Wednesday's Best Bet: Ride the Plan picks up the pace
Wednesday’s sixth race from Keeneland is an optional claiming event for fillies and mares dashing six furlongs on the main track. The scheduled post time is 3:40 p.m. EDT.
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No. 4 Ride the Plan (3-1) raced evenly in a turf sprint at Kentucky Downs last time. She captured her last two dirt sprints and should be in the thick of things throughout.
No. 3 Zainalarab (2-1) hit the board in her last three turf starts for Chad Brown, and she is now conditioned by Brendan Walsh. She has struck twice in dirt sprints and figures to stalk the pace under Irad Ortiz Jr.
No. 8 Coppelia (5-1) completed the exacta in her last two dirt sprints at Ellis Park. This is her winning distance and she projects an outside tactical trip at a hint of a price. She shows a bullet workout for this engagement.
No. 2 Bombdiggity (9-2) is sharp and fresh for Steve Asmussen. She wired the field in both of her starts at this distance and looks like the inside speed.
No. 7 Magic Quest (6-1) attended the pace before fading to last place at Churchill Downs on Sept. 25, and that was her first start in more than a year. She should be fitter for this and looms a pace factor at the very least.
Wagers:
No. 4 to Win
Exacta 3-4/3-4-8
Trifecta 2-3-4-7/2-3-4-7/8
Recent Best Bet winners
Oct. 3 – Back to Ohio ($4.20)
Oct. 5 – Climber ($5.00)
Oct. 8 – Going to Vegas ($7.20)
Oct. 10 – Excess Speed Limit ($19.00), exacta ($40.20), super ($1,565)
Friday - Storming Lady ($3.60)
Monday - Finest City Stakes trifecta ($34.20)