KEENELAND
SPOT PLAYS
Race 8
# 12
Salamis
If you are
not afraid to bet a far outside horse in a Keeneland turf mile race, the pick
is Salamis for trainer Chad Brown based on his good-looking win
last time in the $150,000 Gio Ponti Stakes at Belmont at the Big A. He shows a
steady progression of race-to-race improvement going back four starts and
that’s a great pattern to see from an improving 3-year-old at this time of the
year.
Race 9
#11 Hit Show
Plus
exacta box with #10 Gosger
#11 Hit
Show was the winner of this year’s $12 million Dubai World Cup. He has since
also added a win in the $200,000 West Virginia Governor’s Stakes. Hit Show won
this Fayette Stakes last year, is 2-for-2 at Keeneland, and has a great shot to
repeat with Irad Ortiz aboard.
Play in
exacta box with #10 Gosger, who steps up against older horses for the first
time in his career, but he also has a chance to win if he can rebound from his
flop in the Pennsylvania Derby. Before that last race, he gave Journalism a run
for his money in both the Preakness and the Haskell and was a winner right here
at Keeneland this spring in the Lexington Stakes.
SATURDAY, OCTOBER
25
KEENELAND
RACE 1
6 Mercy Warren 7-2
12 Our Liberty
Belle 9-2
10 Colonial Rose 5-2
RACE 2
10 Maginnesontop 5-2
8 Irish Law 4-1
6 Petoskey Stones 6-1
RACE 3
6 Our Pretty
Woman 1-1 Best Bet
5 Low Country
Magic 4-1
1 Neon Icon 7-2
RACE 4
5 Gracie’s
Delight 4-1
2 Sonic Sass 6-1
11 Bella Street 8-1
RACE 5
4 Pineland 15-1 Live Longshot
11 Timing
Difference 20-1 Live Longshot
7 Operation Torch 8-1
RACE 6
3 Outfielder 3-1
6 Gallivant 7-2
5 Spun D M C 9-5
RACE 7
1 Quickick 3-1
6 Paris Lily 2-1
3 Sweet Seraphine 10-1
RACE 8
12 Salamis 6-1
11 Plensa 5-1
2 Golden
Afternoon 12-1
RACE 9
11 Hit Show 6-1
10 Gosger 9-2
3 Bracket Buster 3-1
RACE 10
6 Triton 10-1
3 Practical Joker 10-1
8 Leverage 5-1
12 Epic Horsepower 9-2
