Pick sheet
Race 41:26 PM Md 40000
6F · Dirt · 6 entered. Our model's top pick, Itsagrandplacetobe, is 22% to win (morning line implies 24%). Pace: hard to project, too many first-time starters.
Top pick #6 Itsagrandplacetobe ML 5-2 Fair 7-2 Model #1
Jockey L. Ocasio · Trainer L. Linder Jr. · Debut
First start. By Instagrand out of Haka's Sister (Declaration of War)
Trainer L. Linder Jr.: 1st-time starters: 18% wins, 53% in the money (34 starts) · 2-year-olds: 12% wins, 45% in the money (66 starts)
Jockey L. Ocasio in sprints: 19 wins from 252 (8%)
WorkTrkDistTimeHowRank
10/27PRX4f:48.40breezing3/9
10/10PRX4f:47.80breezing6/85
9/26PRX4f:48.00breezing1/11● bullet
9/11PRX4f:48.00breezing1/26● bullet
9/2PRX5f1:00.80breezing6/15from gate
Case: First career start. L. Linder Jr. / L. Ocasio.
Knock: Our model rates this one below its morning line.
Contender #3 Vital ML 3-1 Fair 4-1 Model #2
Jockey A. Adorno · Trainer J. Servis · Debut
First start. By Volatile out of Be Nimble (The Factor)
Trainer J. Servis: 1st-time starters: 12% wins, 35% in the money (104 starts) · 2-year-olds: 13% wins, 41% in the money (212 starts)
Jockey A. Adorno in sprints: 38 wins from 294 (13%)
WorkTrkDistTimeHowRank
10/17PRX4f:48.40breezing3/22from gate
10/2PRX5f1:01.80breezing2/2from gate
9/12PRX4f:47.60breezing6/90from gate
9/5PRX4f:49.40breezing46/74
8/29PRX4f:47.00breezing1/44● bullet from gate
Case: First career start. J. Servis / A. Adorno.
Knock: Our model rates this one below its morning line.
Use #4 My Pretty Boy ML 4-1 Fair 5-1 Model #3 First career start. H. Padilla / A. Hernandez. Knock: Our model rates this one below its morning line.
Jockey A. Hernandez · Trainer H. Padilla · Debut
First start. By Volatile out of True Yankee (Munnings)
Trainer H. Padilla: 1st-time starters: 5% wins, 36% in the money (39 starts) · 2-year-olds: 6% wins, 35% in the money (104 starts)
Jockey A. Hernandez in sprints: 31 wins from 196 (16%)
WorkTrkDistTimeHowRank
10/21PRX4f:49.00breezing13/31
10/10PRX4f:49.00breezing32/85
9/30PRX5f1:02.00breezing22/29from gate
9/16PRX4f:49.00breezing14/28
7/25PRX5f1:03.80breezing28/29
Narrowing the field: A #1, #2, #5 · ? #3, #4, #6 (no figures yet, never thrown out)
Angles: #1 Best fig 68 is 5+ under today's par 77 · #2 Best fig 54 is 5+ under today's par 77 · #2 2nd off a layoff after a poor return (48 vs 54) · #5 Best fig 39 is 5+ under today's par 77

R4 Parx Racing · Maiden Claiming $40,000

1:26 PM ET · 6 Furlongs Dirt · $32,000 · 6 runners1:26 PM · 6f Dirt · 6 runners

Upcoming $32K · Maiden Claiming $40,000

Card modelCard model Wide openFormLast 3 figsTier · angles
  1. 1Schubert Sonata▼E. Ruiz · H. PadillaRuiz · PadillaA34 59 39▼▼-21↕6-1Fair 7-112%▼▼ Big drop -2134 59 39 ↕A▼ Best fig 68 is 5+ under today's par 77

    Card model 12% · Fair odds 7-1 · Our #6 · Tier A · Form ▼▼ Big drop -21 · ↕ Up-and-down figures 34–68 · Last 3 figs 34 59 39

    ▼ Best fig 68 is 5+ under today's par 77
    Jockey Eliseo Ruiz 31% career 8-for-68 on dirt this meet (12%) · Trainer Hugo O Padilla 32% career ★ 4-for-19 on dirt this meet (21%)
    Also today · Jockey R1: Brandenburg Gate 8-1, R5: Peaches N Dreams 5-1, R6: Noble Annie 2-1, R7: Penniless Pauly 6-1 +1 more · Trainer R1: Brandenburg Gate 8-1, this race: My Pretty Boy 4-1, R7: Snipe Hunt 4-1

    A big drop, maiden special weight to maiden claiming $40,000, and worth asking why. Tops the field on speed figures, a 68 against 54 for the next best.

