Friday’s Best Bet: Competitive Idea has the edge in Fort Bliss
Friday’s eighth race at Sunland Park is the $75,000 Fort Bliss Stakes for 4-year-olds and up dashing six furlongs on the main track. The scheduled post time is 5:28 p.m. EST.
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No. 2 Competitive Idea (3-1) likes Sunland Park and is a gem of consistency at six furlongs. He exits a local stakes win at five panels, and the sharp gelding should be all over the pace.
No. 7 Espionage (5-1) could not keep up with Competitive Idea at an abbreviated distance Jan. 5. He has a good overall record at this distance and can be in the mix at a hint of a price.
No. 5 Good With People (7-2) stalked wide and faded as the beaten favorite in the common KLAQ Handicap on Jan. 5. He was a decent dirt sprinter in Southern California and might go better in his second local start for Todd Fincher.
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Wagers
No. 2 to win
Exacta box 2-7
Trifecta 2-7/2-5-7/2-5-7
Recent Best Bet winners
Jan. 1 – Otello ($5.40), trifecta ($100.00)
Jan. 4 – Dr. Ray D. ($7.00), exacta ($15.40), trifecta ($28.60)
Jan. 5 – Virat ($7.40), trifecta ($72.20)
Jan. 6 – Comparative/Saddle Up Jessie/Evidencias trifecta ($45.40)
Jan. 9 – In Spades ($7.80)
Last Friday – Crimson Rose/Nokie exacta ($10.80), trifecta ($56.40)
Sunday – My Mane Squeeze/Bernietakescharge/