Sunday's Best Bet: Pendleton vs. Runaway Ghost in Curribot Handicap
Sunday's seventh race from Sunland Park is the $75,000 Curribot Handicap for 4-year-olds and up traveling a mile and a sixteenth on the main track (Post Time - 5:26 p.m. ET).
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#4 PENDLETON (6-1) captured three of his last four and added blinkers, relaxed, and kicked home an easy winner vs. local flat mile optional claimers Jan. 13. He will face a tougher pace scenario today but the lightly raced 5-year-old gelding has upside and drilled a bullet for this Feb. 15.
Last year’s Sunland Derby (G3) hero #7 Runaway Ghost (7-5) returned with a strong local dirt sprint win Feb. 2. I am concerned about a bounce as he chases the pace from the outside post around two turns today.
#6 Hereditary (5-1) did not get much pace help but kicked home from last to get back on the beam Feb. 3. The 8-year-old gelding is sharp enough to land a share.
The Plays:
#4 to win
Exacta Box 4-7
Trifecta 4-7/ALL/6
February Best Bet Winners
Feb. 1 - MATRICULATE ($8.40)
Feb. 3 - ALWAYS SHOPPING ($6.30), Exacta ($11.30)
Feb. 7 - ACCLIMATE ($7.40), Exacta ($11.70)
Feb. 9 - INSPECTOR LYNLEY ($8.80), Trifecta ($22.20)
Feb. 15 - Contagion/Hard to Come Home Exacta ($4.20), Trifecta ($5.55)
Feb. 17 - Nice Work/Owning Exacta ($4.10)
Feb. 19 - Playoff Bound/Taelyns Prince Exacta ($7.40)
Feb. 22 - OSTINI ($5.40)
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