Handicapping the Grade 2 Black-Eyed Susan

By Rick Francis —-

PIMLICO

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

Race 11) 1&1/8 Mile. Black-Eyed Susan S. Grade II. Purse $250,000 FOR FILLIES, THREE-YEARS-OLD.
Post Time: ( 4:48)/ 3:48/ 2:48/ 1:48

1) Sweet Diane (Kenneally/Ortiz, J.); pushed around at the start of the FG Oaks and still managed a third; never off the board in five starts.

2) Off Topic (Pletcher/Velazquez); nice effort in the Gazelle last month, but wasn’t gaining ground to that filly who is entered here.

3) Ulele (Cox/Rosario); wired a deep Keeneland field in last, her 2nd win in last three starts.

4) Cookie Dough (Gold/Ortiz, I.); drifted out in the Gulfstream Oaks costing her the lead and win, her second straight fading try.

5) Our Super Freak (Ness/McCarthy); has finished second or third in five straight overnight stakes at Laurel.

6) Always Shopping (Pletcher/Franco); winner of the Busanda and Grade 2 Gazelle, both contested at today’s route; formidable.

7) Brill (Hollendorfer/Geroux); very ricey daughter of Medaglia d’Oro was just flat out beaten in her last two but they were both tough Oaklawn fields; you got to include.

8) Point of Honor (Weaver/Castellano); flat fourth in the GP Oaks, that doesn’t bode well here.

9) Las Setas (Voss/Toledo); Md-bred enters on a 4-race win streak at Laurel, 3 against stakes company.

Selections: 6, 7, 3, 9