Thursday's Best Bet: Mount Craig holds the line at Churchill

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Thursday’s 10th race from Churchill Downs is maiden special weight event with a purse of $120,000 for 3-year-olds and up traveling one mile on the main track. The scheduled post time is 5:35 p.m. EDT.


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No. 8 Mount Craig (9-2) grabbed show dough as a long shot in his dirt sprint debut at Belmont Park in June, and the top two finishers were both next-out winners. Bill Mott’s $300k Arrogate colt should enjoy the added ground of this race. He has been stabled locally since September, and his recent works are solid. 

No. 12 Cawkab (5-1) is a first timer for Brad Cox, and the owners paid half a million for the Curlin colt. Dam has produced four stakes winners from five starters. 

No. 11 York Tavern (6-1) improved his speed ratings in all three starts. He showed nice late interest in a show finish at this distance last time, and the runner-up won his next start. 

No. 4 Electromagnetic (6-1) split a 10-horse field in his even local debut at this distance, and that is the same race York Tavern exits. Todd Pletcher’s colt adds blinkers, and his new pilot Luis Saez wins races with this outfit. 


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Wagers: 

No. 8 to win

Exacta box 8-12

Trifecta 8-12/4-8-11-12/4-8-11-12

Recent Best Bet winners

Oct. 10 – Excess Speed Limit ($19.00), exacta ($40.20), super ($1,565)
Oct. 21 - Storming Lady ($3.60)
Oct. 24 - Finest City Stakes trifecta ($34.20)

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