    PACE HELPS Short on early speed in here, which favors whoever goes forward.
    WORKS LIGHT Thin work schedule next to this field: 0 works in 30d, last one 33d ago
    RECORD 0 wins, 1 on the board from 3 starts here
    RECORD Eliseo Ruiz from post 1 here: 43 wins, 118 top-3 in 225 rides · 15% wins from all posts here

    Last three races

    DateTrkDistClassFinishFigOddsEqTrip
    10/13PRX5½f DsMdSpWt10th/10 -16L3431-1bBrief speed; stopped
    8/25PRX5½f DMSW5th/7 -8½L5913-1Std early; faded rail
    8/6PEN5f DMSW4th/4 -7L390.5-1Stmbl;ins mv;angl 5wd
  2. 2Third Bite▼▼P. Lopez · R. Reid Jr.Lopez · Reid Jr.A48 546-1Fair 7-113%—48 54A▼ Best fig 54 is 5+ under today's par 77▼ 2nd off a layoff after a poor return (48 vs 54)

    Card model 13% · Fair odds 7-1 · Our #5 · Tier A · Last 3 figs 48 54

    ▼ Best fig 54 is 5+ under today's par 77▼ 2nd off a layoff after a poor return (48 vs 54)
    Jockey Pascacio Lopez 36% career 11-for-63 on dirt this meet (17%) · Trainer Robert E Jr Reid 28% career ★ 6-for-28 on dirt this meet (21%)
    Also today · Jockey R1: Vandalism 7-2, R3: Riley's Rockstar 9-2, R7: Chef Sparrow 9-5, R8: Welovemollynteddy 2-1 · Trainer R7: Chef Sparrow 9-5, R8: Ginster 12-1
    ★ FASTEST WORK

    Beaten 16 lengths for 6th in a 10-horse maiden special weight race at PRX. Drops from maiden special weight to maiden claiming $40,000.

    PACE CHALLENGE No running style on file yet, so the pace shape can't be applied to it.
    WORKS LIGHT Few works lately, 0 works in 30d and the last 34 days ago
    RECORD Pascacio Lopez from post 2 here: 37 wins, 87 top-3 in 153 rides · 22% wins from all posts here

    Last three races

    DateTrkDistClassFinishFigOddsEqTrip
    10/13PRX5½f DsMdSpWt6th/10 -16L4834-1Very wide; mild bid
    7/20PRX5f DMSW7th/8 -8L545.4-1Pursued winner; empty
  3. 3VitalA. Adorno · J. ServisAdorno · Servis?3-1Fair 4-121%—Debut?2

    Card model 21% · Fair odds 4-1 · Our #2 · Tier ?

    Jockey Abner Adorno 32% career 5-for-60 on dirt this meet (8%) · Trainer John C Servis 35% career 3-for-28 on dirt this meet (11%)
    Also today · Jockey R3: Admiral's Wave 7-2, R8: Ginster 12-1, R9: Miss Anna Bella 7-2 · Trainer R5: Mommy Makeover 4-1, R9: Miss Anna Bella 7-2

    Debut for a Volatile youngster; the sire's listed stud fee is $35,000. This barn has 104 first-time starters on record and wins 12% of them.

    PACE CHALLENGE No running style on file yet, so the pace shape can't be applied to it.
    WORKS SHARP 4f in :47.00 on Aug 29 was the best time at that distance that morning; 1 work in 30d
    RECORD Abner Adorno from post 3 here: 38 wins, 91 top-3 in 194 rides · 14% wins from all posts here

    Last three races

    First start. By Volatile out of Be Nimble (The Factor)
    Trainer J. Servis: 1st-time starters: 12% wins, 35% in the money (104 starts) · 2-year-olds: 13% wins, 41% in the money (212 starts)
    Jockey A. Adorno in sprints: 38 wins from 294 (13%)
    WorkTrkDistTimeHowRank
    10/17PRX4f:48.40breezing3/22from gate
    10/2PRX5f1:01.80breezing2/2from gate
    9/12PRX4f:47.60breezing6/90from gate
    9/5PRX4f:49.40breezing46/74
    8/29PRX4f:47.00breezing1/44● bullet from gate
  4. 4My Pretty BoyA. Hernandez · H. PadillaHernandez · Padilla?4-1Fair 5-116%—Debut?3

    Card model 16% · Fair odds 5-1 · Our #3 · Tier ?

