MAHONING VALLEY · RACE 8
UPCOMINGRHP 40-55
Unknown, for fillies and mares, 3-year-olds and up.
● Track record at 6 Furlongs: 68.63
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 #1 Ocean Windows (a presser/stalker, M/L 4-1). Recent figures: 56 · 83 · 72. Backup is #5 Socialbutterflytam at 5-1. Use #6 Overly Dramatic 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.
Was running in optional claiming; today's unknown is an easier level on paper. Prime Power, the Brisnet rating, puts it on top of this field.
Freshened 120 days, longer than anything else in the field. Watch how its recent works look. 5 wins from 12 starts at this distance.
Last race was on the turf; today it runs on the dirt. Gets a new rider, Bailey Weatherly replacing Charle Oliveros.
Switches from turf to dirt. Back to 6 furlongs off a a mile race.
Tops the field on speed figures, an 88 against 87 for the next best. Trending the wrong way on speed, 82 to 79 to 67.
Has won 9 of 20 going today's distance. Carries 119 pounds, 5 more than last time.
3rd last time, 10 lengths back, in a field of 5. Cuts back from a mile to 6 furlongs.
Figures have slipped: 75, 72, 69 over its last three. Shortens up to 6 furlongs after going a mile.
Class relief: allowance last time, unknown today. Led at the first call last time.
At a glance
- Market favourite #6 OVERLY DRAMATIC (3-1) — our number has it ranked #3.
- #6 OVERLY DRAMATIC — our #3 number, about right at the windows (19.9% to their 19.5%).
- #1 OCEAN WINDOWS — our top number on the card, about right at the windows (17.1% to their 15.6%).
- #5 SOCIALBUTTERFLYTAM — our #2 number, about right at the windows (14.0% to their 13.0%).
Model vs the morning line
- The model and the morning line roughly agree on this field.
Pace
Pressed Pace. Speed under pressure from multiple pressers. Likely honest pace, slight closer benefit.
Likely leader: #9 The Sweaty Fox; pressure from #4 Not Today, #1 Ocean Windows; the shape helps #1 Ocean Windows, #2 Creator Of Magic, #3 Lu's Redemption; and works against #4 Not Today, #9 The Sweaty Fox.
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 / 50 CENT TRIFECTA / 10 CENT SUPERFECTA
BET OPTIONS
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