Exploring Exciting Race Strategies at Oaklawn Park

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00:00Let's jump into the other four races and help the folks out,

00:03see if we can lead them into a winner

00:06for this pick five ticket.

00:07So race number eight is an overnight handicap.

00:09It's called the Travista,

00:11and they have such great purses over at Oaklawn Park,

00:14145,000 up for grabs in this one.

00:17Mile into 16th, we've got Phillies and Mayors,

00:20and you and I, we're kind of looking at

00:22a couple of similar horses in here.

00:23Why don't you start us off?

00:24Who are the horses that we want to use in this first leg

00:27of the five team kind of parlay that we're playing?

00:30This is a pick five.

00:31Yes, well, before I try to pronounce this horse's name,

00:34I want to congratulate Gino,

00:35who crushed, crushed a pick five last week.

00:40Coast to coast pick five, another one he does often,

00:43and just absolutely crushed it.

00:44So good work on that.

00:46And as we get into it, I will say,

00:48the luck for me over the last couple of years,

00:50I was having a lot of close misses,

00:51but it all changed in November

00:53when we had the winner on this show

00:55that we gave out for about $5,000.

00:57And then it started to change for me.

00:59A lot of those horses that were running second now

01:01have gotten the job done.

01:02So let's see if we can keep that good energy,

01:05the good juju, and roll it right on over to this week.

01:08Set us up for race number eight.

01:11All right, with Bruna Boin,

01:13I think this might be how you pronounce

01:15that horse's name, number two.

01:17Time for me has her getting second place behind the five,

01:20which is going to be our other selection here.

01:22But you know, she's a tracker that can kind of sit off

01:24pace and grind them down.

01:25Her early and late pace ratings are the same,

01:27which shows you how she's like a really consistent

01:30runner throughout the race.

01:32Her race back in October where she won at Keeneland

01:35is what I want to see from her this weekend.

01:36I think if she runs that on Sunday, I think she can win.

01:39And if you're looking at the charts below,

01:41you can see the chicklets.

01:43The number five is towards the front,

01:45and then the number five is finishing towards the front.

01:47That's the other horse that we're going to be using here,

01:49and that's Payne, who's just like a solid on paper,

01:53coming out of some strong races,

01:55shows speed and can sit just off.

01:57And the jockey, Flavian Pratt, he in particular

02:00is so good with horses that are like this,

02:02where he has to make a decision.

02:03Do I want to be really aggressive

02:05or maybe sit off a little bit?

02:06It seems like he always makes the right call

02:08on when to go, when to sit.

02:10So we're in very capable hands there, Alexa.

02:13As we move to race number nine, this is the honeybee.

02:16This is one of the races where we had, I guess,

02:18a slight difference of opinion.

02:19And this is what happens when you have two people

02:22building a ticket together.

02:23I know the horse to beat is the one, Mujima.

02:26I'm going to try to take some swings against her

02:28on my own ticket, but you know what?

02:30If she wins, I'm going to be alive on this ticket with you,

02:33right, because we're using her here, because you like her.

02:36I do like Mujima.

02:37You know, like you said, heavy morning line favorite,

02:39rightfully so.

02:40This filly's undefeated in three starts,

02:42each time with added distance and improving speed figures.

02:45The most recent one was the grade two Demoiselle

02:47at Aqueduct in December.

02:49So, you know, she's fresh,

02:50and trainer Brad Cox is great at bringing them back

02:53off a layoff with a 24% win rate.

02:55He wins 29% of the time in graded stakes races.

02:58I think Mujima's definitely the one to beat,

03:01but you're not getting great odds.

03:02We'll also use the six, take charge my lady,

03:05who's four and a half to one,

03:06is on a winning streak at Oak Lawn

03:08with two wins this year already over the course.

03:11That last out was in a stakes race

03:12where she won by over five lengths

03:13with an impressive speed figure.

03:15So to be fair, there were only five horses

03:17in the field that day, but still dueled

03:19and passed horses for a driving win.

03:21Other horses that we have on the ticket,

03:23two Necessity, a really interesting long shot.

03:27Both the two and the three are 20 to one

03:28on the morning line.

03:29We have them both on our ticket

03:31because they've both shown really nice progression.

