DRF's Horse Racing Playbook for Wednesday, May 13, 2020
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1:30 p.m. Eastern Tampa Bay Downs 2nd race – FEISTY CHI CHI (#8, 7-2) is overdue for a win, which probably mainly accounts for the drop to lowest level here. Out of a route and probably best suited as closing sprinter. Ought to have ample pace at which to run. Presence of distance-challenged R Kiss Em Goodbye could boost price to playable range. – Marcus Hersh
3 p.m. Eastern Tampa Bay Downs 5th race – PREMIER JUSTICE (#6, 10-1) tries the grass for the first time, but she is kin to several turf winners, including Jocker Justice, a stakes winner who scored in his grass debut, and Godard, a two-time winner on this surface. Troubled starts cost her in her two starts since the return from the short layoff, but with a clean getaway she figures to be a factor from the start. – Kenny Peck
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3:15 p.m. Eastern Will Rogers Downs 3rd race – GOT MY MO (#3, 6-1), when you consider the need-the-lead appearance of her previous form, she had an especially encouraging last-start comeback run following a winter break, passing five horses to finish a wet-track second for a tag $5K higher than this. Dropping to win with very quick stablemate Thatsafactjack acting as de facto rabbit. – Marcus Hersh
3:30 p.m. Eastern Tampa Bay Downs 6th race – Unraced EXCLUSIVE DONALD (#4, 6-1) is bred for speed and is sent out by a very successful first-out trainer. – Ron Gierkink
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4:30 p.m. Eastern Tampa Bay Downs 8th race – BIG YES (#12, 8-1) drew off smartly at nearly 30-1 in his latest, and he did it despite facing race-long pressure in a bulky field of sprinters, overcoming that race flow to win rather easily. He also was against the flow two back, an extreme speed-friendly pace scenario, and while he rises in class for this, he is more than capable if able to run back to that last one. – Kenny Peck
5 p.m Eastern Tampa Bay Downs 9th race – VALIANT VIRTUE (#10, 4-1) has been off the board only once since switching to turf, and that was in a stakes race where he didn't run badly at all. Last time out, he was a very game second, and he posted the best Beyer Speed Figure of his career. He may well still be improving on this surface and he's going to be tough here if he does in fact take another step forward. – Kenny Peck
6:15 p.m. Eastern Will Rogers Downs 9th race – LOUDEN'S GRAY (#1, 20-1), a specialist at this 5 1/2-furlong trip, has the perfect draw and running style for the likely race shape (too fast early and middle, falling apart late) and surely will offer double-digit win odds. – Marcus Hersh