Tuesday's Best Bet: Manolete deserves another chance at Parx

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Tuesday’s 9th race from Parx Racing is a starter allowance event for  4-year-olds dashing six and one-half furlongs on the main track (Post Time 4:31 p.m. ET).

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#2 MANOLETE (7-2) let me down as my best best top choice March 16. Perhaps the five panel distance was a tad sharp. His other recent sprints in races shorter than seven panels yielded five wins, and he missed by a head when last trying this distance Feb. 24. 

#4 Souper Fly Over (5-1) turns back in distance after stalking fast fractions and getting outkicked March 3. He finished in the top three in his last six dirt sprints. 

#6 Thousand Percent (6-1) is a sharp early-pressing type with six trifecta finishes in his last seven starts. He should make his presence felt throughout. 

#5 Monteleone (3-1) is the favorite but I like him more underneath. The four-time local winner will try to get involved late. 

Wagers: 

#2 to win

Exacta Box 2-4

Trifecta 2-4/2-4-5-6/2-4-5-6

Recent Best Bet Winners

March 14 - ANNA FANTASTIC ($5.00), Exacta ($22.20)
March 18 - Ocean Breeze/Wildwood's Beauty Exacta ($31.40)
March 19 - STANDING O ($9.80), Trifecta ($238.60)
March 20 - COLONEL LIAM ($3.40)
March 25 - CUSTOMEREXPERIENCE ($18.40)
March 26 - STALKING SHADOW ($12.60), Trifecta ($150.20)
March 27 - ADVENTURING ($7.20)
March 29 - SLINGIN SAMMY B ($9.00), Exacta ($28.00)

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