WRD · RACE 1
UPCOMINGClaiming $10,000
Claiming $10,000, for 3-year-olds and up, that have not won two 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 350 Yards: 16.98
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 #4 Captains Little Annie (a tactical type, M/L 4-1). Recent figures: 90 · 64 · 69. Backup is #2 Mz Jayhawk at 6-1. Use #5 Manhattan At Sunset 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 90. Jockey switch: Mario Delgado last out, J D Brooks today.
Last out was 3rd, 1 length behind the winner, in a 6-horse $10,000 claiming race at WRD.
Figures are climbing: 77, 80, 87 over its last three. Fastest 1F work of its morning on Mar 21 (:12.40), a sign it is training forwardly.
Has moved up each time out, 62 to 80 to 86. Prime Power, the Brisnet rating, puts it on top of this field.
Best Brisnet figure in the field over its last five: 90, with 87 next best. Beaten 2½ lengths for 3rd in a 6-horse $10,000 claiming race at WRD.
Returns from a 100-day break, the biggest in the field. Won last out in a 7-horse maiden claiming $10,000 race at FMT.
At a glance
- Market favourite #5 MANHATTAN AT SUNSET (2-1) — our number has it ranked #3.
- #5 MANHATTAN AT SUNSET — our #3 number, about right at the windows (26.2% to their 28.2%).
- #3 STIKINI — our #5 number, about right at the windows (21.1% to their 21.1%).
- #4 CAPTAINS LITTLE ANNIE — our top number on the card, about right at the windows (18.2% to their 16.9%).
Value read
- No price-band edge — the market looks efficient here.
Pace
Pace Vacuum. No real early speed. Whoever shows up first is likely uncontested. Pressers benefit.
and works against #1 Ima Favorite Captain, #2 Mz Jayhawk, #3 Stikini.
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
How to play it
How we'd structure it from our ranking + pace read — a soft pace can let a forward type loose — protect with a saver on top. Structures and logic only; the stake is yours.
Place / Show
#4 Captains Little Annie · #2 Mz Jayhawk · #5 Manhattan At Sunset
Top trio is bunched — backing one to hit the board is sounder than a flat win bet.
Exacta — BOX
#4 Captains Little Annie · #2 Mz Jayhawk · #5 Manhattan At Sunset
Top three are close — a 3-horse box covers the likely 1-2 in any order.
Trifecta — BOX
#4 Captains Little Annie · #2 Mz Jayhawk · #5 Manhattan At Sunset
Box the top three for any 1-2-3 order; add a 4th only if the field is wide open.
Bet types offered at this track →
$2 EXACTA / (.50) TRIFECTA / (.10) SUPERFECTA