Weekend Winners Club

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Saturday May 22, 2021.   Churchill Downs has decided once again that Saturday night’s alright for racing, so get a little action in.  To sweeten the deal, they have a couple stakes races featuring the Winning Colors G3 sprint for fillies and mares, and later the Keertana for females 12f on turf.

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The shortest field of the day is of course the graded stakes race, but most of the other fields are packed with action, as about 90 horses are racing tonight after the routine scratches. Despite the short field, the Winning Colors is a very competitive race of 5 excellent fillies and mares.  First, grab the Grid.

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In the Keertana Stakes, we have 10 awesome female horses to choose from, with only a couple that I would consider complete throwouts. The single digit entries are all strong, but I give the edge to 10.Dalika in a race with only 2 early runners, she being one of them.

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As mentioned, the other single digit entries are hard to ignore, specifically favorite Delta’s Kingdom with the top power rating.  But for long shots I like the late running prowess of First Course and Tweety Show, both of whom have excelled at this distance and are 15-1 ML.

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In the last race, I see a couple long shot  specials already.  I always like the fastest horse transferring to turf for the first time.  Catholic Guilt qualifies on that angle at 12-1 ML.  That race is scheduled to go off at 11:10PM if you can stay awake that long.

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In race 8, what’s wrong with the top LP at 8-1?  The main problem is it will probably go off at 5-1 or less, and literally every horse in that race is within 7 points of that LP rating.  Thus, a good betting race.

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For the rest of the races, you’re on your own, but you have the Grid to use as your guiding light in the races tonight.  Racing starts at 6PM eastern time, as Steve Asmussen will demonstrate how to win with a 2yo son of a Gun Runner, who he coached to a Breeders’ Cup win among high stakes victories.

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Remember, you can get the Grid for all your favorite tracks and races right here, so check out the options.  Good luck!

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