Saturday's Best Bet: Kinetic Sky is on the go in Manfuso

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Saturday’s eighth race at Laurel Park is the $100,000 Robert T. Manfuso Stakes for 3-year-olds and up traveling 1 1/16 miles on the main track. The scheduled post time is 3:54 p.m. EST.

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No. 6 Kinetic Sky (3-1) exits a nice optional-claiming victory in New York at seven panels for Rick Dutrow. He handles this distance and might work out a decent stalking trip at a hint of a price. 

No. 2 Offaly Cool (2-1) chased wide over a speed-favoring wet track in the Grade 2 Cigar Mile on Dec. 2, and he ended up splitting a 12-horse field at 44-1 odds that day. The early-pressing sophomore gelding reconnects with his winning rider Kendrick Carmouche.  

No. 7 Be Better (5-2) was along for the show as the beaten favorite in the Richard Small Stakes on Nov. 25. He likes this oval and does some of his best work at 1 1/16 miles. 

No. 8 Magic Michael (5-1) steps up in class after back-to-back local wins in the optional-claiming ranks. He will try to get involved from off the pace. 

Wagers

No. 6 to win

Exacta box 2-6

Trifecta 2-6/2-6-7-8/2-6-7-8

Recent Best Bet winners

Dec. 3 – Stay Hot ($6.60)
Dec. 9 – Catiche/Mouffy exacta ($30)
Dec. 11 – Masrour ($2.80), exacta ($8), trifecta ($22.80)
Dec. 12 – Empire Pass/Golden Tabby/Bucks Some trifecta ($43.40)
Dec. 13 – Flipping Fish/Henry's World/He’s In Charge trifecta ($202.60)
Saturday – War Campaign ($14.60), exacta ($54.80)
Monday - Young Squire ($8.40), exacta ($23.40), trifecta ($81.20)

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