FIRST POST — 1:30 P.M.
LEE’S LOCK Sarah Sis in the eighth
BEST BET Right Squall in the fourth
BEST LONG SHOT Shesatopattraction in the third
SATURDAY’S RESULTS 3-10 (30 percent) MEET 38-163 (23.3 percent)
*Educated guess
**Things to like
***Plenty to like
****Confident choice
1 Purse $22,500, 1 1/16 miles, 3-year-olds and up, claiming $15,000
LASTING IMPACT** raced competitively against and defeated much better last season at Oaklawn, and he is dropping into a conditioned-claimer after a troubled first start of the season. RED DRUM won two in a row at Indiana before finishing second at this price at Churchill, and he is a late threat if he can get an honest pace. NEW ORDER had a useful and slightly troubled sprint tune-up, and more importantly, he may have found a field with no opposing speed.
PP HORSE JOCKEY TRAINER ODDS
7 Lasting Impact Johnson Holthus 6-1 3 Red Drum Marquez Miller 7-2 5 New Order Birzer Van Berg 5-2 1a Warren’s Nicholas Sanjur Garcia 8-1 8 Discreetly Yours Court Fires 4-1 1 Mizz Wizz Sanjur Garcia 8-1 4 Dry Affair Shino Bert 12-1 2 Wild N Crazy Felix Duncan 10-1 6 He’s a Super Jet Taylor Hicks 5-1
2 Purse $21,500, 1 mile, fillies and mares, 3-year-olds and up, maiden claiming $15,000
HAPPY WILDCAT** possesses sprinter’s speed and she benefits from a race over the track and figures difficult to catch at this lower maiden classification. STAR CANYON made a nice middle-move before flattening out against better, and she will be rallying behind a potential fast pace and may only need a well-timed move. EURODREAMER is taking a slight jump in price after pressing a fast early pace in a narrow two-turn defeat.
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9 Happy Wildcat Santana Hartman 7-2 10 Star Canyon Rocco Moquett 3-1 2 Eurodreamer Vazquez Villafranco 4-1 3 Pistol Patti Court Peery 8-1 1a Scentsation Hamilton Holthus 8-1 7 You Vow Me De La Cruz McNair 10-1 5 Seghan Laviolette Smith 8-1 6 Alley ‘o Malley Birzer Chleborad 10-1 8 Sedge Pond Saez Nicholson 10-1 1 Stormardini BQuinonez Holthus 8-1 4 Craftys Lil Sis McNeil Mullins 30-1
3 Purse $21,000, 1 mile, fillies and mares, 3-year-olds and up, claiming $7,500
SHESATOPATTRACTION* finished with energy in a third-place return to the races Jan. 30 at Delta, and she is the leading money earner and is dropping seven pounds. CARSONSNEWYORKGAL finished fifth in a “key” one-mile race at Fair Grounds. She needed the race following vacation time and should be working out a good trip behind a possible contentious pace. SONGANDAHEART cleared her nonwinners-of-two condition just two back at Remington, and she may be the speed of the speed.
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3 Shesatopattraction BQuinonez Myers 8-1 9 Carsonsnewyorkgal Hamilton Johnson 6-1 5 Songandaheart Loveberry Milligan 5-2 7 Shalimar LQuinonez Von Hemel 9-2 8 Disqualified Rocco Lynn 4-1 1 Rulersshinyfuture Taylor Hicks 8-1 2 Sly Song Indy Medina Jacquot 10-1 4 Suits My Fancy De La Cruz Puhl 10-1 6 Smokegetsinmyeyes Birzer Litfin 12-1
4 Purse $25,000, 6 furlongs, 4-yearolds and up, claiming $12,500 RIGHT SQUALL*** easily ran past what is turning out to be a strong field of $10,000 rivals Jan. 24, and the nine-yearold put four consecutive victories together when sharp last season. SMARTIFIED raced well at a higher level in two starts for trainer Scott Becker at Hawthorne, and the pace should be honest enough to flatter his consistent late run. MIDNIGHT SHINE disappointed as a post-time favorite on opening day, but he failed to break alertly and was out of his typical on the lead running style.
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1 Right Squall Birzer Martin 3-1 3 Smartified Landeros Becker 3-1 8 Midnight Shine Saez Vance 5-2 2 Mysterious Promise Hill Loy 5-1 5 Flying Mr K. Lantz Hellman 6-1 6 S C Redslegacy Wethey Frazee 20-1 7 Lemon Juice Loveberry Caldwell 12-1 4 Hothalfone Sanjur Haran 20-1
5 Purse $27,000, 6 furlongs, 4-yearolds and up, claiming $20,000
OUIMET*** defeated $16,000 rivals by six widening lengths in his first race at Oaklawn, and the front-running gelding has the class to handle a slight jump in claiming price. CLASSY COVE was beaten less than two lengths in a $25,000 claiming race. He has put five competitive races together and should be rallying behind an honest early pace. TURN UP THE LIGHTS circled horses on the turn in a one-length defeat, and he is dropping to the claiming price of his most recent winning effort.
