Friday's Best Bet: Kurilov projects cozy trip in Temperence Hill

Friday’s 8th race from Oaklawn Park is the $125,000 Temperence Hill Stakes for 4-year-olds and up traveling a mile and a half on the main track (Post Time 5:42 p.m. ET).

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#6 KURILOV (9-2) exits back-to-back local dirt route scores vs. lesser, and he earned decent late pace ratings in those two victories. He has back class, stamina, and tactical speed. 

#7 Remembering Rita (5-2) put blinkers back on and controlled the tempo in an easy front running win vs. local optional claimers at a mile and an eighth Feb. 21. His best and probably only hope is to get out there and set soft fractions at this marathon distance. I am not seeing much pace in the paper race, and that makes this 6-year-old horse a dangerous player.  

#10 Campaign (3-1) got a spin over the local oval in the Razorback Handicap (G3) Feb. 17. That race was too short for him and just a prep for this. He rallied to win a pair of graded races on dirt at this distance last year in Southern California.

#1 Sky Promise (9-2) packs a nice late kick in dirt routes. He owns some impressive late pace ratings and should be heard from in the stretch if he handles the marathon distance.    

Wagers:

#6 to win

Exacta 6/1-7-10

Exacta 1-7-10/6

March 2020 Best Bet Winners

March 1 - Fashionably Fast/Oliver Exacta ($5.60)

March 3 - WHISTLING BIRDS ($6.80), Exacta ($38.00)

March 12 - Fire Coral/Charming Lady Exacta ($26.20)

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