FAIR GROUNDS
SPOT PLAYS
Race 11 –
Mineshaft Stakes
#3 Best
Actor
Will have
a chance to get out front to an easy lead and go wire-to-wire. Best Actor is a
graded stakes winner earlier in his career who appeared to rediscover his best
form late in 2023 with back-to-back front-running wins at Aqueduct and
Churchill Downs for trainer Brad Cox. Both wins were with Flavien Prat aboard,
and Prat will be back for the mount today. He should control the pace and have
an excellent opportunity to go all the way.
Race 14 –
Risen Star Stakes
#4 Sierra Leone
Plus
exacta box with #3 Honor Marie
#4 Sierra
Leone suffered a tough-luck loss to the highly regarded Dornoch in the Grade 2
Remsen Stakes when last seen. Along with the late running Honor Marie, he will
get a good pace set-up behind plenty of speed entered in this race. Should be
closing fast down the long Fair Grounds stretch.
Play in
exacta box with #3 Honor Marie, who had a very promising end to his 2-year-old
campaign last fall when winning the Grade 2 Kentucky Jockey Club Stakes going 1
1/16 miles at Churchill Downs. He should have matured further since then and
his late run should get a great set-up in this race with #11 Track Phantom
likely to be setting a pressured pace up front.
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY
17
FAIR GROUNDS
RACE 1
2 Like This 9-2
7 Copter 12-1
4 Doctored Deal 4-1
RACE 2
2 Agent Creed 8-1
5 Sailing Solo 6-1
12 Point Proven 7-2
RACE 3
7 Tuscan Sky 3-1
3 Nash 9-5
5 Moonlight 5-2
RACE 4
6 Benji Star 4-1 Best Bet
11 Wish Carefully 3-1
1 He’s Just Lucky 9-2
RACE 5
4 Standoutsensation 7-2
1 Sistina Chapel 3-1
8 Our Pretty
Woman 4-1
RACE 6
5 Electrifying Solo 8-1
4 La La Rose 6-1
8 Quality Credit 7-2
RACE 7
4 Discreet
Mischief 7-2
7 Drip 5-1
10 Granthor 6-1
RACE 8
4 Just Might 7-2
5 Sousa Summer 3-1
2 Charging 8-1
RACE 9
8 Sweetalkingbourbon 6-1
6 Antiquarian 7-2
1 Django 10-1
RACE 10
3 Creative Cairo 7-2
8 Not So Close 6-1
5 Spirit and Glory 3-1
RACE 11
3 Best Actor 3-1
1 red Route One 5-1
4 Gasoline 4-1
RACE 12
2 Chasing the Crown 8-1
4 Rising Empire 12-1
3 Strong Quality 3-1
RACE 13
4 Intricate 3-1
5 Alpine Princess 7-2
6 V V’s Dream 5-2
RACE 14
4 Sierra Leone 6-1
3 Honor Marie 4-1
11 Track Phantom 7-2
7 Hall of Fame 6-1
