Thursday's Best Bet: Favor is well-meant in Wilton Stakes
Thursday’s seventh race from Saratoga is the $135,000 Wilton Stakes for 3-year-old fillies traveling one mile on the main track. (Post time is scheduled for 4:29 p.m. EDT.
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No. 6 Favor (7-2) raced wide from a tough outer post in the Black-Eyed Susan (G2) May 20. She is 2-for-2 at one mile and projects a stalking trip.
No. 9 A Mo Reay (5-1) is a consistent, versatile filly for Todd Pletcher. She captured her last two flat mile starts, and Irad Ortiz Jr. wins races with this outfit.
No. 7 Tarabi (5-2) ran well in all four starts, including a pair of graded placings last year. She was clearly second best in her extended sprint return and should work out a decent tactical journey.
No. 8 Let’s Be Clear (20-1) was nabbed out of her last for $50k by Linda Rice. She fired in both local dirt sprints last year and might spice up the exotics in this spot.
Wagers:
No. 6 to win
Trifecta 6-9/6-7-8-9/6-7-8-9
Trifecta 6-7-9/ALL/8
Recent best-bet winners
July 1 - Net a Bear ($6.20), trifecta ($87.80)
July 2 - Crystal Cliffs ($4.20) - dead heat
July 3 - Chasing Artie/The Virginian exacta ($29.00)
July 6 - First I've Seen/Hannah's Haven exacta ($17.40)
July 9 - Butterbean/Falconet exacta ($22.00), trifecta ($74.20)
Monday - Mo Clare's ($6.80)