Saturday's Best Bet: War Campaign is on a mission in Tinsel
Saturday’s ninth race at Oaklawn is the $200,000 Tinsel Stakes for 3-year-olds and up traveling 1 1/8 miles on the main track. The scheduled post time is 5:14 p.m. EST.
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No. 1 War Campaign (4-1) should save all the ground behind lively splits. He was along for the show behind Gasoline and Giant Game in a salty optional-claiming dirt route at Churchill Downs on Nov. 4. He won a race at this distance in May and sports back-to-back bullets at Keeneland for this engagement.
No. 3 Seize the Night (9-2) exits an even effort in a turf route, and he is back on preferred footing in his third start after a short layoff. The dual local winner captured an optional-claiming event at 1 1/8 miles in June.
No. 4 Speed Bias (3-1) might be the best of the early runners. He started the year with a local dirt route win, and came close to making the grade in the Pimlico Special and Fayette. The relatively consistent Uncle Mo colt handles this oval.
No. 7 Denington (5-1) might get the right setup at a hint of a price. The improving sophomore rallied for the place behind Dubyuhnell at 1 1/8 miles on Oct. 28, and he closed for the win in a flat mile event at Churchill Downs on Nov. 26. He had lasix in his last pair and will be without that medication in this spot.
Wagers
No. 1 to win
Exacta 1-3/1-3-4
Trifecta 1-3-7/1-3-7/4
Dec. 3 – Stay Hot ($6.60)
Last Saturday - Catiche/Mouffy exacta ($30)
Monday - Masrour ($2.80), exacta ($8), trifecta ($22.80)
Tuesday - Empire Pass/Golden Tabby/Bucks Some trifecta ($43.40)
Wednesday - Flipping Fish/Henry's World/He's In Charge trifecta ($202.60)