EVANGELINE DOWNS · RACE 5
UPCOMINGState-Bred Maiden Special Weight
Maiden Special Weight, for fillies, 2-year-olds, restricted to state-bred (registered) horses.
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 300 Yards: 15.08
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 #5 Carry On Jess (a tactical type, M/L 9-5). Recent figures: 82 · 78 · 82. It hit the board last time and stays in form. Backup is #8 Caracara Dreamin at 5-2. Use #3 Brown Recluse Tlc 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.
Owns the highest recent figure here at 88. Winless in 6 starts at this distance.
Last out was 2nd, ½ length behind the winner, in a 10-horse maiden special weight race at EVD.
Raises its level, stakes last time and maiden special weight now. Tops the field on speed figures, an 88 against 86 for the next best.
Still looking for the first win after 6 starts. 0 for 6 at today's distance.
First career start, by Jess Different out of Cc Warrior Girl. First start, and Prime Power already has it ranked first here.
Unraced, but it has been schooling from the gate (latest Oct 15). Debut for this You Drive I Fly filly, whose dam is Lucy First Grip.
Humberto Vital takes over from Lucas Constantin in the saddle. Finished 8th in a 9-horse maiden special weight race at EVD, beaten 2¾ lengths.
4th last time, ½ length back, in a field of 10.
A step up in company: maiden claiming $5,000 before, maiden special weight today. Gets a new rider, B Ransom replacing Randy Jr Edison.
Beaten 1¼ lengths for 8th in a 10-horse maiden special weight race at EVD.
At a glance
- Market favourite #5 CARRY ON JESS (9-5) — our number agrees.
- #5 CARRY ON JESS — our top number on the card, about right at the windows (26.3% to their 27.3%).
- #8 CARACARA DREAMIN — our #2 number, about right at the windows (22.0% to their 21.8%).
- #3 BROWN RECLUSE TLC — our #3 number, about right at the windows (12.8% to their 12.7%).
Model vs the morning line
- The model and the morning line roughly agree on this field.
Pace
Pace Vacuum. No real early speed. Whoever shows up first is likely uncontested. Pressers benefit.
and works against #1 Jess A Sweet Warrior, #2 Farewell Brenda, #3 Brown Recluse Tlc.
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 5-6-7)
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