seemed right and reasonable for this opportunity.
The A-B-C plays did catch …