Mandatory payouts at Pimlico on Sunday; Super High 5 stands at $490K
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There will be mandatory payouts in the 20-cent Rainbow 6, $1 Jackpot Super High 5, and 50-cent late pick five on Sunday’s closing-day program at Pimlico.
Although the Rainbow 6 was hit Saturday for $547,686, the Super High 5 carryover will be $490,727.
The Rainbow 6 has a 20 percent takeout and begins with Sunday’s third race. The Jackpot Super High 5 (15 percent takeout) will be paid out in the sixth race, while the late pick five (12 percent takeout) starts in the fourth.
Race 3
Many will single Tocoyo in the opening leg of the pick six sequence as the 2-year-old ran well in his debut behind a live, odds-on winner. He might be too quick for his competition, many of them first-time starters. Keep an eye on the tote board to see if there is any unusual betting action on some of the horses with low-profile connections. Cap Com, the second choice on the morning line, shows good works for a barn that usually gives them a race or two before they find their best stride. He doesn’t have to be a superstar to win this.
Race 4
This seems like more of a spread leg. Erawan and Can’t Pass It Up finished necks apart when chasing razor-sharp Forloveofcountry in a nickel beaten claimer earlier in the meet. Erawan drew an advantageous inside post position and has more tactical speed than Can’t Pass It Up. Bahama Channel finished second the last time he raced in a conditioned selling race and drops to the bottom beaten level after failing to threaten open claimers in his last two. He has back class and shouldn’t be counted out at this level. Twelve-time winner Hayne’s Fever occasionally shows speed, and he’s run well fresh in the past. The recent layoff did him a world of good. Deep, deep tickets might include Sassy King, who made a premature midrace move into contention before understandably flattening out behind Erawan and Can’t Pass It Up last month.
Race 5
Velvet Ghost is a consistent campaigner who returns to two-turn racing after chasing a pacesetting winner over a speed-biased Charles Town track. He also wouldn’t mind getting back to a fast dirt track after racing on off going in his last two starts. Shoot The Messenger showed improved speed in his most recent start, was hung out three wide around both turns, and stayed on gamely for second behind the favored winner. He appears to be rounding into form. Horses like Nashvegas and Galatians can show speed stretching out in distance.
Race 6
In Her Cups looks logical as the 2-1 morning-line favorite, but she’s also a 5-year-old maiden returning from a 217-day layoff. If you’re looking for bigger-priced alternatives, stablemates Temptress Calling and No Sharing are interesting at 12-1 and 20-1, respectively, on the morning line. Temptress Calling only raced once last year at Lone Star Park and never made an impression against three next-out winners. It makes sense for the Maryland-bred to show up on this circuit. No Sharing didn’t do anything on dirt at Charles Town but is out of a Kingmambo mare with turf in her family. Circle Home and Seap deserve attention if able to get in from the also-eligible list. Cut From Class tries turf for the first time after showing speed at Charles Town. This one is a half-sibling to stakes-winning turf router Debbie’s Tude. Little Josie Wales and Bizzy Bizzy are horses that can be considered on the lower rungs of Super High 5 plays.
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Race 7
Favored Tweet Away Robin seems well-entered after gamely running down an odds-on favorite in her last start. There doesn’t seem to be much speed in this race, and she should be up close to the pace. I’m Gittin There was perhaps compromised by the race flow in her most recent appearance as the pace held up, and she tried to rally from out of it.
Race 8
Wish Me Home returns from a layoff but has several races from last year that would make him a strong contender in the final leg of the sequence. Invective might be better than he looks on paper. He won at Gulfstream two back in his first start with blinkers, then was steadied hard in between horses just as he was commencing his stretch run last time. He shows a bullet workout in preparation for this start. Trash Talkin Larry ran very well on turf at Laurel last fall, and he returns to grass following a short layoff. His speed should play nicely in this race, and he figures right there when they turn for home. Chelonian tries turf for the first time, and her dam was a stakes winner going a mile on grass.
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