Weekend Winners Club

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Saturday, August 15, 2020.  Monmouth Park is hosting a last chance race to Run for the Roses next month, the Pegasus Stakes.  No, it’s not the $1 Million race in January at Gulfstream, but it does offer 20 points to the winner to help a Kentucky Derby ticket, and 8-4-2 for the also rans.

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As you can see from the Kentucky Derby Points standings here, it takes more than 20 points to get into this year’s contest, as the top 20 all have at least 30 points, and that doesn’t include the Japanese contender Café Pharoah who will likely ship over to contest it, and ranked #5 in our last Derby Dozen.

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So it happens that the two morning line favorites both have Derby points already, and both need some more points to run for roses.  Favorite Pneumatic who finished a strong 4^th in the Belmont Stakes, could get in with 2^nd but definitely with a win.  Jesus’ Team needs a win here to get in.  Others are running for purse money.

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But this will be no easy contest.  Mid-Atlantic power trainer Michael Pino brings in Arkaan who will be going 2 turns for the first time but has the 2^nd highest PF in the field.  As Seen On TV has the highest PF in the field but needs to return to that form after an awful Florida Derby in March.

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Super John and Skyscanner have enough class to hit the board, but it’s unlikely they can beat both of the favorites.  Plus there’s the fact that Steve Asmussen doesn’t have a Derby contender this year (gasp) unless Pneumatic gets in, so he’ll be primed and ready.  And he has top LP in the Grid.

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Here are the picks for today’s Pegasus:

5 Pneumatic
8 Jesus’ Team
6 Arkaan
4 Super John
1 Skyscanner

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There are 11 races on the card, so you’ll want to get the free Grid provided today on the link below to make your own picks.  But you can use our expert picks here as a guide and pay special attention to the long shot specials denoted by LSS.  Big money can and has been won on those.  All remaining picks will be posted by 2PM.

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R1 12:50ET 8.31f D OClm 12500n1x 3 UP:  WFO.  Wheel all.  LSS 3

R2 1:15ET 5.5f D MSW 2 YO F 47500:  Field of 5 too short to bet.

R3 1:42ET 8.5f T Clm 16000b 3 UP FM:  8 7 2 6 4                 LSS 4

R4 2:10ET 5.5f D Clm 8000n4l 3 UP:  WFO again.  All except 2.

R5 2:39ET 8.5f T Clm 30000b 3 UP:  7 5 4 1 6 9     LSS 5 6 9

R6 3:09ET 6f D Clm 7500b 3 UP FM:  1 4 5

R7 3:39ET 8.5f T Clm 16000b 3 UP:  3 7 1 10 11

R8 4:10ET 6f D Clm 5000b 3 UP:  6 2 5 11 1           LSS 11 1

R9 4:41ET 8.5f T Alw 47500n1x 3 UP FM:  6 9 8 4 2             LSS 6

R10 5:12ET 8.5f D PegasusL150k 3 YO:  5 8 6 4 1 7            LSS 1

R11 5:39ET 5.5f T Md 16000 3 UP:  13 7 4 12 8 14                                LSS 14

R12 6:06ET 6f D OClm 16000n1x 3 UP: 4 6 5

This is a great time to join the Weekend Winners’ Club.  Just a one month subscription today will get you through all the stakes races including the Kentucky Derby.  The 2 month plan will get you through the Preakness Stakes in October, and 3 months of service will get you past the Breeders’ Cup in November.  Just follow this link to find the best plan for you.

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Good Luck!

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