Thursday's Best Bet: Collaboration lends a hand at Aqueduct
Thursday’s sixth race from Belmont at Aqueduct is a $77,000 maiden special weight event for New York-bred 2-year-old fillies traveling 1 1/16 miles on the turf course. Scheduled post time is 3:35 p.m. EDT.
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No. 3 Collaboration (4-1) set the pace and was a clear show finisher in her Saratoga turf route bow Aug. 3. Linda Rice has strong stats with second timers and she might get brave if able to shake loose early under Irad Ortiz Jr.
No. 8 Orange Freeze (7-2) ran on nicely for the show from the outside post in her turf route debut Aug. 18. She did not get much pace help last time and might go a bit better second time out for Joel Rosario and Christophe Clement.
No. 7 Smokie Eyes (3-1) stalked from the outside post and ended up a half-length in front of Collaboration as the beaten favorite Aug. 3. Flavien Prat stays put, and she is a logical contender.
No. 4 Sweetest Princess (8-1) had a bad start and raced evenly after that in the common Aug. 3 affair. She can go better with a clean start.
Wagers:
No. 3 to win
Exacta 3/4-7-8
Exacta 4-7-8/3
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)