Starts and stops. Bleh.
Thursday, August 22
Late Pick 4:
6th: Tough to see past #1A Cheyenne Nation and #8 Z Dager, who are the two best horses on paper and should get a good setup with plenty of speed signed on.
7th: #7 Super Sky ran OK in her debut after being left at the gate, but her lack of gate works don't totally convince me that she'll figure out the start today. I'll use and press with her, but I'll also use firsters #1 Reign, #5 Best Friends and #6 Sky Painter.
8th: #3 Free as a Bird is the horse to beat, but it's questionable whether she wants to go nine furlongs and she faces other speed to both sides of her today. #4 Moonwalk got bet off the board last time and ran to the money, finishing a BTL 3rd after being wide on both turns. Should be set for a big effort 3rd off the bench. Brazilian GSW #6 Viva Rafaela deserves another chance after being very hard to handle in her U.S. debut. I'll also use #5 Floral Romance and #7 Malibu Yankee as B's.
9th: #7 Notmyfirstime is fast and could be the controlling speed after running 2nd to Console last out, but Linda Rice's pair of #3 Wee Freudian and #9 Quick Money have equal if not better turf sprints in the recent past. #5 Mr Rosenthal is worth tossing in at a big price, as he contested a sizzling pace in the Adirondack Dancer blowout race (whose BSF numbers, aside from the winner who got a bad ride next out, have been confirmed by the return runners) and still kept on well to be 3rd, now cuts back to a more suitable distance.
$.50 1,8/1,5,6,7/3,4,5,6,7/3,5,7,9 $80
$1 1,8/7/3,4,6/3,7,9 $18
Race 9 $2 WIN 5
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