EVANGELINE DOWNS · RACE 7
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 250 Yards: 12.83
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 Jp Big Daddy Dash (a tactical type, M/L 2-1). Recent figures: 85 · 87 · 86. It hit the board last time and stays in form. Backup is #7 Aj Crown at 4-1. Use #3 Boogass 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 87. Winless in 5 starts at this distance.
2nd of 9 at 1F on Sep 12, in :11.60. Finished 2nd last time in an 8-horse maiden special weight race at EVD.
Humberto Vital takes over from Yaidel Rodriguez in the saddle. 0 for 5 at today's distance.
Last out was 2nd, a neck behind the winner, in a 9-horse maiden special weight race at EVD. Maiden through 6 starts.
Raises its level, maiden claiming $10,000 last time and maiden special weight now. Figures are climbing: 53, 61, 71 over its last three.
Prime Power, the Brisnet rating, puts it on top of this field. Beaten ¾ length for 6th in an 8-horse maiden special weight race at EVD.
Changes barns, from Adalberto Miranda to Leonel Hernandez. 10th last time, 1¾ lengths back, in a field of 10.
Returns from a 186-day break, the biggest in the field. A step up in company: stakes before, maiden special weight today.
Posted the fastest 1F work of the morning on Sep 14, in :11.80. Worked 1F in :12.00 on Mar 13, 3rd of 36 at the distance.
0 for 4 at today's distance. Worked 1F in :12.00 on May 6, 2nd of 13 at the distance.
At a glance
- Market favourite #9 JP BIG DADDY DASH (2-1) — our number agrees.
- #9 JP BIG DADDY DASH — our top number on the card, about right at the windows (26.5% to their 25.9%).
- #7 AJ CROWN — our #2 number, about right at the windows (17.1% to their 15.5%).
- #6 BISCUITS N JAM — our #8 number, about right at the windows (15.1% to their 17.3%).
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 Aj Sign Of Beauty, #2 Mr Navigator, #3 Boogass.
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.
EXACTA / TRIFECTA / SUPERFECTA
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