Wednesday's Best Bet: Ingrassia has eyes on the prize in Jessamine

Wednesday’s 7th race from Keeneland is the Grade 2 Jessamine Stakes for 2-year-old fillies traveling a mile and a sixteenth on the turf course (Post Time - 4:24 p.m. ET).

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#5 INGRASSIA (6-1) stalked slow fractions and finished fast to graduate by a nose at this distance on turf at Saratoga Aug. 19. Chad Brown’s promising filly might be able to outkick this crew if she moves forward at all. 

#7 Aunt Pearl (3-1) showed sharp early foot and pulled well clear in her flat mile turf debut at Churchill Downs Sept. 1. The $360k purchase should make her presence felt throughout and Brad Cox shows a profit with his graded stakes starters, his second route runners, and with his recent grads trying winners for the first time.

#10 Spanish Loveaffair (7-2) stalked and scored in both flat mile stakes starts at Gulfstream Park including the Sharp Susan Stakes Aug. 29. Wide stalking trips can be tough to overcome in competitive stakes races on turf. 

#1 Batyah (6-1) made up a double digit deficit in her winning flat mile turf bow at Belmont Park Sept. 19. Graham’s Motion’s $150k Keeneland sales graduate should enjoy the added distance of this race.  

Wagers: 

#5 to win

Exacta 5/1-7-10

Exacta 1-7-10/5

Recent Best Bet Winners

Sept 23 - Shoe Game/Semi Sweet Exacta ($76.00)
Sept 25 - BIG RUNNUER ($5.00), Exacta ($14.80)
Sept 26 - MUCHO UNUSUAL ($8.80)
Sept 30 - Kaylasaurus/Sunny Dale Exacta ($23.40)
Oct. 4 - MUTASAABEQ ($6.00), Exacta ($93.60), Trifecta ($317.65)
Oct. 5 - SWEET SOUPER SWEET ($5.00), Trifecta ($98.95)
Oct. 6 - PORTAL CREEK ($4.00), Exacta ($12.60)

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