Best Bet: Toskana Belle whistles in Jockey Club Oaks
Saturday’s seventh race from Belmont at Aqueduct is the Grade 3 Jockey Club Oaks for 3-year-old fillies traveling 1 3/8 miles on the turf course. Scheduled post time is 4:07 p.m. EDT.
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No. 4 Toskana Belle (7-2) captured three of her last four turf routes including the German Oaks (G1) at this distance Aug. 7. Frankie Dettori takes the call and the improving filly could easily be this good.
No. 6 Beside Herself (4-1) might be loose on the lead under Flavien Prat. She easily went all the way in an optional claiming turf marathon at Saratoga Aug. 25. She scooted to the front in three of eight starts, and she won each time she made the early lead.
No. 1 McKulick (4-5) finished in the top three in all six starts. She won the Belmont Oaks (G1) July 9 and landed the place in the Saratoga Oaks (G3) Aug. 7. She figures to save ground stalking the pace for a productive jockey-trainer team.
Wagers:
No. 4 to Win
Trifecta 4-6/1-4-6/1-4-6
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)
Tuesday - Adventuring ($7.80), exacta ($17.78)
Thursday - Collaboration ($9.30), exacta ($27.60)
Friday - Ramblin' Wreck/Provision exacta ($39.20)