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Selections For: Saturday, May 20, 2017
Pimlico (Preakness Day) full card Selections
SATURDAY, MAY 20
SPOT PLAYS
PIMLICO
Race 12 – DIXIE STAKES
#4 Projected
Goes out for elite trainer Chad Brown who rules these kinds of races with regularity and wins at a high percentage with Joel Rosario aboard. Making the key third start of the current form cycle after needing a race two starts back in return from a year and a half layoff, and sprang to life last time at Keeneland with an allowance win over G2 caliber competition in a key race ahead of next-out winner Divisidero, who took the top turf race on the Kentucky Derby undercard in his next start. Good form, high Beyer speed figure, top connections, good post, still improving, and exiting a key race. The horse to beat.
Race 13 – PREAKNESS STAKES
#5 Classic Empire
Plus play an exacta box w/#4 Always Dreaming
#5 Classic Empire should be able to post the minor upset here as one of the standouts in the Preakness along with Derby winner Always Dreaming. Had the worst trip of all in the Kentucky Derby, getting KO’d at the break and then getting hampered even more during the running of the race. Breeders’ Cup Juvenile winner also was short on conditioning in the Derby, and will actually benefit from that last race with an even better effort forthcoming today. Couldn’t show stalking speed in the Derby after the bad break, but he owns enough speed to stay close and pounce at Pimlico.
Play in exacta box w/#4 Always Dreaming, who was impressive in his Derby victory and much be used in all exotics in the Preakness. Benefitted from a good trip in the Derby and a smart ride by John Velazquez, who kept him pretty much glued to a gold rail the entire race. Doubtful he’ll get as lucky as another bias-aided trip again in the Preakness however, and the odds will be too low to bet him to win.
Plus Play Daily Double in Race 12, #4 Projected w/# 4 Always Dreaming and #5 Classic Empire
FULL CARD SELECTIONS
SATURDAY, MAY 20
PIMLICO
RACE 1
1 – #5 Spring Quality 9-5
2 – #6 Kaitain 5-2
3 – #7 Cause He’s Western 9-2
RACE 2
1 – #4 Keep Talking 6-1
2 – #10 Best Yes 6-1
3 – #6 Grey Fox 5-2
RACE 3
1 – #8 Flight Pattern 2-1
2 – #6 Seeing’n’believing 5-2
3 – #5 Moral High Ground 6-1
RACE 4
1 – #5 Dharmaster 5-2
2 – #4 Mr. Dougie Fresh 4-1
3 – #3 Jamminwithbrandon 7-2
RACE 5
1 – #5 Pretty Perfection 4-1
2 – #7 Nite Delite 6-1
3 – #2 Everything Lovely 9-2
RACE 6
1 – #3 My Giant 10-1
2 – #1 Jose Sea View 9-2
3 – #2 Bobbin Anda Weavin 10-1
RACE 7
1 – #7 Recruiting Ready 8-5 BEST BET
2 – #1 Three Rules 3-1
3 – #8 Theory 10-1
RACE 8
1 – #4 Dover Cliffs 5-2
2 – #6 Yoshida 3-1
3 – #10 Adonis Creed 8-1
RACE 9
1 – #5 Whitmore 9-5
2 – #4 A. P. Indian 8-5
3 – #6 Holy Boss 8-1
RACE 10
1 – #1 Elysea’s World 5-2
2 – #6 On Leave 2-1
3 – #3 Danilova 6-1
RACE 11
1 – #2 Hedge Fund 9-5
2 – #9 Time to Travel 7-2
3 – #7 True Timber 8-1
RACE 12
1 – #4 Projected 3-1
2 – #8 Catapult 10-1
3 – #7 Blacktype 4-1
RACE 13 – The Preakness
1 – #5 Classic Empire 3-1
2 – #4 Always Dreaming 4-5
3 – #10 Conquest Mo Money 15-1
RACE 14
1 – #8 Classic Wildcat 5-1
2 – #10 Haywired 7-2
3 – #7 Minor Legend 4-1
4 – #2 Lunar Rock 15-1