Weekend Winners Club

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Saturday, July 23, 2022.  Monmouth is having its big summer day with 14 races and over 125 horses slated to compete after scratches.  There are 5 graded stakes races, featuring the UN G1 on turf and the Haskell G1 for 3yo’s on dirt.  Pick 6 carryover of $100k is nice.

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We’ll break down the graded stakes races right here, so pay attention and you might learn something.  We do this almost every week, and make some great calls and long shot plays, and those that don’t get it, don’t get the earnings.  Grab today’s Free Grid and follow along.

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R12 5:45ET 9f D Haskell-G1 3 YO 

The Haskell Invitational looks quite chalky this year.  Favored Taiba will likely round back into his Santa Anita Derby form after a disappointing Kentucky Derby for Baffert.  Chad Brown trainee Jack Christopher is undefeated in four races, last out winning a 7f G1 by 10 lengths.

So it’s likely not a good betting race, unless one of those falters which we are not hoping for.  However, it takes more than 2 horses to make up a trifecta and superfecta.  Throw in Cyberknife, Howling Time, and White Abarrio, but those are the next 3 ML choices. 

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R11 5:09ET 11f T UnitdNtn-G1 3 UP 

The UN is likely a lot better for bettors. 

Favored Tribhuvan could well take it on the front end as the defending champion of this race did last year for Chad Brown.  As the only E-type, he has a good chance of repeating. 

2^nd ML choice Gufo is always a favorite of mine in any turf race with his great closing ability.  But as aforementioned, it takes more than two horses for tri’s and supers.  Adhamo will likely figure in.

Looking for long shots is what we like to do here. 

Kentucky Ghost at 12-1 has top LP, which is always a good factor in 11f turf races, and he’s coming off a stakes win here at Monmouth.

Temple at 6-1 looks good and Mohs at 20-1 is a solid late runner.

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The other stakes races only have 7 entries each so I can’t recommend betting them. 

UPDATE:  The MSW for 2yo’s has been run and Todd’s pair has been shut out.  Freedom Road has won at 27-1 in a huge overlay for the 6-1 ML.  Dime super paid $518 after the 7 horse came from 6^th place to destroy the field in the stretch.

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Racing is already underway at noon and the weather is hot with zero chance of rain so the track is likely to favor late runners for the most part.  Pay attention to top LP.

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