MJC analyst Gabby Gaudet will share her longshot and exotic plays with The Racing Biz each Saturday. Photo courtesy of the Maryland Jockey Club.
Gabby Gaudet’s got some thoughts on late Pick 3 play.
There are no carryovers in Sunday’s Laurel Park racing, but still plenty of action at the central Maryland oval.
Maryland racing analyst Gabby Gaudet shares her thoughts on a late Pick 3, starting with race 6. The sequence includes a maiden race for two-year-olds, a first-level allowance on the turf for older horses, and a maiden claimer on the turf.
[su_box title=”GABBY’S PICK 3 PLAY” style=”glass”]- Race 6 3, 5, 6, 9
- Race 7 2, 3, 5, 6
- Race 8 3, 5, 11, 12
- Ticket cost (0.50 unit) $32.00
GABBY’S RACING NOTES
[su_list icon=”icon: check”].- Race 6 — We don’t see a lot million-dollar maidens around here but we will in #3 Espresso Time (9-5), a daughter of Tapit who’s the first foal out of G3 winner (and G1-placed) Super Espresso; this is a horse you can’t ignore, but she’ll probably go off at a short price, and you have to wonder: if trainer Graham Motion loved her, would she be at Saratoga rather than here?… The sleeper here is #6 Stormy Arch Tko (10-1), who’s been working fast and was well bet in her debut but lost all chance after lunging at the break; she gets blinkers and might improve dramatically… Top choice here is #9 Jump for Love (7-2), a Rodney Jenkins trainee who has plenty of precocity in her pedigree.
- Race 7 — I really like #5 Access to the Moon (8-1) in here; I don’t think she liked the boggy conditions last out, and I think she ran really well two back at Pimlico, a gritty third. Plus, I think the slightly shorter distance today might be perfect for her… No reason #2 Intrepid Alex (4-1) can’t give a good accounting of herself in here; Cursive ran huge to win that last race, where this runner was second, and that was a pretty good allowance field.
- Race 8 — This is a race where you can close your eyes, point at the page, and have as good a chance as any in finding the winner. There’s a combination of horses trying the turf for the first time and turfers dropping in class to this low, $12,500 level that makes this a tricky play.
