SUNDAY,
DECEMBER 2
SPOT PLAYS
AQUEDUCT
Race 4
#5 Valmont
Versus half of a field that can’t
run at all and other horses that are proven career maidens or at the wrong
distance or surface, lightly-raced Valmont looks like an attractive alternative
at 12-1 odds on the morning line. Retuned from a year layoff last time and had
to need the race in a 7F comeback turf sprint prep race. Now adds first-time
Lasix and is ready to improve strongly in the second off the layoff. Popped and
stopped on the lead last time, but these types usually go a lot further and a
lot faster in their second time back from the sidelines.
Race 6
#1 Blue Belt
Plus
play exacta box w/#2 Rectify
#1 Blue Belt an good races at this state-bred class level
two and three races ago at Saratoga with a win and then at Belmont with a solid
second. No dice last time out versus open company, but now returns to the
correct class level with speed and the rail for a barn having a sneaky-good
Aqueduct meet. Solid speed figures. Looks tough today.
Play in exacta box with #2 Rectify, who exits a solid
second-place finish with a good speed figure at this class level last time in
his first outing for current new trainer. Will be very tough, at least in the
exactas, if able to repeat that effort.
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 2
AQUEDUCT
RACE 1
1 – #1 Devine Entry 5-2
2 – #2 Javelin 9-5
3 – #6 I’m an Ocala Dude 7-2
RACE 2
1 – #1 Bella Figura 3-1
2 – #9 Big Mischief 2-1
3 – #10 Secret Quality 4-1
RACE 3
1 – #3 Analyze the Odds 6-5 best bet
2 – #6 Big Thicket 8-1
3 – #4 Flatexcel 9-2
RACE 4
1 – #5 Valmont 12-1
2 – #8 Golconda 9-2
3 – #1 Fleet Admiral 6-1
RACE 5
1 – #5 Cheatham Hill 8-1
2 – #2 Midnitesalright 5-2
3 – #9 Fight On Lucy 5-1
RACE 6
1 – #2 Rectify 4-1
2 – #1 Blue Belt 5-2
3 – #7 Saratoga Heater 10-1
RACE 7
1 – #3 Wine Not 7-2
2 – #6 Aveenu Malcainu 7-2
3 – #5 Vincento 9-2
RACE 8
1 – #6 Ramblin’ Ma’Am 6-1
2 – #2 Zecha 3-1
3 – #8 Fiveinthemorning 8-1
4 – #3 Promise Me Roses 7-2