DRF's Horse Racing Playbook for Wednesday, July 1, 2020
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12:30 p.m. Eastern Gulfstream Park 2nd race – Looking for SOCIAL EXCLUSION (#8, 9-2) to be led over fully cranked by Klesaris, who tends to do his best work with turf sprinters; outer post can help her and Jaramillo trip out effectively. – Marty McGee
1:34 p.m. Eastern Gulfstream Park 4th race – Pretty solid farm work by DA MOOSE IS LOOSE (#8, 4-1), a first-time-Lasix 3-year-old who gets benefit of the open-air outside box when returning to the show first-out for Orseno; speed shown last summer in Erie tips her hand. – Marty McGee
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1:57 p.m. Eastern Tampa Bay Downs 4th race – DIVINE CONTROL (#10, 20-1) offers little in the way of pedigree power – he's the first starter out of the dam, who was 0 for 36 – but he does have a couple of works that hint at speed and figures to be overlooked in the wagering; taking a shot in a race lacking a great deal of form. – Kenny Peck
2:05 p.m. Eastern Gulfstream Park 5th race – The young sire Khozan been distinguishing himself with his in-state progeny, which is one reason to give GREENMOUNTAINMAN (#6, 5-1) a chance fresh outta the box in what shapes up as a contentious mid-range maiden-claiming sprint; trainer’s acumen with beginners (and all types, actually) another compelling factor. – Marty McGee
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2:28 p.m. Eastern Tampa Bay Downs 5th race – NOT TELLING (#6, 8-1) makes his turf debut for trainer Ron Potts, who wins at a 27 percent rate with such runners, and he also lands in a seemingly good spot in terms of expected pace scenario, as he stretches out from sprints and could be the main speed in a race lacking pace; dam produced I'm Just Souper, who won three races on the green. – Kenny Peck
5 p.m. Eastern Tampa Bay Downs 10th race – CHILI MAC N CHEESE (#3, 12-1) has been shopping for a spot and seems to have found a good one in this finale, as he is getting major class relief after facing allowance runners in his first two starts of 2020; looking for him to take a big step forward against these if he gets a clean trip and an honest pace. – Kenny Peck
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5:28 p.m. Eastern Louisiana Downs 4th race CAVIAR COOL (#3, 5-1) broke seventh of eight and then just ran evenly while returning off a layoff. We thought he had more tactical speed than that. Well let's see if a jockey switch can help him perk up as we say adieu to Keven Smith who moves to the 6. This gelding adds a full furlong, and we like that best. Both of his wins have come at this distance. – Scott Ehlers
6:22 p.m. Eastern Louisiana Downs 6th race – BAD BOY JOHNNY (#4, 20-1) is the value. He won three times here last summer and did so at odds of 6-1, 11-1, and 9-1. He has tactical speed, goes second off the layoff, and switches back to the dirt. – Scott Ehlers
6:49 p.m. Eastern Louisiana Downs 7th race – PEACEFULLY (#5, 7-2) returns to turf for the first time in a while and note she started her career on the surface at Gulfstream Park. She has natural speed, which should serve her well at this five-eighths of a mile trip, and she also has an age edge on some of the chief contenders in this spot as she is 4-1. – Mary Rampellini
6:50 p.m Eastern Evangeline Downs 1st race – POST CLOSE (#2, 6-1) faces an invader from South Florida, but like that he has recency on that one and that he was second to a quality kind of winner last out at Lone Star Park. That winner returned in his next start to capture an optional $15,000 claiming race with second-level allowance conditions at Evangeline, earning a Beyer Speed Figure of 81. – Mary Rampellini
7:40 p.m. Eastern Canterbury Park 5th race – MAYWOOD HOPE (#8, 6-1) has never missed the exacta on this sod. She beat open foes off the layoff and should be primed for a top effort today. Loveberry and Rengstorf show a flat-bet profit locally. Race flow could not be any better for this confirmed stalker/closer. A good price to entice. – Scott Ehlers
8:40 p.m. Eastern Canterbury Park 7th race – IMMINENT THREAT (#3, 9-2) is by a 10 percent debut sire. Her dam went 6-4-1-1 and earned a very nice $174K. Of 12 sibs to race, 11 won, with eight having beat winners. Works are well spaced. – Scott Ehlers