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5 Ouimet Loveberry Caldwell 5-2 4 Classy Cove Emigh Campbell 6-1 3 Turn Up the Lights Canchari Morse 7-2 8 Kipper Key Vazquez Villafranco 6-1 7 Montezuma Express Laviolette Cox 12-1 2 Unbridled Venture Santana Asmussen 6-1 6 Charismatic Pulpit Thompson Vance 12-1 1 Roman Unbridled Saez Shorter 6-1 9 Special Jo De La Cruz Puhl 15-1
6 Purse $22,500, 6 furlongs, 3-yearolds and up, claiming $15,000 STARTER** has not raced since May, but he was clear winner in his 2015 debut at Oaklawn. He is clearly the class of the field and represents a stable having an excellent meeting. MR. FUZZYBOTTOM was caught up in a suicidal speed-duel when fading in his 2016 debut, and the 13-time winner likes Oaklawn and improves under a kinder pace scenario. AREED overcome a sluggish start and wide trip when defeating a nonwinners-of-two field, and he was claimed out of the race by a high percentage barn.
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7 Starter Santana Stall 2-1 10 Mr. Fuzzybottom Borel Von Hemel 12-1 6 Areed Court Cox 7-2 5 All Aboard Osorio Moquett 5-1 11 Tiree Thompson Martin 8-1 8 Smokin Doc BQuinonez Young 12-1 9 Battle Canchari Morse 12-1 2 Fight the Power Ocampo Kardoush 15-1 1 Buck Magic De La Cruz Puhl 12-1 4 Nex Hal Comin Loveberry Caldwell 15-1 3 Oo de Lally Vazquez Lynn 15-1
7 Purse $68,000, 6 furlongs, 3-yearold fillies
IVY BELL* is a first-time starter who recorded two good five-furlong gate workouts at Fair Grounds. She represents a powerful stable and drew into an ordinary field of maidens. BEACH WALK was beaten less than a length in both starts as a juvenile in Kentucky and is back at a preferred distance after tiring in a front-running route effort. TOUCH OF BLING lost a big lead inside the final furlong in a photo finish loss Jan. 18, and the front-running filly has finished second in all four of her sprint races.
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8 Ivy Bell Santana Asmussen 5-1 7 Beach Walk Hill Catalano 9-2 3 Touch of Bling Rocco Maker 7-2 5 Divine Elegance LQuinonez Von Hemel 9-2 2 Smart Emma Borel Peitz 3-1 9 Battle Girl Cintron Gorder 10-1 6 Superduperjustice De La Cruz Richards 15-1 11 Schuyler Warrior Saez Robertson 10-1 1 Classic Bo Birzer Anderson 15-1 10 Peggy in Motion Court Peery 15-1 4 Bet On Bettye Corbett Smith 30-1
8 The Bayakoa. Purse $100,000, 1 1/16 miles, fillies and mares, 4-year-olds and up
SARAH SIS**** is a multiple graded stakes winner who closed 2015 with a game victory in the Grade II Raven Run at Keeneland, and she had a useful prep when beaten a neck in the six-furlong American Beauty. CALL PAT is void of speed, but the graded stakes winner possesses a consistent and strong late run and is a two-time winner at Oaklawn. STREAMLINE proved determined winning the Pippin at 15-1 odds, and the winner of three consecutive is lightly raced and eligible to show more.
PP HORSE JOCKEY TRAINER ODDS
4 Sarah Sis Felix Mason 9-5 7 Call Pat Rocco Cox 5-2 2 Streamline Landeros Williamson 4-1 5 Pearl Turn Ocampo Van Meter 12-1 9 Ribbon of Darkness Vazquez Villafranco 10-1 1 Meshell Emigh Lynn 12-1 3 Cabana LQuinonez Von Hemel 8-1 6 Toash Talifero Birzer Van Berg 20-1 8 Cowgirl in Love Loveberry Milligan 30-1
9 Purse $25,000, 6 furlongs, 3-yearolds and up which have never won two races, Arkansas-bred, claiming $25,000
MEANBONE** raced evenly in his return from a break at Churchill, but he has done his best running at Oaklawn and drops into a race restricted to statebreds. OUR DOC TANNER showed speed in consecutive third-place finishes at Remington and Louisiana Downs. He has competitive Beyer figures and appears to be working smartly since arriving in Hot Springs. TIPSY SUSPECT set a moderate pace and maintained a clear lead to the wire in a nice maiden victory, and notice the fourth-place finisher (Racer) came back to post a clear victory.
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7 Meanbone Santana Moquett 3-1 8 Our Doc Tanner Vazquez Cates 4-1 5 Tipsy Suspect Birzer Roberts 5-1 1 October Sky Thompson Martin 9-2 3 Strawn’s Cash Loveberry Milligan 8-1 10 Merritt’s Pop Pop BQuinonez Hornsby 12-1 6 Deputyartee Laviolette Creighton 12-1 1a Arrogant De La Cruz Martin 9-2 2 Explosive Page Marquez Jayaraman 10-1 9 Sea Bubba Rodriguez Whited 12-1 4 Aspen Creek Canchari Witt 15-1 2x Summer Epic Marquez Jayaraman 10-1
Exotic possibilities
The 50-cent Pick-4 starting in Race 2 is enticing with the first leg being a three-horse race, and the second leg is likely to produce a minor upset. Race 4 is a “single” for me but a case can be made for a few, and the final leg is another with multiple contenders. Race 6 brings a large field of 11 to the post and again the strategy of putting a likely winner on top and putting price horses in the middle is a good strategy for trifecta players.