EVANGELINE DOWNS · RACE 3
UPCOMINGMaiden Special Weight
Maiden Special Weight, for 2-year-olds.
Maiden special weight — for horses that have never won a race. No horses are for sale; this is the higher-quality way to break a maiden.
● Breed: Quarter Horse
● Track record at 350 Yards: 17.2
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 #9 Paint My Seis (a tactical type, M/L 8-5). Recent figures: 82 · 84 · 87. It hit the board last time and stays in form. Backup is #4 Remember Me Favorite at 10-1. Use #10 Legacy Favorite 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.
Moves up from maiden claiming $20,000 to maiden special weight. 0 for 5 at today's distance.
Class relief: maiden special weight last time, maiden special weight today. 0 for 7 at today's distance.
Owns the highest recent figure here at 98. Back after 138 days away; fitness is the question and the works are the evidence.
Was running in maiden special weight; today's maiden special weight is an easier level on paper. 0 for 4 at today's distance.
First career start, by El Camino Cl out of N Ittowinit. It has been schooling from the gate (latest Sep 26).
Has moved up each time out, 73 to 78 to 91. Winless in 5 starts at this distance.
Returns from a 102-day break. Last out was 8th, 7¼ lengths behind the winner, in a 10-horse maiden special weight race at DED.
186 days since the last start, the longest layoff in here, so it needs the works to say it's ready. Moves up from stakes to maiden special weight.
Pedro Chavarria Espinosa takes over from Rene Hernandez in the saddle. Beaten 1¼ lengths for 8th in a 10-horse maiden special weight race at EVD.
Finished 8th in an 8-horse maiden special weight race at EVD, beaten 1¼ lengths. Worked 1F in :12.00 on Jun 20, 2nd of 10 at the distance.
At a glance
- Market favourite #9 PAINT MY SEIS (8-5) — our number agrees.
- #9 PAINT MY SEIS — our top number on the card, about right at the windows (29.6% to their 29.5%).
- #6 CLASSY EAGLE — our #6 number, about right at the windows (17.7% to their 19.2%).
- #1 CHURCH AT SIX — our #8 number, about right at the windows (11.7% to their 12.8%).
Model vs the morning line
- Longshot the model rates above its line: #7 HESA JOHN 316 (15-1) — our fair 5.6% is above the morning line's 4.8%; supported by: last out: "Bumped; good try" — trouble the figure under-credits
Pace
Pace Vacuum. No real early speed. Whoever shows up first is likely uncontested. Pressers benefit.
and works against #1 Church At Six, #2 Camino Chrome, #3 A Coastal Cowboy.
Number = last-race early-pace figure. Green border = the shape helps; red = it works against.
Early speed and closing figures, horse by horse
Closing Kick · late-pace figure
Bet types
Wagers offered on this race.
DAILY DOUBLE / EXACTA / TRIFECTA / SUPERFECTA / PICK 3 (RACES 3-4-5)
PICK 5 (RACES 3-4-5-6-7-)
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