Exotic wager possibilities
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette handicapper Rick Lee seeks out horses who make good “key” horses in multihorse and/or multi-race wagers, commonly called exotic wagers.
The first-race trifecta seems hittable with a likely winner in Swift Humor, and the field size is large but contention for the minor placings may not be all that contentious. The 50-cent Pick 4 starting in the second may pay off in a big way as the second race has 11 horses and several contenders, and the second leg has a probable winner in Cozzy Street to help cut costs. The third leg drew a field of 12 and a player must go several deep, and the final leg (fifth race) has several contenders who are big prices on the morning line.
LEE’S LOCK Swift Humor in the first
BEST BET Right Squall in the second
LONG SHOT Scott Man in the fifth
SUNDAY’S RESULTS 2-9 (22.2 percent)
MEET 74-225 (32.9 percent)
- Educated guess
** Things to like
*** Plenty to like
**** Confident choice
1 Purse $20,000, 6 furlongs, 3-year-olds and up, maiden claiming $12,500
****SWIFT HUMOR showed vastly improved early speed in a fourth-place finish, and he is dropping to the bottom of the local maiden ranks and is strictly the one to catch and beat. BATTLE ADMIRAL ran two solid races last summer at Louisiana Downs, he shows good recent works and is dropping into a maiden claiming race for the first time. TYLER T has competitive Beyer figures and has finished in the money in five consecutive races, and the 22-race maiden is having blinkers removed.
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10 Swift Humor Vazquez Villafranco 5-2 3 Battle Admiral Berry Loetscher 8-1 4 Tyler T Thompson Vance 6-1 7 Tapit Quick Canchari Morse 10-1 9 American Empire Santana Hartman 4-1 2 D’wild Tiger Bridgmohan Richard 10-1 1 Bid Me Gold Corbett Durham 8-1 6 Durantula Wethey Hall 8-1 11 Glowing Point Loveberry Ice 15-1 5 Beauziggity Rodriguez Ritter 15-1 8 Town Rooster Flores Dixon 20-1
2 Purse $20,000, 5½ furlongs, 4-year-olds and up, claiming $5,000
***RIGHT SQUALL defeated $25,000 claimers two races back at Remington, and the veteran is a good finisher in a field loaded with early speed. DANCE FLOOR MANIAC has won two consecutive races at this $5,000 claiming price, and he figures to be in a good position to take over entering the stretch. LAOPE is a very quick sprinter who has a strong record at this claiming price, and he has winning connections.
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4 Right Squall Hamilton Broberg 9-2 10 Dance Floor Maniac Court Anderson 3-1 8 Laope Vazquez Atras 7-2 5 Dr. Jajo Laviolette Rouck 12-1 7 Alpha and Omega LQuinonez Von Hemel 12-1 1 Lawyer Daggett Santana Matthews 5-1 3 Jenny’s Touch Wethey Frazee 15-1 2 Inflation Target Thompson Anderson 12-1 6 Denali Thunder Mello Martin 12-1 9 Mayday Man De La Cruz Puhl 15-1 11 Added Sparkle BQuinonez Barnes 15-1
3 Purse $25,500, 1 1/16 miles, fillies and mares, 3-year-olds and up, maiden claiming $25,000 ***COZZY STREET made a gradual gain to fifth in a maiden allowance race, and she is dropping in class and moving from an outside to inside post position. YOOOU DEN had to overcome a troubled start and a wide trip in an encouraging third-place sprint debut finish, and the Florida-bred filly is bred to run this far. MY SISTER NELL has rallied in consecutive in-the-money finishes at this level and will need an honest pace for her best chance to upset.
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2 Cozzy Street Santana Asmussen 2-1 4 Yooou Den Ocampo Smith 9-2 3 My Sister Nell Court Petalino 7-2 8 Tizsational Bridgmohan Moquett 5-1 7 Jazz in the City LQuinonez Von Hemel 8-1 9 Sun Bonnet Laviolette Gonzalez 12-1 6 Carsonsnewyorkgal Berry Whited 15-1 5 My Sister Esther Hamilton Lynn 10-1 1 Kelly Belly Kid Canchari Vance 20-1
4 Purse $20,000, 1 1/16 miles, 3-year-olds and up who have never won two races, claiming $10,000
**HANSLOW followed a clear maiden sprint victory at Remington with a third-place finish in an unusually fast conditioned claiming route, and he is lightly raced and may not have to improve to find the winner’s circle. STONECRUSHER is dropping a condition following a useful fifth-place finish, and he broke his maiden over a wet track at Ellis. MUZU finished fourth from a poor two-turn post in his local debut, and he showed plenty of promise last winter.
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8 Hanslow Birzer Chleborad 5-2 10 Stonecrusher Johnson Hartlage 6-1 5 Muzu Vazquez Wiggins 9-2 6 High Diver Felix Hellman 6-1 4 Denali Tiz a Park Mello Martin 6-1 3 All Laughs Canchari Williamson 8-1 11 Malleable Castanon Danner 12-1 12 Hapiboy Thompson Glyshaw 20-1 2 Bluestem Wethey Hall 15-1 1 Naughty Moon Santana Cates 12-1 9 Kipper Dan BQuinonez Frazee 30-1 7 King of Sharks Rodriguez Litfin 30-1
5 Purse $20,000, 6 furlongs, 3-year-olds and up, maiden claiming $12,500
**SCOTT MAN has not raced in 15 months, but in his last race he was beaten only a nose at Churchill and trainer Aaron Shorter excels with come-backers. FULMERIZED has been on the bench since last March, but he is the speed of the speed and trainer Cody Autrey appears to have him working in fine order. MISSION CRITICAL is dropping to the bottom of the maiden claiming ranks following a front-running sixth-place debut, and he may go much farther at this level and with new rider Shaun Bridgmohan.
