DRF's Horse Racing Playbook for Saturday, August 15, 2020
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12:58 GP 3rd Am definitely referring to the off-turf dash 6 weekends ago when YOUNG RAYMOND (#4, 5-1) scooted to victory for prior connections when tabbing him to prevail again in his first crack back at the dirt; Sano with some live entries today. – Marty McGee
1:00 WO 1st ABOVE ALL NAMES (#4, 8-1) is a DRF Best Bet (Ron Gierkink).
1:30 WO 2nd PIPESTONE (#4, 10-1) is dropping from maiden special company with the blinkers going back on. She could put it all together in this OS/$40K maiden route over nine furlongs. – Ron Gierkink
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1:30 GP 4th Pretty solid effort by MIZ CHAPLIN (#3, 10-1) when returning from the nearly 10-week layoff for Team Schickedanz last month; repeat of the Camacho hustle might even get her over the top today. – Marty McGee
4:48 GP 10th Must be frustrating to own a mercurial talent such as HARVEY WALLBANGER (#3, 8-1), whose two victories over the Gulfstream main track (the ’19 Holy Bull and the ’20 FOY Day alw.) were about as flashy and encouraging as they come; having surrounded those high points, however, with a number of dull efforts, the 4yo colt now finds himself in for an optional $62,500 tag in a fairly jarring move; surely he’s still good enough to do this. – Marty McGee
5:22 WO 9th MARCH TO THE ARCH (#2, 4-1) won his only Woodbine start at 3 in the Toronto Cup on this roomy course. The closer has no shortage of speed to chase in the G2 stakes, in the closer-friendly lane 1 on the main course. – Ron Gierkink
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9:30 DMR 10th PYRON (#6, 7-2) showed talent in Kentucky and Glatt saw fit to plunk down $40K to claim him last time out. It’s most encouraging he brings him back in a spot where he can’t lose him via another claim, with good works and Prat in the boot. – Michael Hammersly