Black-Eyed Susan Day - May 20 (Info)

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Downdraft


has four career starts for trainer James Lawrence with a win and a third place finish. She makes her stakes debut Friday having finally broken maiden April 24 after a third in a similar race at Laurel Park March 20 and a pair of off-the-board finishes in her first two career starts. She takes a huge step up in competition in decent form. Angel Cruz has the mount from post 7.

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Double Entendre


makes just her third career start for trainer Peter Walder having posted one win so far. She finished fifth last time out in her stakes debut - the Grade 2 Gulfstream Park Oaks April 2 after a decent win at first asking February 29. Double Entendre looked out of place last time out and will have to produce a special effort to contend Friday. Jockey Scott Spieth will try to deliver that from gate 8.

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Black Eyed Susan Stakes Picks and Predictions
from Sports Investment Group



#3 Land Over Sea ran an impressive race and closed into a field that set moderate fractions early in the race. This filly just does not seem able to catch a break as she has finished as the runner-up to the fantastic filly Songbird on three occasions and then ran into Cathryn Sophia in the Kentucky Oaks. Bettors at the windows have to believe that Friday will be her day in the Black-Eyed Susan, but we are leaning towards the other Oaks runner, Go Maggie Go as our selection.



#5 Go Maggie Go, a Dale Romans trainee, never raced as a two-year-old and actually only ran her first race and breaking her maiden in March at Gulfstream Park at the middle of March. She followed that maiden victory up with a win in the Gulfstream Oaks (Gr. 2) and then went into the Kentucky Oaks and was able to run with much more accomplished and experienced fillies finishing a respectable fourth in that field. This horse has improved with each outing and it appears that her only competition in here will come from Land Over Sea who is a very talented horse, but we like to make money and you cannot accomplish that betting the favorite so we lean to Go Maggie Go in the Black Eyed Susan.



We foresee these two finishing in the top two spots with the only upset candidate being the Ken McPeek trainee, #2 Dothraki Queen who had a great two-year-old campaign, but has only one unimpressive race under her as a three-year-old. She ran an unimpressive eighth in the Appalachian (Gr. 3) at Keeneland last month on the turf. What is intriguing is that McPeek has had success going from turf to dirt historically with his runners and she will be making that move on Friday. At 15-1 on the Morning Line we would include her on some of your Exacta bets in the event that one of our top two selections falters.


The race to complete the Trifecta and Superfecta is pretty wide open and any of the following could hit the board in those spots including the aforementioned Dothraki Queen:

#6 She’s a Warrior (6-1 ML) Gary Stevens/Peter Eurton

#9 Midnight On Oconee (15-1 ML) Gabriel Saez/Larry Jones

#10 Kinsley Kisses (6-1 ML) John Velazquez/Todd Pletcher

#12 Flora Dora (30-1 ML) Junior Alvarado/Marialice Coffey

#13 Cced (15-1 ML) Florent Geroux/Steve Asmussen

#14 Mom’s On Strike (15-1 ML) Joe Rocco/Joe Shar

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2016 GII Black-Eyed Susan Stakes Picks
from Downthestretchs



Our Selections – 3,5,6,10 Exacta Box

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Pimlico Picks - May 20th
from Thoroughbred Racing Dudes


Stats: (45) 12-10-7 — 26.7% winners, 64.4% on the board



Race 1: #8 Touch and Smile

Race 2: #4 Do What I Say

Race 3: #8 Fantastic Style

Race 4: #3 Queenofthezeenile

Race 5: #9 Tale of Life

Race 6: #4 Sunnysammi

Race 7: #1 Page McKenney

Race 8: #2 Ben’s Cat

Race 9: #4 Mei Ling

Race 10: #4 Spinamiss

Race 11: #5 Go Maggie Go

Race 12: #1 Helm

Race 13: #4 Lost Raven

Race 14: #10 Soup d’Coupe

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Mike Dempsey


Today’s Featured Race of the Day from Pimlico:


PIM Race 11 The Black Eyed Susan G2 (4:50 ET)

#2 Dothraki Queen 15-1
#3 Land Over Sea 2-1
#9 Midnight On Oconee 15-1
#5 Go Maggie Go 5-2


Analysis: Dothraki Queen is going to be a decent price here as she rents to dirt after an eighth place finish in the Appalachian (G3) last out at Keeneland going a mile in her first start off a 4 ½ month break. The filly as bothered coming out of the gate, was outrun early and showed some late interest, beaten 9 ¼ lengths for the top spot. The winner Catch a Glimpse came back to win the Edgewood (G3) in her next outing on May 6. This filly showed some ability last year on the main track including winning the Pocahontas (G2) at Churchill Downs in her first start against winners. She then caught slop in a runner up finish in the Alcibiades (G1) at Keeneland and was seven lengths behind Songbird when third in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies (G1) where she as third. She capped off her year when fourth and placed third via a DQ in the Golden Rod (G2). She should move forward in her second start off the bench and picks up a new rider in Julien Leparoux.



Land Over Sea wheels back off a two week break where she was a good second in the Kentucky Oaks (G1). She made a good late rally after being outrun early but could not get to Cathryn Sophia, beaten 2 ¾ lengths. She had the misfortune of running into Songbird five straight times, then won the Fair Grounds Oaks (G2) in her first start where she did not have to face that undefeated filly. The question here is whether she is going to see enough early pace in front of her, her short price, and whether she regresses on the rather quick turnaround.



Midnight On Oconee makes her first start since running seventh behind Lane Over Sea in the Fair Grounds Oaks. The runner up in that race was Dream Dance, who beat Alw-1 foe sin her next outing on April 16 at Keeneland. The Larry Jones trainee ran well in her two previous starts, a runner up in the Rachel Alexandra and the Silverbulletday. She owns solid early and mid pace numbers and she has some pedigree on the bottom side that might get to be able to handle nine furlongs. She figures to bounce back with a much better effort here and is going to be a generous price.


Wagering
WIN: #2 to win at 8-1 or better.
EX: 2,3 / 2,3,5,9
TRI: 2,3 / 2,3,5,9 / 2,3,5,9,10



Live Longshots:
These are price plays for exotic players looking to find a couple of extra contenders to use in their trifecta and superfecta wagers. Or for those with smaller bankrolls, you might want to get in a small win-place wager.


Pimlico
R2: Bioterp 8-1
R3: #1 Sweetrayofsunshine 12-1
R4: #10 Unspoken 15-1
R5: #1 Tekton 15-1
R6: #11 Pennies Appeal 15-1
R6: #10 Pret Say Eye 15-1
R7: #5 Idolo Porteno 12-1
R8: #1 Rapid Dan 8-1
R9: #9 Super Majesty 15-1
R10: #14 Wessex 8-1
R11: #2 Dothraki Queen 15-1
R11: #9 Midnight On Oconee 15-1
R12: #10 Loves Last Chance 12-1
R13: #5 Quick Release 10-1
R14: #6 Outofthedepths 15-1