03:34And I'm very interested in the type of trip

03:36they could sit in this race,

03:37where they won't be right on the lead,

03:39but they should be in that next tier,

03:41right behind the leaders,

03:42and maybe getting the jump on some of the deeper closers.

03:45So I think the race could really set up very well for them.

03:48The two Necessity, the three Jenkin,

03:50and then towards the outside, I think is a wild card,

03:535G, hopefully we're cashing this ticket for 5Gs, Alexa.

03:57This one was really impressive,

03:59going a mile on the dirt last time out.

04:01So we'll spread out in that race,

04:03a race that a lot of people might just single in on Muhima.

04:06We'll be looking for a price

04:07and looking for a little bit of value.

04:09As we move to race number 10, this is the Razorback.

04:12This is a race for some of the older horses.

04:14So maybe some familiar names,

04:16some horses who you may have seen or heard

04:18over the last couple of years in big graded stakes races.

04:21Start us off here, Alexa,

04:23who are we gonna be using on the ticket?

04:25Yeah, First Mission is one of those at 5-1 odds.

04:27Taking a bit of a step back, maybe in a grade three,

04:30spent most of last year running in grade one

04:32and grade two races.

04:33Most exciting and impressive race to date

04:35was when we won the grade two Alishiva at Churchill last May

04:38on the Oaks undercard, but has been off since August,

04:41but has multiple bullet workouts in preparation for today

04:45and Trina Bragg Cox wins 37% of the time

04:49when his horses are coming back

04:50after an over six month layoff.

04:52So he really knows how to have them tightened up

04:55and ready to perform after their breaks.

04:57And we'll also use the eight baddest good boy.

05:01Love that name.

05:02At four and a half to one,

05:03the most lightly raced horse in the field

05:05with only two starts.

05:07A late bloomer who really didn't begin his career

05:09until the last week of his three-year-old year

05:11this past December, but he really came out firing.

05:15Not undefeated at two starts

05:17with seriously fast speed figures.

05:19He's got early speed and should also be able

05:22to stock the pace a little bit and grind them down.

05:24Kind of sounds like what they would call a horse

05:26for like a nickname at the barn, right?

05:27He's the baddest good boy out there in the morning.

05:30He's just a bad good boy.

05:32He's a major player in there.

05:33The one that's a price that we're also gonna throw in

05:36is the six full screen.

05:37What I like about him, he's the type of horse,

05:39he's a little inconsistent, but his ceiling is really high.

05:42So that's why he's gonna offer you value.

05:44He can jump up and be capable of a very, very big effort.

05:49Full screen is in the mix.

05:50We'll go three, six, and eight.

05:52And then why don't you recap who we're going to be using

05:55in the Rebel, which is race number 11.

05:57Yep, we'll use the one Cole Battle,

05:59that likely overlooked long shot.

06:02Sandman, the closer, the I love,

06:04and Speed King, the speedster who may wire the field.

06:07So three deep there, one, three, and 11.

06:09Hopefully we're four for four,

06:10moving to race number 12 at Oak Lawn.

06:13This is an Arkansas bred, made in special way race.

06:15We're just gonna go too deep in here

06:17to try to close things out, right, Alexa?

06:19Yep, we'll use the two.

06:20Mayer at four to one is a first time starter

06:22for trainer Ron Maquette,

06:23who's been training really well at Oak Lawn

06:25with some fast workouts.

06:26Yeah, you get a live jockey, Flavian Pratt,

06:28to jump aboard.

06:29And then the nine, Tiz Marcus.

06:31His debut race was really good.

06:33He finished third,

06:34and I think he can build off of that race.

06:36So two and nine to close things out.

06:39We can take a look at the pick five ticket.

06:41I believe it's a $90 play altogether.

06:43We don't have any singles in the sequence,

06:45and where we might be a little different

06:47than I think the betting public is in race number nine,

06:50where a lot of people might just single the one.

06:53We have opportunities for prices,

06:54and sometimes you wanna zig

06:56when everybody else wants to zag.

06:58Any final thoughts on the ticket before we go to break?

07:00No final thoughts.

07:01Just make sure to scan the QR code

07:03on the bottom of your screen.

07:04You can get a free card for everything

07:05that we've been looking at here.

07:07So scan the QR code and use code DRFSGPPS.

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