Monday's Best Bet: Rombauer looks fine in Del Mar Juvenile Turf

Monday’s 9th race from Del Mar is the Grade 2 Del Mar Juvenile Turf for 2-year-olds traveling one mile on the turf course (Post Time 8:00 p.m. ET).

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#10 ROMBAUER (9-2) overcame a troubled start and slow pace to rally for the win in his local flat mile turf bow July 25, and he earned a solid late pace rating that day. The son of Twirling Candy might be a good one for Michael McCarthy.

#5 Big Fish (10-1) stretched out, switched to turf, and looked good surging in the stretch in his California-bred special weight score at this course and distance Aug. 21. He returned with a turf bullet Sept. 3 and might be talented enough to take this.

#2 Get Her Number (6-1) pressed and scored in his local turf sprint bow Aug. 14, and the runner-up returned to score. Flavien Prat rides back and Peter Miller excels with his second grass starters. He might be the one to catch.

#1 Ambivalent (10-1) adds blinkers and tries turf for Doug O’Neill. They have high hopes for this $550k maiden. He was 2nd in a salty 4.5 furlong maiden dirt sprint in his bow, and crossed the line 3rd and was placed 4th through disqualification in the Best Pal (G2) second time out. He stretched out to a mile and battled hard throughout in a solid runner-up finish Aug. 29.

#11 Cotopaxi (15-1) exits an all-weather extended sprint win in Great Britain and the 2-3 finishers were next-out winners. Umberto Rispoli ends up here.

#12 Inner Ghost (15-1) won his turf sprint bow at Monmouth for Michael Stidham. He is bred to handle two turns and is probably going to try to show speed from his outer draw.

Wagers:

#10 to win

Quinella 5-10

Trifecta 5-10/1-2-5-10/1-2-5-10-11-12

Superfecta Key 10/1-2-5-11-12

Recent Best Bet Winners

Aug 29 - C Z ROCKET ($4.20), Quinella ($6.60), Trifecta ($19.30)
Sept 3 - GIRL DADDY ($8.60), Exacta ($22.80)

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