Weekend Winners Club

Indiana Grand: Derby and Oaks Grade 3 racing tonight!
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Saturday, July 13. Indiana Grand racino has a great race card scheduled for tonight with over 100 horses scheduled to run in 10 races. This includes 6 stakes races highlighted by the Indiana Derby and Oaks, both Grade 3 races.
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The timing is good for Indiana since the major Kentucky tracks aren’t running right now and it’s only a couple hours from Louisville or Lexington. This allows them to easily attract the Kentucky horses, but the stakes races are attracting horses from all over the east, southeast, and Midwest.
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25 of the nation’s best 3yo’s will run in the Oaks and Derby. The Oaks attracts 12 fabulous fillies running 8.5f for a $200k purse on the dirt course. 11 colts and geldings are scheduled to compete for half a million dollars in the Indiana Derby also at 8.5f.
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The Derby field favors Mr. Money who is coming off 2 consecutive G3 wins at Churchill. 2nd choice Math Wizard looks strong coming off 2nd place in the Ohio Derby G3. The 3rd betting choice will likely be Alwaysmining, who put his 6 win streak in Maryland on the line in the Preakness where he failed badly, but looks to rebound to top form here.
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Gray Magician was last seen racing horribly in the Kentucky Derby, but before that had a couple solid races, 2nd in the UAE Derby and 2nd to Alwaysmining in a Laurel stakes race. Long Range Toddy will also attract bettors after his 3rd in the Ohio Derby. His Rebel G2 win earlier this year makes him dangerous, and he’s the only other Ky Derby competitor in the field.
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Any of the others in the field quite frankly would need a big step up in class to finish better than 3rd or 4th, but that can happen with 3yos and horses in general. Mr. Money or Math Wizard will win it, and the others mentioned will likely fill out the superfecta ticket.
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The Oaks looks like it has a lot more possibilities, with the only real standout being favored Street Band because of her Fairgrounds Oaks win. It’s unclear who the 2nd choice will be, out of a handful of horses at single digit ML, but the only one with real qualifications would be Chocolate Kisses, a G3 winner.
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The palindromically named Hallawallah could bust up a lot of tickets at 10-1 morning line as she draws in as an alternate. Her speed could be devastating if it holds up at all for 8.5f, and she has the top PF for her debut maiden win and top EP. Good long shot special if odds hold up.
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The second best EP belongs to Kim K, who also registered the 2nd best PF in the field for her OCM win last out at CD. Sundaysatthebeach ties with Street Band for the 3rd best PF, a maiden win at Keen, and also has the best LP in the field, which might end up making her the 2nd or 3rd betting choice.
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For the other stakes races, just grab the Grid here for Indiana free and easy, as usual, and have at it with your picks. It will improve your handicapping process to look at it for yourself. Good luck!

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