Friday's Best Bet: Personal Best can get there in Bewitch

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Friday’s eighth race at Keeneland is the Grade 3 Bewitch Stakes for fillies and mares traveling 1 1/2 miles on the turf course. The scheduled post time is 4:44 p.m. EDT.

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No. 5 Personal Best (3-1) fired trifecta shots in her last nine starts. She likes these long turf races and should offer a hint of value as the second being choice under Irad Ortiz Jr.

No. 4 War Like Goddess (3-5) ended 2022 with a show finish in the Breeders’ Cup Turf. She won this race in 2021 and 2022 and is clearly the one to beat.

No. 2 Temple City Terror (9-2) raced evenly in the Hillsborough at 1/8 miles on March 11. She has stuck three times at this distance and that includes a victory in the local Dowager Stakes last fall. She reconnects with her winning rider Jose Ortiz. 

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Wagers

No. 5 to win

Exacta 2-5/4

Trifecta Key 5/2-4

Recent Best Bet winners

April 5  Ego Man ($4.80), exacta ($21.80), trifecta ($39.80) 
April 9  First Peace ($10), trifecta ($207.20)
April 10  Out Dancing ($9), exacta ($13)
April 12  Street Swagg ($8.94)
April 13  Curl Girl ($4.06)
April 14  Love Reigns ($7.38), trifecta ($224.64)
April 15  Twilight Gleaming ($7.54)
Sunday - Les Bon Temps ($6.80)
Tuesday - Chipofftheoldblock ($5.40), exacta ($15.20)

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