Saturday's Best Bet: Dixie Drawl lengthens stride in Harrison Johnson

Saturday’s 6th race from Laurel Park is the $100,000 Harrison E. Johnson Memorial Stakes for 4-year-olds and up traveling a mile and an eighth on the main track (Post Time 3:03 p.m. ET).

#6 DIXIE DRAWL (6-1) aired at this distance Jan. 23, and that was his second win from a trio of nine furlong outings. He stalked outside and weakened at 5-2 odds in the John B. Campbell Skaes last time, and the pace was above par that day. The six-time local winner could easily rebound in a race lacking much front end speed.

#5 Galerio (7-2) exits a solid runner-up effort in the John Campbell and he just goes out there and fires exacta shots just about every time. The consistent early-pressing gelding likes this oval.

#7 Plot the Dots (5-1) fired trifecta shots in nine of ten local outings and he finished 2nd in both starts at this distance.

Wagers:

#6 to win

Exacta 5-6/5-6-7

Trifecta 5-6/ALL/7 

Recent Best Bet Winners

Feb. 25 - SOUTH AFRICA ($7.50)
Feb. 28 - WINDMILL ($6.00), Trifecta ($63.60)
March 1 - EXPLAIN/JUNGLIST Coupled Entry ($8.00)

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