DRF's Horse Racing Playbook for Wednesday, March 3, 2021
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1:45 TAM 4th NEFARIOUS FELLA (#8, 10-1) didn’t do much running in his first and only start on the grass to date but now he races with Lasix, and he comes off a deceptively good try in his last pair, when against the race flow; he’s a bit of a guess in a wide open race but the dam did produce two prior turf winners. -Kenny Peck | Get PPs for this race
2:15 TAM 5th ARMANDO’S TEAM (#2, 12-1) is a DRF Best Bet (Kenny Peck). | Get PPs for this race
3:11 GP 5th MIGHTY TOUGH (#3, 8-1) gets some additional class relief plummeting down for a quarter after getting with a few lengths of much, much better last time. Could be ready to graduate if able to work out a clean trip. -Mike Welsch | Get PPs for this race
3:17 TAM 7th DIXIELAND DARLING (#4, 8-1) hasn’t been out since late December but she is working very well towards her return for trainer Mike Dini; stone closer needs help from the pacesetters but there does seem to be ample speed to her outside to set her up for a late run. -Kenny Peck | Get PPs for this race
3:48 TAM 8th Still waiting for BRICE (#3, 5-1) to run to that lofty Beyer he posted three back but he did have excuses in two subsequent losses, unable to make the lead against a much better field in his next start and caught up in a duel last time, through a fast middle fraction; could prove tough to reel in if able to shake loose easily enough in the early stages. -Kenny Peck | Get PPs for this race
4:19 TAM 9th D’CRAZINESS (#8, 6-1) has been posting steady figures all meet long, and though he was off the board in each of his last two he didn’t have the race flow in his favor either time, especially in his latest, when Silent Jet was able to control the issue on an uncontested lead and he wired the field with relative ease; looking for a different pace scenario today, one that would work to that advantage of this 8-year-old, who has a solid late kick under the right circumstances. -Kenny Peck | Get PPs for this race
5:16 GP 9th MARGARET’S JOY (#9, 3-1) chased home a couple of good ones in the Endeavour, Chad Brown’s odds on Counterparty Risk and Mott’s Group 3 Euro winner New York Girl. Not facing that type here while also bred to stay the route being a full to 1 1/2 mile McKnight winner Spooky Channel. -Mike Welsch | Get PPs for this race
5:48 GP 10th FRENCHMEN STREET (#2, 9-2) back in familiar hands, in fact back to barn from which he last posted a victory 13 months ago. Working well, should get plenty of pace to work with in this lineup. -Mike Welsch | Get PPs for this race