Thursday's Best Bet: Mighty Heart shows the way in Dominion Day
Thursday’s 7th race from Woodbine is the Grade 3 Dominion Day Stakes for four-year-olds and up traveling a mile and a sixteenth on the all-weather surface (Post Time 4:24 p.m. ET).
#4 MIGHTY HEART (5-2) earned the best last race number in a nose victory in the Blame Stakes at a mile and an eighth on dirt at Churchill Downs May 29. He won a pair of local all-weather routes last year including the Queen’s Plate, and he might be able to dictate terms in a race lacking early pace.
#6 Belichick (6-1) finished in the top three in all six career starts. His lone win was in the Breeders’ Stakes at a mile and a half on turf last year, and he placed in the Queen’s Plate and Ontario Derby (G3) as well. He missed by a nose in his turf route return at Churchill Downs May 13.
#2 March To the Arch (9-5) is a classy late running turf router making his first start in more than seven months. He ran well in both local all-weather attempts.
#7 Skywire (4-1) was very good in local all-weather graded stakes routes last year. He tailed off in his last pair at Turfway Park and might bounce back at his favorite venue.
#1 Lookin To Strike (10-1) likes this oval and will probably save ground stalking the pace. He is probably most effective sprinting but should sit a decent trip and might be able to land a share.
#5 Malibu Mambo (12-1) finished out of the trifecta once in six local attempts. He placed in a couple of stakes at Woodbine and might move forward in his second start after a layoff.
#3 Atone (20-1) fired trifecta shots in five of his last seven starts and he captured three of those races. He must prove himself in the stakes ranks.
Wagers:
#4 to win
Exacta 4-6-7/2
Trifecta 4-6/ALL/1-5
Recent Best Bet Winners
June 2 - RED NOON RISING ($6.20), Trifecta ($127.20)
June 5 - DOMESTIC SPENDING ($5.00)
June 8 - CHILLY SKY ($7.40), Exacta ($17.00)
June 10 - ADENS DREAM ($6.00)
June 18 - Hudson Ridge/Flashiest Exacta ($13.60)
June 19 - FI FI PHAROAH ($6.00), Exacta ($27.80)
June 20 - WARREN'S SHOWTIME ($6.00), Exacta ($23.60)
June 21 - FLASHING DIAMOND ($5.00), Trifecta ($110.40)
June 24 - Robin Sparkles/Catch a Bid/Unique Factor Trifecta ($242.48)
June 29 - Proposition/Leaky Cauldron Exacta ($9.60)