King: Louisiana Downs all-stakes pick four play for Sunday, Sept. 2, 2018

Here is a look at an all-stakes pick four at Louisiana Downs on Sunday that concludes with the Super Derby.

Race 8
With many of the entrants in the A.L. "Red" Erwin Memorial inexperienced on turf, this seems an appropriate race to spread a bit in a pick four. The recommendation is to go four deep, using, in order of preference, Budro Talking (9), Drewcitable (8), Battle At Sea (6), and In Charge Halo (1).

Budro Talking and Drewcitable are grass winners with late-finishing running styles in a one-mile grass race that TimeformUS projects to have a quick pace. Battle At Sea and In Charge Halo, meanwhile, go into the Louisiana-bred ranks after racing in open stakes.

Race 9
Susie Bee (5) and Hachi (7) – separated by 1 3/4 lengths when fourth and second, respectively, in the West Virginia President’s Cup on Aug. 4, both merit use in the pick four. Although Hachi got the better of Susie Bee in the latter race, Susie Bee had the rougher trip of the two, hung wide in a race that unfolded with a modest tempo.

Now stretching out from one mile and 70 yards to 1 1/16 miles and catching a group with more speed, Susie Bee’s late run could be more effective in the River Cities.

Also worth inclusion is Bermuda Star (1), one of the better Louisiana-bred turf fillies in training, though she did receiving a perfect ground-saving trip in winning her latest, the Louisiana Cup Distaff.

Race 10

Big Changes (4) – a winner of three straight, including two stakes – seems a likely winner in the Unbridled Stakes. In addition to possessing the strongest form in the field, he also has winning connections.

He goes on the tickets, though so, too, does 3-year-old Silent Citizen (7), who could pad the gimmicks if he can record a mild upset. Other than a lackluster fourth in his latest at Gulfstream, he has consistently finished with a determined charge.

Race 11

Lone Sailor (3) is the class of the Super Derby – a horse that ran eighth in the Kentucky Derby, fifth in the Preakness and third in the Haskell. He should relish the opportunity to run in a Grade 3, having just missed the last time he raced against such company when second, beaten a nose, in the Ohio Derby.

With Lone Sailor being 1 for 12, he is difficult to single, however. So High North (8) also is tossed in the pick four, offering appeal as a two-time stakes winner that was a last-out third in a fast running of the West Virginia Derby.

The Tickets: Using the horses noted above, a 50-cent pick four of 1,6,8,9 with 1,5,7 with 4,7 with 3,8 costs $24.