Pro Report plays for Thursday at Canterbury Park
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Thursday night action awaits horseplayers at Canterbury Park, where doors opened for the season on Wednesday. Canterbury offers bettor-friendly low takeout of 10 percent on its early Pick 4 (races 1-4) and Pick 5 (last 5 Thoroughbred races each day). Horse Racing Nation’s Pro Reports offer insight on wise wagers for the evening.
In the opener, favored No. 2 Que Pasa Mufasa (8-5 ML) draws an advantageous inside post. The Post Position Bias Report shows that the inside three gates produce the highest percentage of winners, with horses in post 2 winning at 17 percent. From gate 6, that win rate drops to 12 percent. Second choice on the morning line at 9-5 is No. 6 Left of Center, who will break from the outside over this surface, which has proven to favor those saving ground going this mile distance on the dirt.
Race 3 is the first turf contest on the card where $7,500 claimers face off going one mile. No. 8 Andreas (12-1 ML) shows up favorably on the Sire Moves Report. Sire Chosen Deputy is 13 percent with turf routers in comparison to his 8 percent success rate with progeny routing on the dirt. The HRN Impact Score moves from -40 percent on dirt to +37 percent on turf, making Andreas a long shot worth considering on your early Pick 4 ticket. No. 1 King Nate (9-2 ML) is a son of Animal Kingdom who has a higher success rate with turf routers (15 percent) than dirt routers (10 percent).
Speed is on in Race 7 according to the Pace Report, as is typical of five-furlong turf sprints. No. 7 Bounty of Gold (9-2 ML) is projected as the early pacesetter, and she enters the starting gate off a win last time out at Turf Paradise. That win was over the dirt going this 5 furlong distance. Bounty of Gold hasn’t run on the grass since June of 2019, though she is not alone in lacking recent turf experience. For those who are more familiar with the surface, No. 8 I Am the Boss (3-1 ML) is a multiple winner on the turf, as is No. 11 Toreno (10-1 ML) and No. 1 A Roze and Wine (5-1 ML).
In the finale, the Horses to Single Report identifies No. 5 Runaway Ready (9-5 ML) as a reliable winner. Accurate about 50 percent of the time, this report helps horseplayers trim multi-race tickets in the right places to return a better profit. Runaway Ready faces state-breds in this spot and had been competing against open company previously at Fair Grounds. He also is second off a layoff and has finished second at this distance over this track before. This spot seems like a good fit for him to break his maiden in his sixth career start.
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