Wednesday’s Best Bet: Abitibi can leap forward at Turfway
Wednesday’s seventh race at Turfway Park is an optional-claiming event for fillies and mares dashing six furlongs on the all-weather track. The scheduled post time is 8:55 p.m. EDT.
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No. 4 Abitibi (8-1) stalked the pace and romped in a local claiming sprint on Feb. 21, and she dueled and faded from the inside post on March 9. She can bounce back at a price.
No. 9 Ruthless Rua (6-1) missed by a head from the outside post in a similar local sprint on Jan. 24, and she regressed from an inner post on Feb. 21. She might rebound at a hint of a price in her third start after a layoff.
No. 8 Atlantic Strike (6-1) dropped into a local claiming sprint, put blinkers back on and scored by a length and a quarter on Feb. 17. Steve Asmussen is her new trainer, and she should make her presence felt from the outset under her winning rider Luan Machado.
No. 3 Mystic Pleasure (7-2) rallied for the place in her local debut, then stalked and graduated as the favorite second time out. Rodolphe Brisset is her new trainer, and he shows a profit with layoff runners. She drilled a local bullet for this on March 6.
No. 10 Protomagic (4-1) rallied to win her last four all-weather sprints as the betting favorite at Turfway. She must be respected in her current form.
Wagers
No. 4 to win
Trifecta 4-8-9/3-4-8-9-10/3-4-8-9-10
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)
March 15 – Abhita ($6.40), exacta ($27.60)
March 17 - Sharp Aza Tack ($5.20)
Last Monday - Kiss and Tell/Lady Zephyr exacta ($40.40)
Last Tuesday - Lake Bee/Power Slam exacta ($15.60), trifecta ($32.40)
Thursday - Olympic Dreams/Tabeguache exacta ($25.60)
Tuesday - Pistol Liz Ablazen ($8.60)