Horse
Playing For Keeps
6-year-old chestnut gelding · By Dark Kestrel out of Buckler (by Concerto)
Entered today: Mahoning Valley Race 6
Tier A Form ▼▼ Big drop -11
Pick-sheet marks: notes from the past performances, not proven to beat the odds. How to read them is on the race page.
Model win chance is the card model shown on the race page. The morning-line favourite wins more races than our top-ranked horse (see the record), so read it as a second opinion.
Last three races
| Date | Trk | Dist | Class | Finish | Speed fig | Odds | Eq | Trip |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10/8 | TDN | 6f D | sClm50000 | 5th/8 -2¼L | 75 | 3.4-1 | b L | Failed to sustain bid |
| 7/20 | TDN | 6f D | sClm50000 | 2nd/7 -2½L | 87 | 2.6-1 | b L | Pace;altrd5p;2nd best |
| 6/16 | TDN | 6f D | Alw n1x | Won/6 | 87 | 1.2-1 | b L | Drew off; handily |
Finish shows position, field size and beaten lengths. Odds are final odds; * = favourite. Trip notes are the chart caller's.
Show full historyHide full history (11 races)
11 starts in our records: 4 won, 3 2nd, 3 3rd.
| Date | Race | Distance | Type | Field | Post | Finish | Odds | Jockey | Trainer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10/8/26 | Thistledown R2 | 6 Furlongs Dirt | Claiming $50,000 | 8 | 6 | 5th | 5-1 ML | Mauro Cedillo | Louis Ruberto |
| 7/20/26 | Thistledown R8 | 6 Furlongs Dirt | Claiming $50,000 | 7 | 7 | 2nd | 3-1 ML | Mauro Cedillo | Louis Ruberto Jr. |
| 6/16/26 | Thistledown R7 | 6 Furlongs Dirt | Allowance | 6 | 4 | Won | 4-1 ML | Mauro Cedillo | Louis Ruberto Jr. |
| 5/25/26 | Thistledown R1 | 6 Furlongs Dirt | Allowance | 7 | 1 | 2nd | 6-1 ML | Mauro Cedillo | Louis Ruberto Jr. |
| 5/12/26 | Thistledown R6 | 6 Furlongs Dirt | Allowance | 7 | 7 | 3rd | 15-1 ML | Mauro Cedillo | Louis Ruberto Jr. |
| 5/26/25 | Thistledown R5 | 6 Furlongs Dirt | Allowance | 7 | 7 | Won | 4-1 ML | Mauro Cedillo | Louis Ruberto Jr. |
| 5/3/25 | Thistledown R4 | 6 Furlongs Dirt | Claiming $50,000 | 6 | 5 | 3rd | 5-2 ML | Ricardo Feliciano | Louis Ruberto Jr. |
| 4/9/25 | Mahoning Valley R4 | 6 Furlongs Dirt | Allowance | 6 | 3 | 3rd | 3-1 ML | Mauro Cedillo | Louis Ruberto Jr. |
| 3/18/25 | Mahoning Valley R8 | 6 Furlongs Dirt | Allowance | 8 | 6 | Won | 12-1 ML | Mauro Cedillo | Louis Ruberto Jr. |
| 7/25/23 | Thistledown R2 | 5 1/2 Furlongs Dirt | Allowance | 7 | 2 | Won | 1.4-1 | Andrew Ramgeet | Louis Ruberto Jr. |
| 7/4/23 | Thistledown R1 | 6 Furlongs Dirt | Allowance | 7 | 5 | 2nd, 1.8L | 0.6-1 | Andrew Ramgeet | Louis Ruberto Jr. |
From TBredIQ's own results records; may be incomplete before Jul 3, 2023. Matched on name, sire and dam. Finish shows lengths behind the winner where we have the chart; odds are final odds where we have the chart, otherwise the morning line (ML). Past race pages aren't kept on the site, so there's no result link for these races. 7 other entries in our records have no result (usually a scratch, or a race we have no chart for) and are not listed.
Speed figures
| Best speed figure | |
|---|---|
| Dirt, fast track | 87 |
| Wet track | 70 |
| Today's distance on today's surface (last 8 tries in the data) | 87 |
Last figures, newest first: 75 · 87 · 87 · 83 — big drop -11 against the three before
Recent works
| Date | Trk | Dist | Time | How | Rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9/29 | TDN | 4f | :49.40 | breezing | 2 of 10 | |
| 9/12 | TDN | 4f | :48.00 | breezing | 1 of 11 | fastest of the day at the distance |
| 8/31 | TDN | 4f | :47.80 | breezing | 1 of 8 | fastest of the day at the distance |
| 8/22 | MNR | 4f | :49.40 | breezing | 2 of 7 | |
| 4/27 | TDN | 5f | 1:02.60 | breezing | 3 of 6 |
Rank = where the time placed among horses working the same distance at that track that day.
Record
| Record | |
|---|---|
| Career | 23 starts: 5 won, 5 2nd, 3 3rd · $170,565 |
| This year | 5 starts: 1 won, 2 2nd, 1 3rd · $47,900 |
| Last year | 8 starts: 2 won, 0 2nd, 2 3rd · $53,598 |
| At Mahoning Valley | 8 starts: 2 won, 0 2nd, 1 3rd · $46,735 |
| At today's distance | 18 starts: 4 won, 4 2nd, 3 3rd · $141,035 |
| Wet track | 4 starts: 0 won, 0 2nd, 1 3rd · $5,765 |
Owner: Louis V Ruberto