Friday Race Selections: Miss Preakness, Pimlico Special, DuPont Distaff

By Rick Francis —-

Pimlico

EXACTA; 50 cent TRIFECTA & DAILY DOUBLE (RACES 8-9) /
10 cent SUPERFECTA / 50 cent PICK 3 (RACES 8-9-10) /
$300;000 GUARANTEE 50 cent PICK 4 (RACES 8-9-10-11) /
$1.00 SUPER HIGH 5

Race 8) 6 Furlongs. Adena Springs Miss Preakness S. Grade III. Purse $150,000 FOR FILLIES, THREE-YEARS-OLD
Post Time: ( 3:13)/ 2:13/ 1:13/12:13
ADVANCED FORECAST: Partly Sunny, High 75, Low 64

11) Fighting Mad (Baffert/Geroux); 2-for-2, the last impressively over a very pricey Churchill allowance field; owners Gary and Mary Westare still smarting from Derby DQ so filly is appropriately named.

2) Covfefe (Cox/Castellano); out of Into Mischief, filly’s Keeneland score last out produced the field’s highest speed figure; trainer angles in this spot are all well above average.

7) Miss Imperial (Servis/Ortiz, I.); nailed late as the race fave in the Cicada back March; with a beaten next out, Servis is 33 percent.

6) Never Enough Time (Trombetta/Pimental); though they weren’t the toughest of field’s, Munnings filly has never been headed in her two starts.

12) Midnight Fantasy (Sharp/Saez); trainer gets back to his mid-Atlantic roots with this filly along with first blinkers.

Selections: 11, 2, 7, 6, 12

EXACTA; 50 cent TRIFECTA & DAILY DOUBLE (RACES 10-11) 10 cent
SUPERFECTA / 50 cent PICK 3 (RACES 10-11-12) / $1.00 SUPER HIGH 5

Race 10) 1&1/4 Mile. Pimlico Special S. Grade III. Purse $300,000 FOR THREE-YEAR-OLDS AND UPWARD
Post Time: ( 4:14)/ 3:14/ 2:14/ 1:14

13) You’re to Blame (Pletcher/Ortiz, J.); game effort last out after being sidelined for seven months; 5-year-old is distance proven.

6) Cordmaker (Jenkins/Carrasco); going to give this Md-bred a shot here as he’s shown a nice late kick helping his to win 3-of-4.

5) Heavy Roller (Sharp/Saez); another who enters having won three of four, and over a bit heavier company.

8) Tenfold (Asmussen/Santana); never threatened in the G2 Oaklawn Handicap, slop factored; ran a close third in Preakness Stakes a year ago.

1) War Story (Navarro/Castellano); 7-year-old is a winner of nearly $3 million, try to find a spot.

Selections: 13, 6, 5, 8, 1

EXACTA; 50 cent TRIFECTA & DAILY DOUBLE (RACES 13-14) /
10 cent SUPERFECTA / $1.00 SUPER HIGH 5

Race 13) 1&1/8 Mile. Allaire DuPont Distaff S. Grade III. Purse $150,000 FOR FILLIES AND MARES, THREE-YEARS-OLD AND UPWARD.
Post Time: ( 5:57)/ 4:57/ 3:57/ 2:57

5) Another Broad (Pletcher/Franco); exits a strong win in the Top Flight, contested a very muddy AQ track; makes third start for Pletcher, a solid conditioning angle.

6) Golden Award (Mott/Gaffalione); not a good effort last out as the G3 Doubledogdare fave; Mott with a beaten favorite next out, 23 percent.

4) Mylady Curlin (Cox/Saez); winner of two straight, but it’s her last win over three rivals that’s a bit of a concern, however Cox with a last out winner, 30 percent.

2) My Miss Lilly (Hennig/Castellano); three straight thirds, Tapit filly can get a share.

Selections: 5, 6, 4, 2