Thursday's Best Bet: Tabeguache is top-notch at Aqueduct
Thursday’s seventh race at Aqueduct is an optional-claiming event for 4-year-olds and up traveling 1 1/8 miles on the main track. The scheduled post time is 4:31 p.m. EDT.
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No. 4 Tabeguache (5-2) is a fresh contender for Brad Cox. He came up empty in the slop as the favorite when last seen on Jan. 26. The Into Mischief colt projects a stalking trip and is fast enough to compete for the win on his best day. Manny Franco has been winning races with this barn recently.
No. 2 Olympic Dreams (5-2) is a consistent performer at Aqueduct, and he enjoys this distance. He probably will save ground stalking the pace.
No. 1 Quality Chic (9-5) just missed in a pair of local stakes races at the current stand. He is a logical contender if he goes here. His stablemate 1a Laughing Boy (9-5) was nowhere in the Stymie on March 2. He may not have cared for the mud last time, but he is winless at this course and distance as well. He probably will impact the pace.
Wagers
No. 4 to win
Exacta box 2-4
Trifecta key 4/1-2
Recent Best Bet winners
March 1 – Princess of Me ($5.80), exacta ($11.80)
March 3 – Du Jour/Easter exacta ($28.20)
March 6 – Spikezone/Just Beat the Odds exacta ($7.80), trifecta ($22.40)
March 7 – Insensitive ($5.00)
March 9 – Sweet Azteca/Adare Manor/Green Up trifecta ($94.60)
March 10 – Medoro/Zona Verde exacta ($15.20), trifecta ($33.60)
Friday – Abhita ($6.40), exacta ($27.60)
Sunday - Sharp Aza Tack ($5.20)
Monday - Kiss and Tell/Lady Zephyr exacta ($40.40)
Tuesday - Lake Bee/Power Slam exacta ($15.60), trifecta ($32.40)