FP · RACE 1
UPCOMINGState-Bred Maiden Special Weight
Maiden Special Weight, for 3-year-olds and up, 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.
● Track record at 1 Mile 70 Yards: 99.8
The shape is the story here: there's little established early speed, so a tactical horse can control soft fractions up front and prove hard to run down.
Our number tops on #7 My Last Escapade (early speed, M/L 5-2). Recent figures: 61 · 69 · 68. Backup is #3 Position Our Luck at 4-1. Use #8 Citizen Ex 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.
Winless in 11 starts at this distance. Stretches out from 6 furlongs to 1 1/16 miles.
Goes 1 1/16 miles after running 6 furlongs last time. Still looking for the first win after 7 starts.
Worked 5F in 1:01.60 on Jul 22, 3rd of 6 at the distance. Goes 1 1/16 miles after running 6 furlongs last time.
Figures have slipped: 56, 51, 42 over its last three. Posted the fastest 4F work of the morning on Jul 24, in :48.00.
Needs to move up: the best of its last five is 58 against a 75 par. Maiden through 7 starts.
Best Brisnet figure in the field over its last five: 74, with 70 next best. A longer trip: 6 furlongs last out, 1 1/16 miles today.
Beaten 15 lengths for 6th in an 8-horse maiden special weight race at FPK. A 45-day gap since its last race.
The Jul 9 work, 4F in :49.20, was the best time at that distance that morning. A 53 is the high figure lately, short of the 75 par.
Last out was 7th, 16 lengths behind the winner, in a 7-horse maiden special weight race at FPK. Trending the wrong way on speed, 44 to 26 to 9.
At a glance
- Market favourite #7 MY LAST ESCAPADE (5-2) — our number agrees.
- #7 MY LAST ESCAPADE — our top number on the card, about right at the windows (23.7% to their 22.4%).
- #3 POSITION OUR LUCK — our #2 number, about right at the windows (16.0% to their 15.7%).
- #8 CITIZEN EX — our #3 number, about right at the windows (13.6% to their 14.2%).
Value read
- No price-band edge — the market looks efficient here.
Pace
Pressed Pace. Speed under pressure from multiple pressers. Likely honest pace, slight closer benefit.
Likely leader: #7 My Last Escapade; pressure from #3 Position Our Luck; the shape helps #2 K J 's Ransom, #3 Position Our Luck, #8 Citizen Ex; and works against #4 Will Conquer, #5 Warshin Machine, #7 My Last Escapade.
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
How to play it
How we'd structure it from our ranking + pace read — an honest, pressed pace rewards the best horse — key tickets fit. Structures and logic only; the stake is yours.
Win
#7 My Last Escapade
Top of the field by a clear 26-pt IQ margin — the play stands alone to win.
Exacta — KEY
#7 My Last Escapade OVER #3 Position Our Luck · #8 Citizen Ex · #6 Dandy Ruby
Key #7 My Last Escapade on top over your contenders for the 2nd slot.
Trifecta — KEY/WHEEL
#7 My Last Escapade / #3 Position Our Luck · #8 Citizen Ex · #6 Dandy Ruby / #3 Position Our Luck · #8 Citizen Ex · #6 Dandy Ruby · #4 Will Conquer
#7 My Last Escapade keyed 1st, your contenders filling 2nd–3rd.
Superfecta — KEY
#7 My Last Escapade / #3 Position Our Luck · #8 Citizen Ex · #6 Dandy Ruby · #4 Will Conquer / #3 Position Our Luck · #8 Citizen Ex · #6 Dandy Ruby · #4 Will Conquer / ALL or #3 Position Our Luck · #8 Citizen Ex · #6 Dandy Ruby · #4 Will Conquer
Deep enough field to spread a super — key the top, spread the next few, fill 4th wide.
Bet types offered at this track →
$1.00 DAILY DOUBLE (RACES 1-2) / EXACTA
.50 CENT TRIFECTA(MINIMUM $1.00 WAGER)