CHARLES TOWN PICKS AND HORSES TO WATCH: FEb. 18
Frank Vespe- February 18, 2022
Charles Town Races has an eight-race card on tap for this evening. Post time for the opener is 7:00 p.m., and we’ve got Charles Town picks.
Carryovers: Jackpot Pick 6, $8,057
- Im the Director solid fave in WV FuturityIt’s last call for state-bred 2-year-olds, and Im the Director will look to add a second stakes win to his resume.
| RACE NUMBER | CONTENDERS | COMMENTS |
| Race 4 | 2-6-4-3 | Interesting spot for #4 Knot Anymore (4-5) to show up. The Goldencents filly, a $170,000 auction purchase as a yearling, ran second on debut in a maiden special weight at Laurel with a pretty good effort and now ships to CT for her second career start. Not sure exactly what she was facing that day; the winner returned to be up the track in an allowance in her follow-up. Regardless, the signs indicate this one’s coming to win: trainer Brittany Russell doesn’t often ship to CT, and she’s slated to have go-to rider Jevian Toledo up. Toledo made just one start at CT in 2021… #6 Bet the Queen (6-1) has run OK against $25,000 maiden claimers at Penn National and makes her second start following a two-month break here. It’ll be her first in the barn of Stacey Viands… #4 Time Is Golden (7-5) obviously fits with these — she’s been beaten less than a length at this level three different times — but she’s still a maiden after seven starts, which doesn’t inspire the confidence to accept short odds. She’s also from the Viands barn and gets his go-to rider… #3 Rona (20-1) hasn’t been in great form of late but has a couple of efforts that would contend here… |
| Race 8 | 1-2-5-3 | Top choice #1 Petulant Delight (9-2) hasn’t run since June, when he cruised at Parx and was claimed by owner Bob Cole and trainer Irving Velez. Obviously, the key question is how he’ll come back; trainer Velez has a good record off long layoffs, and if this one’s ready, he could be a handful in here… #2 Gigging (5-2) has been facing better and most recently was fourth in an allowance at the Fair Grounds. The class relief should help… Let’s see if #5 Martin Man (6-1) can recapture the form that saw him finish second in the A Huevo (behind Muad’dib) and second twice versus these types. In his last he made a middle move before tiring in a three-turn allowance… That was really a pretty good effort last time by #3 Cielo Azul (5-1), who was the widest of a three-horse vanguard for much of the way and fought on on nearly even terms until the late stages… |
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4th.”Knot Anymore”should score,
Let’s hope”Golden Glow” don’t blow the place.
7th.,not “8”Frank.”Petulent Delight”does look right.
Maybe”Gigging” and “San Antone”to follow and”Martin Man”
can complete the Super.
7th.Looks like Robert got robbed here.
And I got a Cole shower too.
8th.”Castle Five”does look live
and maybe next time for”Nitro Time”
and I can’t quite get”Alltheway To Cairo”with Lela
but will pay”Cash For The Soul”to go pole to pole with lotsa Joy.
SEND IT IN and win.
8th.Somebody knew something and it wasn’t me.
Vaya con Dios amigos.