Saturday's Best Bet: Artorius ready for combat in Perryville
Saturday’s sixth race from Keeneland is the $250,000 Perryville Stakes for 3-year-olds dashing seven furlongs on the main track. The scheduled post time is 3:40 p.m. EDT.
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No. 3 Artorius (5-2) still has upside for Chad Brown. He rallied for the place in his local sprint debut in the spring, captured his next two starts including the restricted Curlin Stakes, and was caught wide in the Travers last time. He turns back in distance and drilled a local bullet for this on Oct. 15.
No. 8 Gunite (6-5) has been in fine form all year. The early-pressing type likes this distance and landed a comfortable outside post position.
No. 7 Of a Revolution (5-1) looks best of the rest. He finished in the top three in seven of eight career starts. He added blinkers and finished nicely for the place in the Gallant Bob at Parx last time.
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Wagers:
No. 2 to win
Exacta 2-8
Trifecta 2-8/2-7-8/2-7-8
Recent Best Bet winners
Oct. 3 – Back to Ohio ($4.20)
Oct. 5 – Climber ($5.00)
Oct. 8 – Going to Vegas ($7.20)
Oct. 10 – Excess Speed Limit ($19.00), exacta ($40.20), super ($1,565)
Friday - Storming Lady ($3.60)