DRF's Horse Racing Playbook for Friday, December 11, 2020

Daily Racing Form has served as the most trusted source of news and information about the sport since 1894, and moving forward we have decided to provide a free daily playbook – something that both hardcore horseplayers and casual observers can reference to get informed of each day’s action.

12:20 AQU 1st MAMA KIN (#3, 10-1) is a DRF Best Bet (Mike Beer). | Get PPs for this race

12:50 AQU 2nd MR HOT CHACHA (#2, 8-1) debuted here 12 days ago and finished a no-threat 4th while racing on to the end behind a clear-cut winner; looked like a horse that could benefit from the run while getting out-paced and then finishing with interest. -Mike Beer | Get PPs for this race

1:21 LRL 3rd SHACKLED LOVE (#6, 6-1) gets in light, has tactical speed, draws outside, goes second time this dirt, and owns a sharp recent work. -Scott Ehlers | Get PPs for this race

1:39 TAM 3rd TEA PARTY (#10, 7-2) turned in a nice late run in the lane once she was able to get off the rail and get clear sailing to the outside, a better effort than the running line may indicate, especially given the mild early splits in that sprint; moves all the way outside here but she has the tactical speed top get position and she should be well spotted from the start. -Kenny Peck | Get PPs for this race

1:45 AQU 4th MISS MI MI (#9, 12-1) has been laid up since being claimed for $12.5k back in July but was racing on good form on this circuit earlier in the year and returns for a trainer who is underrated with his new acquisitions - Barker, first after claimed by, 6 for his last 18, 33%, $3.20 ROI. -Mike Beer | Get PPs for this race

2:09 TAM 4th SOCIALLY ASTRAY (#1, 5-1) has had her chances, and she’s been at this level since May, but the fact is she ran a decent race for the show in her latest, closing nicely and finishing behind only the two speeds, who controlled the issue from the start; also may have been on the worst part of the track, as the outside runners seemed to hold an edge. -Kenny Peck | Get PPs for this race

2:51 LRL 6th PRINCESS ADIRA (#8, 7-2) is a DRF Best Bet (Scott Ehlers). | Get PPs for this race

3:17 AQU 7th ATTENTIVE (#8, 10-1) won the first two turf starts of his career in races that were well-spaced, and he has run well from limited attempts on this surface since then; good try off the claim last time when making an earlier run that the winner to go after the underrated Abiding Star on the lead, and only getting out finished late. -Mike Beer | Get PPs for this race

3:06 GP 6th YOU’RE ALL RIGHT (#2, 20-1) set blistering pace, faded late last time now drops to bottom, sheds shades, might not look back with these. -Mike Welsch | Get PPs for this race

3:49 LRL 8th MCELMORE AVENUE (#9, 4-1) is feeling great and has improved his Beyer in three straight. He just ran a Beyer top for his new barn. He draws better today and has tactical speed to help his trip. Once again he gets in light. We love improving 3YO’s late in the year. -Scott Ehlers | Get PPs for this race

4:20 TAM 8th BIG CITY RALPH (#4, 8-1) was well off the board as the favorite in his local debut but that is a race that can be excused, as he was caught off the slow, controlled pace, and that made it tough for him to close behind the two-speed exacta; that race came up quicker than par (winner earned a 67, par is 59) and this gelding should get an improved race flow in this one, with a couple of confirmed speeds to his outside. -Kenny Peck | Get PPs for this race

4:28 LRC 2nd JOE DON LOONEY (#4, 6-1) is a DRF Best Bet (Brad Free). | Get PPs for this race

4:36 GP 9th RISK MANAGER (#3, 3-1) a very impressive debut winner over Keeneland sod while having something left at the end. Figures forwardly placed throughout trying allowance company for first time off the effort. -Mike Welsch | Get PPs for this race

4:50 TAM 9th EYE ON THE FINISH (#10, 5-1) was no threat at a huge price in her seasonal Tampa debut last time out but that was a much better field than what she meets in this claimer for non-winners of three lifetime, and she also was forced to try to close into tepid fractions; note the near miss two back at Hawthorne in a similar spot. -Kenny Peck | Get PPs for this race

5:28 LRC 4th When she runs her race, speedster RED LIVY (#2, 4-1) is too fast for these $10k claiming fillies and mares. The nine-win veteran returns from a three-month layoff (listed as vet scratch Nov. 7), drops in class, and though she faces pace pressure, she enters as the “best horse” in the field and the one to catch. -Brad Free | Get PPs for this race

7:28 LRC 8th UNION DANCE (#6, 3-1) drops from MSW to maiden-20. Although he is an eight-start maiden, his previous maiden-claiming start produced a third-place finish by less than a length. He returns to an appropriate level and has speed to be forwardly placed in a race short on pace. -Brad Free | Get PPs for this race

10:55 RP 7th KARATE HOTTIE (#6, 6-1) could prove to be the controlling speed in optional claiming sprint, and also is something of a fresh horse as this marks her first race since October. -Mary Rampellini | Get PPs for this race

11:51 RP 9th BOSS HOSS ROSS (#4, 6-1) shortens up some in distance and his last win came at this five and a half furlong trip - at Remington. -Mary Rampellini | Get PPs for this race