Saturday's Best Bet: Mouffy can speed up in Ontario Matron
Saturday’s ninth race at Woodbine is the Grade 3 Ontario Matron Stakes for fillies and mares traveling 1 1/6 miles on the all-weather track. The scheduled post time is 5:40 p.m. EDT.
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No. 3 Mouffy (4-1) is 4-for-6 with a runner-up finish. She won her last two turf routes including a listed stakes score with the addition of blinkers at Ellis Park on Aug. 27. She raced once on all-weather ground and won that special weight sprint last year.
No. 2 Il Malocchio (9-2) was along for the show in the Seaway Stakes at seven panels on Sept. 17. That race was a bit short for her and she has a good overall record at this distance.
No. 5 Souper Hoity Toity (3-1) is usually part of the exacta at Woodbine. Mark Casse’s consistent, versatile filly should be right there if she runs her normal race.
No. 8 Millie Girl (8-1) fired trifecta shots in all eight starts. She stretches back out in her second start after a layoff.
No. 10 Angelou (6-1) is probably the one to catch. She is in good form and enjoys this course and distance.
No. 1 Ephrata (20-1) earned competitive speed ratings in her last pair. She should save ground behind the speed and might be able to land a share at long odds.
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Wagers
No. 3 to win
Exacta box 2-3
Trifecta 2-3/2-3-5-8/1-2-3-5-8-10
Recent best bet winners
Sept. 24 – Honor D Lady/Ancient Peace exacta ($104.60)
Sept. 25 – Rosa ($9), exacta ($32)
Sept. 27 – Tiger Moon ($5.70)
Sept. 29 – Kirstenbosch ($15)
Oct. 4 – Agate Road ($6.90), exacta ($63), trifecta ($119.48)
Oct. 5 – Portage ($7.30)
Tuesday - Warrior's Ransom ($12.80)