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10 Scott Man Hill Shorter 12-1 9 Fulmerized Rocco Autrey 12-1 3 Mission Critical Bridgmohan Richard 4-1 8 Cutter Mountain Castanon McPeek 8-1 6 Secret Indulgence Vazquez Villafranco 6-1 4 Camp Point Santana Hartman 3-1 1 Delancy Berry Morse 9-2 7 Uncle Silas Esquivel Mason 12-1 5 Morning Sunshine Corbett Durham 15-1 2 Quick Slant Loveberry Caldwell 12-1 11 Chalk in Hand Rodriguez Shumake 20-1
6 Purse $26,000, 6 furlongs, fillies and mares, 4-year-olds and up, starter allowance
**WHAT LOLA WANTS broke a tad slow in a sharp photo-finish defeat in her first local race, and it is difficult to look past the fact she has finished first or second in 15 of her past 16 races. STAR TOUR has made every pole a winning one in back-to-back sprint victories, and she is again the quickest of the speed in this field. SHE’SABREES was a seven-time winner last season, and the consistent mare defeated $30,000 claimers only two races back.
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1 What Lola Wants Loveberry Caldwell 7-2 3 Star Tour Birzer Jacquot 9-2 9 She’sabrees Berry Broberg 5-2 8 Franks Officer Gal Court Holthus 12-1 6 Dance Inthe Forest Vazquez Villafranco 4-1 2 When We Believe De La Cruz Martin 10-1 4 Indian Artifact Thompson Manley 8-1 7 Gettem Up Girl Ocampo Glyshaw 12-1 5 Camagin Esquivel Manley 20-1
7 Purse $64,000, 6 furlongs, 3-year-olds and up, Arkansas-bred, maiden special weight
**WEAST HILL is an unraced 3-year-old who has a win early pedigree, and he has good works dating to last August at Churchill, and trainer Brad Cox is having a good meeting. SANDHILL SAMMY set the pace in a clear runner-up finish, and he has consistent early speed and drew well for a sprinter with early speed. NEED A ALIBI weakened inside the final furlong after setting an honest pace in his return from a 10-month vacation, and he may rate more kindly with blinkers off.
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3 Weast Hill Castanon Cox 6-1 12 Sandhill Sammy Berry Calhoun 7-2 6 Need a Alibi Rocco Brennan 10-1 8 Big Creek Road Wethey Barnes 6-1 10 October Sky De La Cruz Martin 4-1 11 Ourfiftyfiftystar LQuinonez Von Hemel 5-1 1 Where’s Lewis Borel Howard 12-1 5 Roadrunnerbeepbeep Hamilton Hartman 8-1 7 Explosive Page Thompson Ice 15-1 4 Suspect a Storm Mello Martin 20-1 9 J P of Galilee Kuntzweiler Hornsby 30-1 2 Ronneaux Laviolette Wolfe 30-1
8 Purse $67,000, 6 furlongs, fillies and mares, 4-year-olds and up, allowance optional claiming **DUCASA disappointed as an odds-on favorite, but she was impressive in her previous race at Churchill and has worked well of late and loves a wet track. DEVIOUS D’ORO has finished second in five of her past six sprint races, and she appears too talented to remain at this level for much longer. ELECTRIC TEMPTRESS is moving up a condition following a determined and troubled effort, and she was scratched last Friday in favor of this race.
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6 Ducasa Santana Asmussen 3-1 3 Devious d’Oro Bridgmohan Von Hemel 2-1 1 Electric Temptress Vazquez Richard 4-1 4 Summertime Friend Esquivel Stall 9-2 7 Fictionality LQuinonez Von Hemel 8-1 2 Countess Cashmere Rocco Swearingen 15-1 8 Dream Spinner Loveberry Raidt 10-1 5 Swing It Dish Wethey Van Berg 20-1
9 Purse $25,500, 6 furlongs, fillies and mares, 3-year-olds and up, maiden claiming $25,000 **YOUR IN set the pace and held on well when thirdbest in her first main track race at Hawthorne, and she has moved to the barn of top veteran trainer Lynn Whiting, who has the filly on Lasix for the first time. WICKEDLY SWEET has not raced in 11 months, but she finished second in both of her races last winter at Oaklawn, and the front-runner appears to be working smartly for her return. KATIE O. did not show much last summer at Churchill, but she raced well in maiden allowance races earlier in the year at Oaklawn and recent 5-furlong breezes are encouraging.
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4 Your In Mello Whiting 4-1 5 Wickedly Sweet Bridgmohan Hobby 7-2 12 Katie O. Borel Johnson 6-1 7 Great Lakes BQuinonez Young 12-1 3 Red Miracle Birzer Sims 6-1 8 Star of Edmond Loveberry Petalino 10-1 6 Locust Bayou Vazquez Cox 12-1 2 No But Hollywood Canchari Von Hemel 10-1 9 Eco Star Santana Williamson 10-1 1 Sameasiteverwas Thompson Hiles 15-1 11 Skee Ball Hamilton Irwin 20-1 10 Chanel Royale Ocampo Milligan 12-1