Today’s Horse Racing Best Bets and Long Shots
How does it feel to leave $1000s of dollars on the table? If you didn’t use GuaranteedTipSheet.com’s picks in yesterday’s Exclusive Picks, that’s exactly what you did.
They got it started right with a $43 winner in race one; kicking-off a Daily Double that paid $63 for $1. In Race 3, boxing GuaranteedTipSheet.com’s top 4 picks fetched a $201 exacta, again based on a $1 bet.
Race 7, a $21.80 top pick winner; Race 9, $14.60 top pick winner and to finish up race 10, the top 3 picks in order for a $62 trifecta. I know we said thousands of dollars. Race 8’s 3rd pick (by scratch) won. The late pick for starting in race 7 with top pick, 3rd pick, top pick, top pick paid $2,151 on $1 pick 4 bet.
Don’t miss today’s…
Exclusive Picks
GuaranteedTipSheet.com: Fairgrounds Racetrack
Aqueduct Race Track
Rip’s Picks (nj.com)
Best Bet – Race 2: Brilliant Son (PP: 4 ML 3-1)
Rip’s Comments:
“beat same kind on inner track despite poor start.”
Mike Hammersly (DRF)
Best Bet – Race 9: Virtues Under Fire (PP: 9 ML 9/2)
Mike’s Comments:
“may be ready to bust through. After a couple modest outings to start his career he added blinkers here Jan. 16. He chased the pace and ran on well for 2nd, and while no match for big winner Freudian Storm (check how that guy fared in today’s 8th race) he finished well clear of 3rd.”
NY Post Best Bets:
DaSilva – Race 3: Eightyfiveinafifty (PP: 2 ML 2/5)
Fountaine – Race 2: Brilliant Son (PP: 4 ML 3-1)
Affrunti – Race 3: Eightyfiveinafifty (PP: 2 ML 2/5)
Debbie L. – Race 3: Eightyfiveinafifty (PP: 2 ML 2/5)
Vic – Race 3: Eightyfiveinafifty (PP: 2 ML 2/5)
Delta Downs
Steve Nick (house handicapper)
Best Bet – Race 10: Star Guitar (PP: 7 ML 1/2)
Steve’s Comments:
“Future LA Hall of Famer.”
Long Shot – Race 7: She’s Sexy A.P. (PP: 7 ML 5-1)
Steve’s Comments:
“Speed from the outset.”
Fairgrounds Racetrack
Bob Fortus (nola.com)
Best Bet – Race 2: Sid’s Best Hour (PP: 8 ML 4-1)
Bob’s Comments:
“set the pace before finishing second against $8,000 non-winners-of-three in open company at Tampa Bay Downs in his second start after a layoff, has worked well for this move to Louisiana-bred company.”
Long Shot – Race 9: Steve’s Star (PP: 3 ML 8-1)
Bob’s Comments:
“hasn’t raced since showing little in an allowance turf race at Churchill Downs in late November, has been working well.”
Golden Gate Fields
Chuck Dybdal (DRF)
Best Bet – Race 9: Horowitz (PP: 5 ML 3/5)
Chuck’s Comments:
“makes his Nocal debut here. He ran second in his first try on the main track last time when he dropped into a bottom-level maiden claimer down south. He’s running at the bottom level again here. Check his six-furlong fraction last time. It ’s much faster than any of these has run.”
House Handicapper
Best Bet – Race 8: Full Power Ahead (PP: 3 ML 3-1)
Comments:
“Beat better two back.”
Gulfstream Park
Mike Welsch (DRF)
Best Bet – Race 5: Sea of Sea (PP: 4 ML 4-1)
Mike’s Comments:
“looked like a horse in need of a race when debuting at a mile and one sixteenth four weeks earlier. Raced within striking distance and appeared to be making a bit of a run when forced to alter course in early stretch and then hanging late behind well backed stablemate and recent MSW winner Gold Medallion. Worked well over the PM turf since the outing. Looks ready to score today.”
Los Alamitos Race Track
Ed Burgart (track announcer)
Best Bet – Race 9: Without Cause (PP: 3 ML 2-1)
Ed’s Comments:
“hails from sizzling barn and showed big strides under a hand ride when outworking two horses in 12.0 gate drill last December.”
Oaklawn Park
Terry’s Picks (house handicapper)
Best Bet – Race 2: Cash McCool (PP: 4 ML 3-1)
Long Shot – Race 10: Watch Pat (PP: 7 ML 6-1)
Santa Anita Race Track
Brad Free (DRF)
Best Bet – Race 4: Blind Luck (PP: 2 ML 1/2)
Brad’s Comments:
“The top 2-year-old filly in the country last year makes her 3-year-old debut, and BLIND LUCK has been training like she will fire a top shot first start back. Run-away winner of the G1 Hollywood Starlet in December, recent works on Pro-Ride have been outstanding; she ran well twice on this surface in fall. One mile is the ideal comeback distance for the filly, who appears to stand out from the field as the odds-on favorite.”
Woodbine Racetrack
Hans Grottke (thestar.com)
Best Bet – Race 3: Sixdaysonthweroad (PP: 3 ML 8/5)
Long Shot – Race 1: Zorgwijk Hollander (PP: 5 ML 8-1)
Long Shot – Race 12: Veal Marsala (PP: 8 ML 5-1)
