Friday's Best Bet: Script pulls no punches in Let it Ride
Friday’s seventh race from Del Mar is the $75,000 Let It Ride Stakes for 3-year-olds traveling one mile on the turf course. The scheduled post time is 6:30 p.m. EST.
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No. 5 Script (3-1) ran well in all three starts for Graham Motion. He graduated in an extended sprint on dirt second time out, and finished his juvenile season with a show finish in the Parx Juvenile. He stretched out and landed the show in a dirt route on Feb. 10, and switched to turf and rallied for the win in an entry level allowance affair at one mile on good turf at Keeneland on Oct. 12. This looks like a good spot for the improving colt.
No. 6 St Anthony (4-1) faced graded foes in two of his last three. He went on the road in his last pair and is back in California for Neil Drysdale. Flavien Prat takes the mount and he fits with these.
No. 2 Handy Dandy (7-2) finished out of the trifecta for the first time in ten outings when experiencing an uncomfortable trip in the Twilight Derby. He reconnects with his winning rider Juan Hernandez, and he fired exacta shots in all four local turf starts. He finished in the top three in all six starts at this distance.
No. 8 Spycatcher (7-2) is still a maiden after four outings. He exits a runner-up finish at 68-1 odds in the Del Mar Derby, and he might take too much win action after that surprising effort.
Wagers:
No. 5 to win
Exacta Box 5-6
Trifecta 5-6/2-5-6-8/2-5-6-8
Recent Best Bet winners
Nov. 6 - Hero Status/Street Ruckus Exacta ($14.80)
Nov. 10 - Siege of Boston ($4.90)