    Jockey Andy Hernandez 38% career 3-for-33 on dirt this meet (9%) · Trainer Hugo O Padilla 32% career ★ 4-for-19 on dirt this meet (21%) ★ hot
    Also today · Jockey R1: Honeysmakemoney 4-1 · Trainer R1: Brandenburg Gate 8-1, this race: Schubert Sonata 6-1, R7: Snipe Hunt 4-1

    First-time starter from a barn that wins 5% of the time with them (39 tried). It has been schooling from the gate (latest Sep 30).

    PACE CHALLENGE Running style isn't established yet, so the pace read is a blank for this one.
    WORKS Average work schedule for this field (2 works in 30d, last 12d ago)
    RECORD Andy Hernandez from post 4 here: 22 wins, 51 top-3 in 118 rides · 17% wins from all posts here

    Last three races

    First start. By Volatile out of True Yankee (Munnings)
    Trainer H. Padilla: 1st-time starters: 5% wins, 36% in the money (39 starts) · 2-year-olds: 6% wins, 35% in the money (104 starts)
    Jockey A. Hernandez in sprints: 31 wins from 196 (16%)
    WorkTrkDistTimeHowRank
    10/21PRX4f:49.00breezing13/31
    10/10PRX4f:49.00breezing32/85
    9/30PRX5f1:02.00breezing22/29from gate
    9/16PRX4f:49.00breezing14/28
    7/25PRX5f1:03.80breezing28/29
  5. 5Prayed Up▼A. Rodriguez · B. KulpRodriguez · KulpA395-1Fair 5-116%—39A▼ Best fig 39 is 5+ under today's par 77

    Card model 16% · Fair odds 5-1 · Our #4 · Tier A · Last 3 figs 39

    ▼ Best fig 39 is 5+ under today's par 77
    Jockey Angel R Rodriguez 34% career 1-for-3 on dirt this meet · Trainer Brandon L Kulp 42% career 2-for-6 on dirt this meet ★ hot
    Also today · Jockey R1: Warrior's Finale 5-2, R5: Holy Ground 5-1, R7: Sixty Six Books 5-1 · Trainer R1: Warrior's Finale 5-2, R1: Vandalism 7-2, R5: Holy Ground 5-1, R5: Peaches N Dreams 5-1 +1 more

    A 39 is the high figure lately, short of the 77 par. Class relief: maiden special weight last time, maiden claiming $40,000 today.

    PACE CHALLENGE No style on record, so the setup says little about it.
    WORKS LIGHT Few works lately, 1 work in 30d and the last 26 days ago
    RECORD Angel R Rodriguez from post 5 here: 2 wins, 11 top-3 in 31 rides · 15% wins from all posts here

    Last three races

    DateTrkDistClassFinishFigOddsEqTrip
    10/13PRX5½f DsMdSpWt8th/10 -18L3916-1Inside; no response
  6. 6ItsagrandplacetobeL. Ocasio · L. Linder Jr.Ocasio · Linder Jr.?5-2Fair 7-222%—Debut?1

    Card model 22% · Fair odds 7-2 · Our #1 · Tier ?

    Jockey Luis M Ocasio 26% career 6-for-64 on dirt this meet (9%) · Trainer Louis Jr Linder 5-for-27 on dirt this meet (19%)
    Also today · Jockey R3: Union Purrfection 15-1, R6: Ranting And Raving 5-1 · Trainer R8: Welovemollynteddy 2-1

    Before this first start, it was the fastest 4F work of its morning on Sep 26 (:48.00). Worked 4F in :48.40 on Oct 27, 3rd fastest of 9 that morning.

