Super Screener: Long-shot play in Blame at Churchill Downs

As a racing fan it is always exciting when the Kentucky Derby winner returns to the races, as 2024 hero Mystik Dan does on Saturday in the Grade 3 Blame Stakes at Churchill Downs.

As a bettor, though, it is exciting to take a swing against the Derby winner's celebrity, and that is what Mike Shutty and Super Screener have in store with a long-shot selection in the local prep for the Stephen Foster Stakes (G1).

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As for the Blame, it is one of six stakes Saturday at Churchill, and Super Screener covers them all. 

"This is a highly competitive race ... but two horses emerge as the clear top win contenders," Shutty wrote of no. 3 Antiquarian and no. 7 Most Wanted in the Blame. Given their morning lines of 15-1 and 7-2, respectively, it is no wonder that Antiquarian is the preferred choice.

"Form-cycle analysis is calling for a match up to his previous top, which was a win in last year's Peter Pan Stakes," Shutty said of this Todd Pletcher trainee. "He should sit an ideal trip reserved off a swift pace. He is a very solid win contender sitting on a big race offering a square price."