Saturday's Best Bet: Going to Vegas rolls the dice in Mabee
Saturday’s ninth race from Del Mar is the Grade 2 John C. Mabee Stakes for fillies and mares traveling 1 1/8 miles on the turf course. Scheduled post time is 8:18 p.m. EDT.
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No. 1 Going to Vegas (5-2) landed the place in all three graded turf routes this year. The fresh mare won this event last summer under Saturday’s rider Flavien Prat, and she owns early-pressing versatility.
No. 5 Going Global (4-5) captured seven of her last ten starts and exits a sharp local win as the favorite in the Yellow Ribbon (G2). Umberto Rispoli was aboard for both of her wins this year and a stalking trip is expected. She likes this course and distance.
No. 3 Avenue de France (6-1) is in the best form of her career. She fired exacta shots in her last four turf route stakes starts and and was second best in the Yellow Ribbon (G2) Aug. 13. She was part of the trifecta in all six local starts.
Wagers:
No. 1 to win
Exacta 1-5
Trifecta 1-5/1-3-5/1-3-5
Recent Best Bet winners
Sept. 7 - Wolfie's Dynaghost ($3.20), exacta ($5.60), trifecta ($12.60)
Sept. 8 - Private Creed ($7.58), exacta ($11.42)
Sept. 9 - Giver Not a Taker ($4.60)