DRF's Horse Racing Playbook for Thursday, August 26, 2021

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2:15 SAR 3rd ROYNE (#2, 8-1) had his career debut rained off the grass at Woodbine late last year and wound up running an excellent race while coming away second-best to a talented rival; wheeled back on relatively short rest for the Central Park where he drew outside and never landed a blow in a pace-dominated race; dangerous starting back for an excellent layoff trainer. – Mike Beer | Get PPs for this race | Bet this race with DRF Bets

3:10 WO 5th ENGLISH BISCUIT (#6, 6-1) got away slowly before racing wide throughout while rallying for second in her improved second start off the shelf going 6 ½ furlongs. The daughter of English Channel is stretching out with the pedigree of a router, and the move up in price from $10K to $25K isn’t all that significant when you size up the rest of the field. – Ron Gierkink | Get PPs for this race | Bet this race with DRF Bets

4:46 WO 8th BENLION (#8, 4-1) had a horrendous trip in his season debut in a maiden special on the grass, after which he ran fourth at this OS/$40K level on the Tapeta, and then sixth after a slow start in another maiden special on the main turf. Moran takes over for the drop back down to OS company, and could have the 4yo in contention for a high placing. – Ron Gierkink | Get PPs for this race | Bet this race with DRF Bets

5:39 SAR 9th LOVE AND MONEY (#10, 9-2) is a DRF Best Bet. – Mike Beer | Get PPs for this race | Bet this race with DRF Bets

6:00 DMR 3rd VANDER KELEN (#6, 5-1) returns from a long layoff with solid works and established from last year vs. rivals similar to these $16K claiming sprinters. His trainer’s comebackers are typically ready to fire. Mark Glatt is 6-for-12 since June with horses returning from layoffs of six months or more. – Brad Free | Get PPs for this race | Bet this race with DRF Bets

6:13 SAR 10th THE QUEENS JULES (#4, 10-1) is stepping up off the claim but has been in form on the main track and has gotten good results from his limited prior opportunities on the turf; picks up Irad and is interesting at what should be a fair price. – Mike Beer | Get PPs for this race | Bet this race with DRF Bets

6:30 DMR 4th LAW ABIDING (#6, 5-1) gets the call based on sharp works at San Luis Rey Downs, win-early pedigree, and a trainer who occasionally fires with this type. ‘ABIDIING is by Jimmy Creed, whose juvenile debut progeny win at an above-average 15 percent rate. The colt posted sharp works at SLR for trainer Richard Baltas, who went 3-for-6 at DMR last summer with turf-sprint-first-ers. – Brad Free | Get PPs for this race | Bet this race with DRF Bets