SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 21
PARX
SPOT PLAYS
Race 13 – PENNSYLVANIA DERBY
#8 Unmatched Wisdom
Plus exacta box w/ #2 Seize the Grey
#8 Unmatched Wisdom will need to rebound from a sub-par effort
last time in the Travers Stakes – hence today’s 8-1 odds – but there is reason
to believe that will happen with the switch back to Prat and the cutback to 1
1/8 miles. Unmatched Wisdom broke bad and failed to show his usual early speed
or at least tactical speed last time, and we can expect him to be in a better
position pace-wise here today. If he can indeed rebound, a repeat of his 99
Beyer speed figure from the Curlin Stakes win will make him tough to beat
versus these.
Play in exacta box with #2 Seize the Grey, who is the Preakness Stakes
winner who has the highest ceiling among the horses in this field based on the
Preakness and his win in the Pat Day Mile. His recent losses were against much
tougher competition in the Belmont Stakes and Jim Dandy Stakes, but he fits
well in this spot.
Race 14
#3 Twisted Ride
Owns nine career
wins from 18 starts at Parx and now gets needed class relief after facing Grade
1 competition at Saratoga in both of his two most recent races. Amongst those last
two starts was a respectable third against Nakatomi and Skelly in the Alfred G.
Vanderbilt Stakes, and a repeat of that kind of an effort against this kind of
competition back on his favorite track should be enough to get the victory.
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 21
PARX
RACE 1
10 Okverygood 4-1
6 My Military Hero 5-1
11 Analog Jones 3-1
RACE 2
5 Five a Side 7-2
1 Bee Bluff 5-2
10 Cantafio 6-1
RACE 3
7 Cruisper 7-2
12 Retweet 9-2
2 Margin of Air 6-1
RACE 4
5 Beyondexpectations 2-1
7 The Boy’s Warrior 5-2
6 Roxton 3-1
RACE 5
4 Anabam 6-5
3 Angel of Hope 9-2
6 Hopeforgreatness 8-1
RACE 6
2 Foxy Junior 7-2
6 Morning Macha 2-5
5 Confirmed Star 5-1
RACE 7
11 Striker Has Dial 2-1
10 Big Dreamer 9-2
1 Bella Queen 12-1
RACE 8
9 Next 1-5 Best Bet
2 Dai Vernon 10-1
3 Riden with Biden 10-1
RACE 9
5 Adero 7-2
7 Coastal Mission 5-2
3 Injunction 6-1
RACE 10
3 Souper Quest 5-2
4 Jean Valjean 9-2
6 Alogon 5-1
RACE 11
3 Buccherino 4-1
1 Bentornato 9-5
4 Sunny Breeze 8-1
RACE 12 – Cotillion Stakes
6 Thorpedo Anna 4-5
1 Power Squeeze 4-1
3 Tarifa 5-1
7 Gun Song 10-1
RACE 13 – Pennsylvania Derby
8 Unmatched Wisdom 8-1
2 Seize the Grey 5-1
5 Protective 8-1
7 Dragoon Guard 9-5
RACE 14
3 Twisted Ride 5-1
6 Super Chow 7-2
9 My Buddy B 6-1
11 Top Gunner 4-1
