5/18: Hi Ho Pimlico! (Susie/Special Day; $115k P5 C/O)
 

PIMLICO RACE COURSE


POST-SCRATCHES


NOTE: .50 P4's, P3's & Trifectas, .10 Supers available throughout card..


5th: ALW/N1X, 3+, 8.5f-T (P4, P3)

#2 (POE) Imoratas (Ghostzapper), a half to MGSW on turf My Princess Jess, makes turf debut and other half of entry no doorknob either..

Most Likely: #2e Corrales-Stronach entry 7-2 9th/12th
Best Value: #3 Wingo Star 12-1 5th
Next Best: #10 Shimmering Forest 6-1 8th
Exotics Use: #9 Moving West 5-1 6th


6th: 19th Skipat, F&M-3+, 6f (P3)

It's Me Mom always tough but she'll have some front end company..

SCR'S of Red's Round Table and Romantic Cuvee..

Most Likely: #4 Bold Affair 2-1 WON ($4.40)
Next Best: #7 It's Me Mom 8-5 5th
Exotics Use: #5 Afleet Lass 8-1 3th


7th: ALW/N1X, F&M-3+, 5f-T (P3)

Most Likely: #4 Emma's Kiss 4-1 8th
Next Best: #8 Seeyouinthetown 9-2 3rd
Best Value: #10 Queen Chatanika 12-1 5th
Exotics Use: #12 Nuit de Chance 7-2 2nd
Super Add: #14 Shanana 30-1 4th


8th: 27th Miss Preakness, 3yo-F, 6f (P5, P3)

$115k P5 C/O starts here..

SCR: #6 Gypsy Robin ran Tuesday -- and won -- at Presque Isle and Singlet is out too..

Most Likely: #7 Agave Kiss 1-1 WON ($3.20)
Next Best: #4 Millionreasonswhy 5-2 2nd
Best Value: #2 Painted Woman 12-1 7th
Exotics Use: #3 Ageless 20-1 3rd


<$75 P4 Play:

5: 2-3-9-10
6: 4-5-7
7: 4-8-10-12
8: 2-4-7

4x3x4x3 = 144 x .50 = $72


9th: 7th Jim McKay Turf Sprint, 3+, 5f-T (P4, P3)

As mentioned Thursday on ATR, #7 Super Chunky is one of the more juicy ideas on this afternoon's slate..

Best Value: #7 Super Chunky 15-1 2nd
Next Best: #11 Ben's Cat 5-2 5th
Exotics Use: #2 Zeb 10-1 8th
Super Add: #9 Disco Dandy 12-1 7th


10th: 88th Black-Eyed Susan (G2), 3yo-F, 9f (P3)

As much as I like Mamma Kimbo, she is going to be an outrageous underlay here. Welcome Guest looks like the horse to beat to me at a square price and I'm very fearful of Pletcher's involvement here..

Best Value: #3 Welcome Guest 4-1 6th
Next Best: #7 In Lingerie 5-1 WON ($9.80)
Exotics Use: #4 Mamma Kimbo 6-5 4th
Super Add: #8 Wildcat's Smile 10-1 3rd


11th: 13th Very One, F&M-3+, 5f-T (P3)

Most Likely: #6 Inspired 2-1 3rd
Best Value: #5 High Quality 10-1 5th
Next Best: #9 Well Deserved 7-2 9th
Exotics Use: #10 Miss Oil 20-1 7th


12th: 42nd Pimlico Special (G2), 3+, 9.5f (Special-Preakness Double, Super Hi-5)

Hymm Book and Toby's Corner will get a pace set up here and both will be priced fairly..

Most Likely: #3 Hymm Book 4-1 5th
Best Value: #1 Toby's Corner 6-1 6th
Next Best: #6 Mission Impazible 7-2 4th
Exotics Use: #2 Endorsement 8-1 3rd
Super/Hi-5: #7 Yawanna Twist 12-1 7th


<$75 P5 Play:

8: 4-7
9: 2-7-9-10-11-12
10: 2-3-4-7
11: 6
12: 1-3-6

2x6x4x1x3 = 144 x .50 = $72


<$75 P4 Play:

9: 2-7-9-10-11-12
10: 2-3-4-7
11: 5-6
12: 1-3-6

6x4x2x3 = 144 x .50 = $72


Good luck!
Steve

Thanks for the early picks Steve. Are you playing the Special/Preakness double?

Yes. Just getting home after being dragged to a community theater performance of "Oliver" in Dorset, VT... I kid not. Will have added thoughts and Belmont C/O in a bit.

My smpathy. I have gotten through the first three legs and it already looks like a tough sequence.

I have been there myself.

How was the rendition of "Consider Yourself?"

One of the better musical renditions in an otherwise regrettable rendering of the great Lionel Bart opus.. 'Dodger' and Fagin portrayals saved the day.

Ya always need a good Fagin....

Hey Steve, no love for Alternation to even be an include? I know most of his wins have come at OP but he did win the Peterpan and seems to be a better horse since the blinkers went on. Maybe I am prejudice because VH and Caleb kept making me money last year.

Welcome to life as a married man! LOL

We landed on the same single. Singling in a 5F turf sprint can be bold and terrifying but I think it's the right option here.

I hear you... Like him, love Von Hemel, but I think the best here are just better than him and pace scenario plays against as well..

Great race. About time we had some excitement in the handicap division. No mention anywhere of Nehro who unlike others is proven at distance. Did he have a bought of sickness recently ?

Sorry to ask again, are you posting a special/preakness double. thanks again,dave