PARX PICKS AND HORSES TO WATCH: Jan. 26
Frank Vespe- January 26, 2022
Parx Racing has an 11-race card on tap for this afternoon. Post time for the opener is 12:25 p.m, and we’ve got Parx picks.
Carryovers: Jackpot Pick 5, $128,738
- Foxy Junior returns for Thirty Eight Go GoMaryland Million Distaff winner Foxy Junior will seek her sixth win in seven starts in Saturday’s Thirty Eight Go Go Stakes at Laurel Park.
| RACE NUMBER | CONTENDERS | COMMENTS |
| Race 9 | 8-1-6-3 | Top choice #8 Koan (7-2) enters in good form, having thrashed claiming rivals two back and then just missed versus similar to these last out. The fourth-place finisher from that contest came back to win a starter allowance at Aqueduct, flattering this one’s effort… Trainer Jamie Ness has a pair in here, and he’s putting go-to rider Silvera on #1 Zippy (4-1). This one’s been off since late November, showing a couple of good works in the meantime, and that Ness is leaving him at this $25,000 level seems a good sign, especially since he’d claimed him for just $12,500 back in September… His form can be a little in-and-out, but when he runs well, #6 Trifor Gold (10-1) has what it takes to contend in this group. After three middling efforts, he gave a hint he might be cycling back to better form with an improved try in last… The other Ness trainee, #3 Super Dude (5-2), has been facing better, albeit without much to show for it… |
| Race 10 | 6-1-4-2 | Top choice #6 Bullet Butch (7-2) looked good when winning on debut while earning a gaudy 78 Beyer fig. He didn’t run badly in his follow-up, either, dueling between horses before settling for third while going one mile — a pretty big step forward from the 5 1/2 furlongs he traveled first out. That was a tough test, too, as winner Parsimony was multiple graded stakes-placed and has earned over $400,000 in his career, and runner-up Northern Express also is more experienced than this guy. The added experience should help, and the cutback to seven furlongs looks like a positive, too… #1 Tate (4-1) just missed last time out against better in probably a career-best effort. A repeat might be good enough… #4 Northern Express (8-1) ran big last time when just missing and finishing ahead of Bullet Butch while sent off at 21-1. If he can do that again, he’ll be a player again… #2 Baafeed (5-1) won nicely at first asking and ran OK in his follow-up while finishing behind Northern Express… |
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