Wednesday's Best Bet: Evita can gain traction at Turfway
Wednesday’s sixth race at Turfway Park is an optional-claiming event for fillies and mares traveling 1 1/4 miles on the all-weather track. The scheduled post time is 8:25 p.m. EST.
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No. 5 Evita (4-1) was up the track in her turf-route bow for Bill Mott. She moved to the Arnaud Delacour barn and rallied for the place in a dirt route at Delaware Park second time out, and picked up her first win at that same venue in a turf route last time. The daughter of Medaglia d’Oro sports a pair of local works for this and might offer value.
No. 4 Tower Bridge (12-1) should impact the pace at a price under Abel Cedillo. Her dam London Mist won a trio of all-weather routes at Woodbine in 2012. She shows three relatively fast local workouts for this.
No. 6 Whenthedawnbreaks (6-5) has been an underachiever since capturing her turf-route bow at Fair Grounds. She has dropped all six starts since that win and was the beaten favorite in her last pair. Brad Cox’s Ghostzapper mare figures to take the bulk of the wagering action in this spot.
Wagers
No. 5 to win
Exacta box 4-5
Trifecta 4-5/4-5-6/4-5-6
Recent Best Bet Winners
Dec. 11 – Masrour ($2.80), exacta ($8), trifecta ($22.80)
Dec. 12 – Empire Pass/Golden Tabby/Bucks Some trifecta ($43.40)
Dec. 13 – Flipping Fish/Henry's World/He’s In Charge trifecta ($202.60)
Dec. 16 – War Campaign ($14.60), exacta ($54.80)
Dec. 18 – Young Squire ($8.40), exacta ($23.40), trifecta ($81.20)
Dec. 24 – F Five ($5.40)
Last Tuesday – Watsonville ($11), exacta ($22)
Friday – Medoro ($6.80)
Monday - Otello ($5.40), trifecta ($100)