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. 12:44 TAM 2nd AUBURN (#2, 8-1) hasn't been close since the easy win against non-winners of two back in January but all three of those losses were routes, and she had excuses in them all (synthetic surface at Gulfstream, on the lead when she is best rating two back and against the race flow in her latest); has license to rebound today back in a sprint. -Kenny Peck | Get PPs for this race  1:04 GP 2nd Phenomenal display of horsemanship by Miguel Vasquez in getting BITTY BABY (#3, 5-1) to finish 3rd in the 2/17 opener when the filly bobbled badly entering the clubhouse turn, causing the jockey to lose his irons; how they eventually passed so many rivals probably a testament to the 'try' she's got in her; edge here on the subtle class drop into a soft group of bottom-level mdn.-claiming all-weather routers. -Marty McGee | Get PPs for this race  1:33 GP 3rd Surely AMERICAN MATTERS (#7, 7-2) was in dire need of the 2/16 race when returning from a layoff of nearly 11 months; cut in half today by Hess when favorably drawn in the open-air outside box, he can go much deeper into the lane when leading these bottom-level N2L sprinters on their merry way. -Marty McGee | Get PPs for this race  2:12 LRL 4th CAPITAN FOFO (#5, 10-1) has lots of minor awards on his page, but perhaps he aimed a bit too high when entered for the dime in first off the claim. Bumped hard leaving the gate, he moved up to set a reasonable pace along the inside before beginning to tire at the five-sixteenths pole. While he's likely best when able to make the lead, think he can sit a good trip from just off the speeds. -Dan Illman | Get PPs for this race  2:15 TAM 5th HONOR THAT (#4, 6-1) makes her turf debut but she's kin to six runners who scored on the grass, including stakes winner Bel Air Beauty, who earned over $128K on this surface; this filly pressed the pace and held the show in a race that set up well for the closers last time and she'll be tough to reel in if she can shake loose today. -Kenny Peck | Get PPs for this race  2:42 LRL 5th SHINELIKEADIAMOND's (#1, 8-1) dam won four sprints and is a half-sister to multiple stakes-winning turfer Monster Sleeping, and stakes-placed dirt sprinters Tough Talkin Lady and Military Courage. Several works match up with Keefe's Cush Effect (scheduled to debut on Saturday). Perhaps they went in company. Barn not known for debut success, but they sent out live firsters Smart Eulee (second at 6 to 1) and Goldenize (second at 21 to 1) this year. -Dan Illman | Get PPs for this race  2:45 TAM 6th CONDEMNATION (#7, 5-1) doesn't have the best of Beyers but he does have a very nice string of works showing for his first start since August, and he can be expected to take a big step forward, if that work tab is any indication; he returns from the layoff making his first start as a gelding, and those impressive breezes suggest he could be a new horse in 2022. -Kenny Peck | Get PPs for this race  2:52 AQU 4th STREET CULTURE (#2, 5-1) debuted here last winter for Chad Brown vs. MSW rivals going a mile, where he raced very greenly to no avail; returned from a long layoff last time on the drop and showed improved speed ahead of fellow class-dropped Mr. Buckley, before tiring badly in the stretch; cuts back to six and drops again looking to improve. -Mike Beer | Get PPs for this race  3:23 AQU 5th BALTASAR (#1, 3-1) faced a very tough field at Saratoga in his second start and came up completely empty after chasing wide; stretched out when last seen at Monmouth and was unrateable on the lead before getting run over around the turn; new gelding cuts back and drops for his return while switching to Atras. -Mike Beer | Get PPs for this race  3:35 GP 7th A bit outside the box perhaps when tabbing ARCHER ROAD (#6, 15-1) in this first leg of the late pick 5 as the Arindel homebred has gone some 3 1/2 years without visiting the circle; still, there's a ton of speed in this two-turn turfer that might very well set the table for a closer such as him; barn's numbers are way down this meet, but Alvarado been known to win when least expected; wide-open one, anyway. -Marty McGee | Get PPs for this race  4:00 SA 2nd TOO LATE (#1, 5-2) got into some early trouble last out in a similar $25k claiming N2L sprint, and finished last in his first start since being gelded. He gets a rider switch to Abel Cedillo, stays at the same class level for a leading stable following a fast recent work at San Luis Rey, and merits one final shot. -Brad Free | Get PPs for this race  4:25 AQU 7th IFIHADACHANCE (#1, 9-2) is a DRF Best Bet (Mike Beer). | Get PPs for this race 4:38 GP 9th If not for an extraordinary effort by Wolfie's Dynaghost in his $43 upset on the Pegasus undercard, the heroics would've belonged to JOURNEYMAN (#7, 9-2), who overcame the 11-hole to nearly win that highly competitive handicap on the synth at a $41 mutuel; graded out well with the 91 Beyer and has trained along steadily in the interim for the younger of The Training Klesaris Brothers. -Marty McGee | Get PPs for this race  5:04 OP 7th TAPIT RIGHT (#1, 6-1) makes the move to two turns and she gets pedigree support for the task. Also like that she was third behind Connie K two back, as that one has since won a stakes, the Downthedustyroad, at Oaklawn. TAPIT RIGHT is a half-sister to stakes winner Georgia's Reward ($207K). -Mary Rampellini | Get PPs for this race  5:39 OP 8th The graded stakes winners WELLS BAYOU (#5, 4-1) and BACKGROUND (#7, 6-1) both pick up more distance for their second starts of the year in this mile and a sixteenth allowance feature and the added real estate would seem to serve their causes. -Mary Rampellini | Get PPs for this race