PARX RACING · RACE 6
UPCOMINGClaiming $7,500
Claiming $7,500, for 3-year-olds and up, that have not won four races lifetime.
Claiming race — every starter can be bought for the claiming price out of the race, so owners risk losing a horse that's clearly best. That keeps the field evenly matched on ability.
● Track record at 5 1/2 Furlongs: 61.76
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 #6 Korrongo (a presser/stalker, M/L 9-5). Recent figures: 69 · 77 · 80. It exits a win and is clearly doing well. Backup is #4 What It Tiz at 6-1. Use #3 Hoppy Time 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.
Switches from turf to dirt. Owns the highest recent figure here at 81.
Cuts back from 1 1/16 miles to 5½ furlongs. Quick turnaround, just 8 days since the last start.
Has moved up each time out, 48 to 74 to 79. Best recent figure of 79 sits right around the 82 par.
Has won 2 of 3 going today's distance. Prime Power, the Brisnet rating, puts it on top of this field.
Robert Mosco takes over the training from Michael C Aro. Freshened 96 days, longer than anything else in the field. Watch how its recent works look.
A step up in company: $5,000 claiming before, $7,500 claiming today. 3rd last time, 1½ lengths back, in a field of 7.
Last out was 8th, 16 lengths behind the winner, in a 9-horse $7,500 claiming race at PRX. Shortens up to 5½ furlongs after going 1 1/16 miles.
At a glance
- Market favourite #6 KORRONGO (9-5) — our number agrees.
- #6 KORRONGO — our top number on the card, about right at the windows (27.4% to their 27.8%).
- #7 CLEVER TIGER — our #6 number, about right at the windows (21.6% to their 22.3%).
- #3 HOPPY TIME — our #3 number, about right at the windows (14.8% 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: #1 Star Man Bob; pressure from #4 What It Tiz, #3 Hoppy Time; the shape helps #2 Carry Grant, #3 Hoppy Time, #5 Cisco Kid; and works against #1 Star Man Bob, #4 What It Tiz.
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
#6 Korrongo
Top of the field by a clear 8-pt IQ margin — the play stands alone to win.
Exacta — KEY
#6 Korrongo OVER #4 What It Tiz · #3 Hoppy Time · #1 Star Man Bob
Key #6 Korrongo on top over your contenders for the 2nd slot.
Trifecta — KEY/WHEEL
#6 Korrongo / #4 What It Tiz · #3 Hoppy Time · #1 Star Man Bob / #4 What It Tiz · #3 Hoppy Time · #1 Star Man Bob · #5 Cisco Kid
#6 Korrongo keyed 1st, your contenders filling 2nd–3rd.
Bet types offered at this track →
DAILY DOUBLE / PICK 3 (RACES 6-7-8)
EXACTA / 50 CENT TRIFECTA / 50 CENT PICK 4 (RACES 6-9) / 10 CENT SUPERFECTA