WRD · RACE 3
UPCOMINGClaiming $25,000
Claiming $25,000, for 2-year-olds, that have not won three 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.
● Breed: Quarter Horse
● 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 #5 Rrelentless Red (a tactical type, M/L 3-1). Recent figures: 97 · 93 · 88. It hit the board last time and stays in form. Backup is #1 Beauxreguard at 4-1. Use #4 Gold Medalist 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.
Has moved up each time out, 88 to 93 to 97. Worked 1F in :12.40 on Apr 25, 3rd of 30 at the distance.
Prime Power, the Brisnet rating, puts it on top of this field. Beaten ½ length for 5th in a 9-horse allowance race at WRD.
Jockey switch: Ryder Olmstead last out, Cody Rodger Smith today. Finished 10th in a 10-horse allowance race at WRD, beaten 6¼ lengths.
Best Brisnet figure in the field over its last five: 99, with 97 next best. Has won 2 of 5 going today's distance.
Figures are climbing: 65, 90, 91 over its last three. Last start was a win, in an 8-horse allowance race at WRD at 30-1.
8th last time, 2½ lengths back, in a field of 10.
At a glance
- Market favourite #6 SEADUCTIVE PURSUIT (2-1) — our number has it ranked #5.
- #6 SEADUCTIVE PURSUIT — our #5 number, about right at the windows (25.4% to their 27.7%).
- #5 RRELENTLESS RED — our top number on the card, about right at the windows (22.3% to their 20.8%).
- #1 BEAUXREGUARD — our #2 number, about right at the windows (18.2% to their 16.6%).
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 Beauxreguard, #2 Reds A Blaze, #3 Cyberville.
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.
Win
#5 Rrelentless Red
Top of the field by a clear 20-pt IQ margin — the play stands alone to win.
Exacta — KEY
#5 Rrelentless Red OVER #1 Beauxreguard · #4 Gold Medalist · #3 Cyberville
Key #5 Rrelentless Red on top over your contenders for the 2nd slot.
Trifecta — KEY/WHEEL
#5 Rrelentless Red / #1 Beauxreguard · #4 Gold Medalist · #3 Cyberville / #1 Beauxreguard · #4 Gold Medalist · #3 Cyberville · #6 Seaductive Pursuit
#5 Rrelentless Red keyed 1st, your contenders filling 2nd–3rd.
Bet types offered at this track →
$2 EXACTA / (.50) TRIFECTA / (.10) SUPERFECTA / $2 DAILY DOUBLE
(.50) PICK 3 (RACES 3-4-5)