Wednesday's Best Bet: Flight to Shanghai blasts off in Obeah
Wednesday’s 6th race from Delaware Park is the $150,000 Obeah Stakes for fillies and mares traveling a mile and a sixteenth on the main track (Post Time 3:00 p.m. EDT).
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No. 1 FLIGHT TO SHANGHAI (5-1) might be loose on the lead from the inside post. She went all the way in both local starts last year and might move forward in her third start after a layoff.
No. 4 Miss Leslie (8-5) stalked tepid fractions and pulled clear in the Serena’s Song at Monmouth May 8. She rallied to win her lone local try last year and she is 5-for-7 at this distance.
No. 3 Hybrid Eclipse (8-1) moves to the strong Brittany Russell barn and she will probably stalk the pace. She is a bit light on numbers.
No. 6 Battle Bling (3-2) is a patient type in a race lacking front end speed. The 3-for-16 filly earned some decent speed ratings at Aqueduct earlier this year and exits an even 4th in the La Troienne (G1). I like her more underneath.
No. 2 Moma Tiger (8-1) ran a string of quality races in the optional claiming ranks but was below that form in her last two dirt stakes routes. She is winless at this course and distance.
No. 5 Pettigo Girl (12-1) exits an entry level allowance victory at this course and distance on a wet track, and that race was originally scheduled for turf. She meets better company and needs to run faster.
Wagers:
No. 1 to Win
Exacta Box 1-4
Trifecta 1-3-4/1-3-4/6
Recent best-bet winners
May 28 - Bally's Charm ($6.20)
May 29 - Bran ($4.00)
June 1 - Nice Ace/Ribbons and Medals/Press Snooze Trifecta ($23.80)
June 3 -Buy Land and See ($2.80)