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9/28: Magna 5; Santa Anita
MAGNA 5
POST-SCRATCHES
LRL 9th: MCLM/$16k, 2yo, 5f
The firsters (#3/#8) won’t have to be much, but if either were to succeed, it would be Seville’s first winner as a sire. Messy start to challenging sequence..
Best Value: #7 Bay of Rocks 6-1 WON ($8.20)
Next Best: #4 Unequivocal 3-1 2nd
Exotics Use: #5 Shelly Island 9-2 3rd
Super Add: #1 Top Hat Tune 4-1 4th
P5 Consider(s): #3 Aces and Faces (6-1); #8 Spanish Skies (10-1)
$1 Exacta (7-4) Paid $14.00
$1 Trifecta (7-4-5) Paid $50.10
$1 Superfecta (7-4-5-1) Paid $154.00
SA 4th: OC/N1X, 3yo-F, 1m-T
Best Value: #4 Don’t Blame Judy 10-1 8th
Next Best: #11 Miraculously 7-2 5th
Exotics Use: …
7/20: Saratoga ~ Opening Day
An idyllic day greets Spa-goers and stakeholders for opening day at historic and welcoming Saratoga Race Course.. Best to all for safe trips and 40 blissful afternoons!
SARATOGA
POST-SCRATCHES
1st: CLM, 3+, 9f (P5, P3, DD)
Quirky opener to the season with distance a question for all but Turco Bravo..
Best Value: #7 Hardly a Secret 4-1 3rd
Next Best: #5 Believe in Luck 7-2 4th
Exotics Use: #2 Nobody Move 3-1 7th
Super Add: #6 Bad Student 9-2 WON ($13.80)
2nd: NY-MSW, 2yo-F, 5.5f-T (P4, P3, DD)
Most Likely: #4 Drynachan 5-2 WON ($6.20)
Next Best: #9 Mike’s Girl 9-2 4th
Best Value: #5 Shady Shady Shady 8-1 2nd
Exotics …
7/18: Del Mar ~ Opening Day (5th-10th)
DEL MAR ~ OPENING DAY
POST-SCRATCHES
5th: OC/N2X, 3+, 8.5f-T (P6, P3, DD)
Most Likely: #2 Arms Runner 9-2 10th
Best Value: #5 Play Hard to Get 20-1 9th
Next Best: #7 Eckersly 6-1 5th
Exotics Use: #8 Ritzy A.P. 7-2 2nd
.50 TRI:2-5-7 with 2-3-5-7-8 with 2-3-5-7-8 (3x4x3 = 36 x .50 = $18)
Alternately, a good spot for small budgets to use the REVERSE TRI KEYstrategy with late running price #5 Play Hard to Get (20-1): 2-3-7-8 with 2-3-7-8 with 5 (4x3x1 = 12 x .50 = $6)..
6th: OC/N1X, 3+, 1m (P5, P3, DD)
Tricky read to start late P5 with 3yo company-keepers Shivermetimbers (Broke MDN this trip/strip) & Regulate (2nd …
12/26: Santa Anita Opening Day
SANTA ANITA ~ OPENING DAY
POST-SCRATCHES
Hope everyone had a joyful Christmas! Boxing Day delivers one of the great traditional days in racing, Santa Anita Opening Day and with it the last G1’s of the year..
1st: MSW, 2yo, 9f-T (P5, P3, DD, Hi-5)
Open start to Arcadia season with 3 dirt/turf movers and EVERYONE stretching from 8f to 9f. Major question is where the pace is going to come from. River Boyne with a clean break? Fengari with Castellano? Of the first time grass runners, Orbit Rain (Orb out of Jaramar Rain by Thunder Gulch) is most eligible to move up on it..
Most Likely: #9 Fengari 5-1 3rd
Best Value: #7 Pali High 6-1 …
10/6: Keeneland (6th-10th); Santa Anita ($266k C/O)
KEENELAND
POST-SCRATCHES
6th: OC/N3X, F&M-3+, 7f (P5, P3, DD)
Best Value: #6 Ready to Confess 5-1
Next Best: #2 Moiety 3-1
Exotics Use: #5 Kinsley Kisses 4-1
Super Add: #7 Always On My Mind 5-1
7th: ALW/N1X, 3+, 9f-T (P4, P3, DD)
Best Value: #7 United Stand 8-1
Next Best: #4 Surprise Twist 4-1
Exotics Use: #2 Holiday Bonus 4-1
Super Add: #1 Cite 9-2
8th: 165th Phoenix (G2), 3+, 6f (P3, DD)
This should be great fun. Plenty of pace involved..
Most Likely: #2 Threefiveindia 6-1
Next Best: #5 Limousine Liberal 5-2
Best Value: #10 It’s the Journey 12-1
Exotics Use: #6 Richard the Great 15-1
9th:66th Alcibiades (G1), 2yo-F, 8.5f (DD)
Curious assembly with lots of stretchouts and surface switches..
Best Value: #7 Kelly’s Humor 5-1
Next Best: #1 Princess Warrior …