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Originally Posted by Dahoss
Day 23
Best bet: Race 5- #8 Captainsdaughter
Ultimately I just think she's a better horse than these. Was competitive sprinting in stakes, ran okay going 9 furlongs last time, is drawn well outside and I think the cutback is the key here. I can't imagine her ML holds up, but I think she's going to be very tough to beat today
Longshot: Race 8- #5 Piqua
Bit of a stab, as I think there is a lot going on in this race. I guess Portfolio Company is the horse to beat, but he's not exactly a winning machine and he's disappointed a lot at short prices. I'll use him defensively in the pick 5 as well as Constitutionallawyer and Daunt and I flirted with picking Daunt but the post scares me. I think he runs a big one today. As for Piqua, he hardly disgraced himself here last summer. Returned from an 11 month break last time and was game in winning at Laurel. I think he falls into the right trip here, behind the speed, inside and he's tactical enough that if Junior is able to follow Rosario, maybe he can spring the upset. Fun race.
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Captainsdaughter was bad, but she broke on top, Jose Gomez yanked her back and then kept her in the 8 path the entire race for reasons that only he knows. Nice ride by Jackie Davis on the winner.
Piqua was probably best at 14-1 but for some reason Junior didn't want to follow the even money favorite and instead tipped out wide. He flew home missing 2nd by a neck and the win by 3/4's of a length. Frustrating day.
Meet totals
$184 wagered
$198.90 returned