    PACE CHALLENGE No style on record, so the setup says little about it.
    WORKS SHARP Fastest work of the morning on Sep 26 (4F in :48.00), 2 works in 30d
    RECORD Luis M Ocasio from post 6 here: 13 wins, 54 top-3 in 144 rides · 9% wins from all posts here

    Last three races

    First start. By Instagrand out of Haka's Sister (Declaration of War)
    Trainer L. Linder Jr.: 1st-time starters: 18% wins, 53% in the money (34 starts) · 2-year-olds: 12% wins, 45% in the money (66 starts)
    Jockey L. Ocasio in sprints: 19 wins from 252 (8%)
    WorkTrkDistTimeHowRank
    10/27PRX4f:48.40breezing3/9
    10/10PRX4f:47.80breezing6/85
    9/26PRX4f:48.00breezing1/11● bullet
    9/11PRX4f:48.00breezing1/26● bullet
    9/2PRX5f1:00.80breezing6/15from gate

▲ / ▼ angle for / against · ★ best figure at the trip · LS longshot read · 1 2 3 = our top three · A B C tiers · ▲ ► ▼ form · ≡ ↕ steady / up-and-down. Tap a row for its notes, a name for the horse's page. Analysis only. Pace: hard to project, too many first-time starters.

How to read these marks
1 2 3
Our top three by the card model's win chance. Tap “Our order” to sort by it.
Win %, Fair
The card model's chance to win, and the odds that chance works out to with no takeout. Fair is green when the model rates the horse above its morning line (the line scaled to add up to 100%).
Tier A B C ?
The field ranked on recent speed figures and the morning line together: A = top three, B = next three, C = the rest, ? = no figures yet.
71 60 72
Last three speed figures, newest first. “@trip 75” = best figure at today's distance (within 30 yards) on this surface.
▲▲ ▲ ► ▼ ▼▼
Form: last figure against the average of the three before it. ▲ = up 3 or more, ▲▲ = up 8 or more, ► = within 3, ▼ / ▼▼ = down. The number is the difference.
≡ ↕
≡ steady: the last four figures sit close together. ↕ up-and-down: they swing widely.
★
Best figure in the field at today's distance and surface, from two or more tries, not tied. When that horse isn't in our top three it gets a “Distance horse” note above the field.
▲ ▼ chips
Handicapping angles for or against the horse. LS = longshot read: 8-1 or more on the morning line and the model rates it higher than that line.

These marks describe the past performances. None of them is proven to beat the odds: in our test of 100 handicapping angles, nothing did better than the final odds, and the morning-line favourite wins more races than our top-ranked horse. Read them as notes, not as a reason to bet.

Race conditions and our readpace, conditions, story
¼½FINISHSTART6 FURLONGS · DIRT · main1-turn · chute start

PARX RACING · RACE 4

UPCOMING

Maiden Claiming $40,000

Field
6 runners
Purse
$32,000
Post
1:26 PM ET
Pace
Pace Vacuum
Card model top pick
#6 · 22%

Maiden Claiming, for 2-year-olds.

Maiden claiming — for horses that have never won, and every starter is also for sale at the claiming price. Typically the easiest class of race.

● Track record at 6 Furlongs: 67.21

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 Itsagrandplacetobe (a tactical type, M/L 5-2). Backup is #3 Vital at 3-1. Use #4 My Pretty Boy 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.

At a glance: model vs the morning line

At a glance

  • Market favourite #6 ITSAGRANDPLACETOBE (5-2) — our number agrees.
  • #6 ITSAGRANDPLACETOBE — our top number on the card, about right at the windows (22.9% to their 24.0%).
  • #3 VITAL — our #2 number, about right at the windows (21.0% to their 21.0%).
  • #4 MY PRETTY BOY — our #3 number, about right at the windows (17.6% to their 16.8%).

Model vs the morning line · analysis, not advice

  • The model and the morning line roughly agree on this field.
Pacewho goes to the front

Pace

Pace Vacuum. No real early speed. Whoever shows up first is likely uncontested. Pressers benefit.

the shape helps #1 Schubert Sonata; and works against #2 Third Bite, #3 Vital, #4 My Pretty Boy.

Lead
none
Press
none
Stalk
1Schubert Sonata93
Close
none
No style yet
5Prayed Up822Third Bite813Vital4My Pretty Boy6Itsagrandplacetobe

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

1
Schubert Sonata
93

Closing Kick · late-pace figure

1
Schubert Sonata
10
2
Third Bite
10
5
Prayed Up
10
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