Best Bet: Gift Box, Race 9
Longshot: Sammy Wonder Stone, Race 1
Race 1
- 7 Sammy Wonder Stone
- 6 Set the Trappe
- 5 Scarly Charly
- Secondary (1, 2, 4)
Race 2
- 2 Airtouch
- 9 Base Command
- 8 Indimaaj
Race 3
- 2 Six Schillings
- 9 Space Mountain
- 4 Dr Edgar
- Secondary (3, 5)
Race 4
- 3 Sly Roxy
- 6 Limited View
- 1 Pure Silver
- Secondary (7)
Race 5
- 4 Azar
- 12 Blarp
- 9 Made in Detroit
- Secondary (2, 10)
Race 6
- 8 Sportswear
- 10 Double Bourbon
- 2 Machtree
- Secondary (3, 9)
Race 7
- 2 Coal Truth
- 1 Wyatt’s Town
- 9 Coltandmississippi
- Secondary (5, 7)
Race 8
- 5 Puca
- 8 Off Limits
- 2 Somethingelse
- Secondary (1, 3, 4, 6)
Race 9
- 1 Gift Box
- 5 Lewys Vaporizer
- 8 Still Krz
- Secondary (3)
Race 10
- 7 World Approval.
- 3 Time Test
- 2 American Patriot
- Secondary (1, 5, 6)
- This edition of the Fourstardave Handicap has a small but very competitive field. In fact you can make a case for any of the 6 turf horses scheduled to start . The horse with the most natural speed looks like Sassy Little Lila, and I have a feeling she could be out on an easy lead and hard to catch. However, she’s not proven against males and this is a strong field, but she does give some reason to pause. Time Test is the obvious favorite, but given he couldn’t win in a couple of five horse fields he may be vulnerable. American Patriot was no match for the horses in the Queen Anne Stakes at Ascot, but is a multiple graded race winner and has done well at the distance. The horse that has captured my attention is World Approval. He has been consistent and the cutback to a mile should be a big help. I expect him to track Sassy Little Lila and get the jump on the closers, and if he gets a good ride from Franco (an upgrade from Leparoux in my opinion) he can pull off the mild upset.
Race 11
- 1 Atwitzend
- 12 Mr. Cat
- 8 Dab
- Secondary (7)