DRF's Horse Racing Playbook for Sunday, October 18, 2020

DRF Staff|Oct 17, 2020

Skywire wins the 2020 Eclipse Stakes at Woodbine

Michael Burns Skywire won the Grade 2 Eclipse Stakes on July 4 and returns to the Tapeta in Sunday's Grade 2 Durham Cup.

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12:40 LRL 1st DANCINGWITHPAYNTER (#8, 9-2) steps up in class, but the gray mare is in sharp form with three wins from her last five races and she should get a hot pace to attack in this spot. Won like an odds-on shot should 16 days ago at Penn National as she was taken four wide on the backstretch, looped the field turning for home and was on her way. -Dan Illman

1:20 LRL 2nd MORE TWIRL (#7, 5-1) has been knocking on the door since being dropped to the $25,000 level and thought he gave a pretty good account of himself in most recent outing. Hung out four wide all the way around the turn, he was still in with a chance turning for home and finished evenly for a minor placing. Needs slight Beyer boost, but that’s not out of the question as he is still pretty lightly-raced. -Dan Illman

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1:42 GPW 4th FLORADO (#7, 7-2) looks like speed of the speed coming off the bench for new barn. Might not look back if able to get clear on turn back to six. -Mike Welsch

1:45 WO 2nd CANOLA WORLD (#1, 6-1) finished third at first asking in a key race at this class and distance Sept. 6, after which the 4yo son of Silent Name galloped out in front. -Ron Gierkink

3:11 LRL 5th MARYANORGINGER (#2, 6-1) is a DRF Best Bet (Dan Illman).

3:58 GPW 8th ASSAIL (#2, 9-2) showed way to mid-stretch before fading late going back to the turf in a race that subsequently produced trio of next out winners. Returns to the main and much softer N3L spot, owns decided pace advantage, may not look back here. -Mike Welsch

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5:45 WO 9th CITY BOY (#8, 12-1) won this G2 over yielding ground after a good stalking trip at 24-1 last year. His front-running second in a five-furlong OS stakes two weeks ago should set him up nicely for what could be another square-priced score. -Ron Gierkink

6:48 WO 11th VINYASA (#6, 5-2) is a DRF Best Bet (Ron Gierkink).

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