SUNDAY,
JANUARY 24
SPOT PLAYS
OAKLAWN
Race 4
#7 Reason to Soar
Owns a
three-race winning streak at Churchill and Keeneland and no horse even came
close to him in those races, and now has wins in 4 of the last 5 going back to
last summer at Lone Star. Form has improved drastically since joining the barn
of trainer Robertino Diodoro, who is the defending training champ at Oaklawn.
Race 5
#3 Funny
Actor
Plus play exacta box w/ #9 Gar Hole
#3 Funny Actor lost his career
debut last time against a far superior bunch of horses in a $150k claiming race,
now drops in against Arkansas-breds in a weak field. Trainer Wayne Catalano
doesn’t try and rarely wins with his first time starters, but his win percentage
rises dramatically to 16% with second-time stars like this guy.
Play in
exacta box with #9 Gar Hole, who is a first starter from a trainer who does
well with first starters, who is in with a chance against a field of horses who’ve
failed to distinguish themselves so far. Trainer Ortiz wins with 23% of his
first starters for a big positive ROI. This horse just drilled 6F for this
career debut, which is a sign he’s well meant, and Cabrera sees enough to take
the mount.
SUNDAY, JANUARY 24
OAKLAWN
RACE 1
1 – #7 Bossy Bride 5-2
2 – #2 Dixie Mo 3-1
3 – #6 Angelica’s Heaven 6-1
RACE 2
1 – #7 Earner 9-5
2 – #11 Haydens Havoc 5-1
3 – #3 Soldier Boy 3-1
RACE 3
1 – #2 Willful Woman 3-2
2 – #6 Smarmy 3-1
3 – #4 Trumpet Lilly 10-1
RACE 4
1 – #4 Reason to Soar 4-1
2 – #1 Midnight Las Vegas 8-1
3 – #7 DRC All Inclusive 4-1
RACE 5
1 – #3 Funny Actor 8-1
2 – #9 Gar Hole 4-1
3 – #12 Dusty Hill 7-2
RACE 6
1 – #7 Niles Channel 3-1
2 – #5 Long Term Thinking 2-1
3 – #10 Pintxos 8-1
RACE 7
1 – #4 Royal Daaher 5-1
2 – #5 American Butterfly 8-1
3 – #9 Ancient Warrior 8-1
RACE 8
1 – #4 Abrogate 8-5 Best Bet
2 – #3 Inject 4-1
3 – #5 Absolute Anna 5-1
RACE 9
1 – #1 Handy 3-1
2 – #5 Solomonic 5-2
3 – #9 Trashtalkinyankee 9-2
4 – #8 Stock Deal 8-1
