CHARLES TOWN · RACE 4
UPCOMINGState-Bred Allowance · $38,900 purse
Allowance, for fillies and mares, 3-year-olds and up, restricted to state-bred (registered) horses.
Allowance race — a step above claiming. No horses are for sale; written conditions limit the field to horses of similar experience.
● Track record at 7 Furlongs: 82.68
The shape is the story here: the early pace looks honest rather than contested — expect a fairly run race where class and trip decide it, not pace collapse.
Our number tops on #4 Edy's Flame (a presser/stalker, M/L 7-5). Recent figures: 81 · 79 · 79. It hit the board last time and stays in form. Backup is #3 Petty Perfect at 6-5. Use #5 Lona Lee in exotic structures.
What would change our mind: a key scratch that reshapes the early pace, a sharp turf-to-dirt or surface switch off the rail, or live money showing up on a horse the board had dismissed. Watch the tote late.
The field, ranked
Our order, top to bottom.
Purse drops from $125,000 to $38,900 against its last start. Posted the fastest 4F work of the morning on Mar 11, in :47.40.
Owns the highest recent figure here at 84. Finished 3rd in a 9-horse race at CT, beaten 2½ lengths.
Was 9th of 9 at the first call last time. Sheds 4 pounds from its last start.
Beaten 11 lengths for 8th in a 9-horse race at CT. Figures have slipped: 73, 70, 51 over its last three.
Trending the wrong way on speed, 82 to 75 to 59. Purse drops from $125,000 to $38,900 against its last start.
Runs for $38,900 today after a $75,000 race last time. 7th last time, 14 lengths back, in a field of 8.
At a glance
- Market favourite #3 PETTY PERFECT (6-5) — our number has it ranked #2.
- #3 PETTY PERFECT — our #2 number, about right at the windows (34.1% to their 36.5%).
- #4 EDY'S FLAME — our top number on the card, about right at the windows (32.3% to their 33.5%).
- #5 LONA LEE — our #3 number, about right at the windows (12.7% to their 11.5%).
Model vs the morning line
- Longshot the model rates above its line: #2 LIL MISS HONKYTONK (15-1) — our fair 6.0% is above the morning line's 5.0%; needs the trip to fall right.
Pace
Pressed Pace. Speed under pressure from multiple pressers. Likely honest pace, slight closer benefit.
Likely leader: #1 Jubaslilballerina; pressure from #6 Shewonttalktome, #4 Edy's Flame; the shape helps #2 Lil Miss Honkytonk, #3 Petty Perfect, #4 Edy's Flame; and works against #1 Jubaslilballerina, #6 Shewonttalktome.
Number = last-race early-pace figure. Green border = the shape helps; red = it works against.
Early speed and closing figures, horse by horse
Early Pace · E1 figure · front runners
Closing Kick · late-pace figure
Bet types
Wagers offered on this race.
EXACTA / TRIFECTA / SUPERFECTA / DAILY DOUBLE (RACES 4-5)
PICK 3 (RACES 4-5-6) / PICK 5 (RACES 4-5-6-7-8)
BET OPTIONS
WinPlaceShowExactaTrifectaSuperfecta