Race 1- 5) Avanta drops begging for a field she can handle and she's done it. Lots of pace involved for another Repole flop and has to fall down to lose here.
Race 2- 6) Quick To Strike is quick enough to outrun the Darley entrant early and this one should only get better as the distances increase.
5) Percussion ran well in first start for Bob Dunham who has to be approaching 100 and has shown new signs of life as one of many old school trainers who has finally made some training adustments.
Race 3- 4) Cartreign should benefit with the ability to rate in field packed with bad speed. Hunch play in 7) Good Night Lucy can also make up ground and is the right one if the 4 gets involved.
Race 4- 4) Devilish Due is in a prime spot at a great price. Need only discourage Talk to Nick early which isn't asking much and is plain better than these to begin with.
Best bet of the day.
Race 5- What to do with Callide Valley. Usually an automatic toss for me dropping drastically off a layoff. BUT, they did only pay $25,000 for him but the key for me is that this barn NEVER, and I mean NEVER give anything away and the presence of low profile bug adds to the negativity.
Leaves us with the homebred, 7) Itsagoodtendollars. Another dropping off a layoff but homebred is the key and Volk is godlike off a long layoff.
Solid exacta and exotics key.
Race 6- 3) Khan of Khans moves up confidently and finds yet another field he can control early.
Why can't Close to The Vest find these spots???
All or nothing colt takes these as far as he can and the warm weather should help this one in the lane.
Race 7- 7) Cella Muffler goes out for 6% trainer in John Toscano and few will know that he is one of the hottest trainers on the ground. Caught the slop in last and way actually okay.
Great spot here to wake up at even a greater price.
6) Judy's Warrior also caught the mud in same race as the Muffler and has every license to improve for great barn.
8) Freudian Dilemma changed trainers last year and ran deceptively well on turf. Hasn't been seen since and one dirt race was good enough to crush these. Include on every ticket.
8- 1) Bwana Babe comes back fresh and stretches back out after two stunning races for Rudy.
Should inherit the lead and is tons better than these anyway.
Bet against at your own risk.
Race 9- 7) Shady Road showed immense improvement in last start dueling in fast pace while outside all the way and held amazingly well. Meets worst field of all time.
As a side note, how would you like to own Miss Crabtree????
Ben