Sunday's Best Bet: Les Bon Temps can prosper in Park Avenue
Sunday’s eighth race at Aqueduct is the $200,000 New York Stallion Stakes Park Avenue Division for 3-year-old fillies dashing 6 1/2 furlongs on the main track. The scheduled post time is 5:10 p.m. EDT.
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No. 4 Les Bon Temps (7-2) ran into buzzsaw Maple Leaf Mel in the East View on March 24, and runner-up Security Code returned to score April 16. She was forced to chase the heavy favorite from the outside post and did not get the right setup that day. Jose Ortiz hops aboard the tactical filly, and she has fired in multiple stakes races like this. She might be set for a forward move in her third start of the year.
No. 6 Midtown Lights (8-5) is a consistent performer Brad Cox. She fired trifecta shots in her last five starts and exits a sharp victory as the favorite at one mile.
No. 10 Honest Banker (8-1) won both local sprints. She stalked and scored in the slop in her debut and wired the field on a fast track last time. She drew outside the other speed.
No. 9 Athena Beach (6-1) easily went all the way in both dirt sprints at Penn National. She should impact the pace.
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Wagers
No. 4 to win
Exacta 4-9-10/6
Trifecta 4-6/4-6-9-10/4-6-9-10
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