Sunday, July 22, 2018

7/22/18 Del Mar Late Pick Four - Preview

The Grade 2 Eddie Read is Sunday's featured race down San Diego way.  I'll be taking a look at that contest below, as I take another run at The Late Pick Four at the place Where The Turf Meets The Surf.

RACE 6 - [R] The Wickerr $75k - Eight Furlongs Turf

A’s

# 9 Big Score (Morning Line 9-2)

B's

# 6 Isotherm (ML 20-1)
# 10 Colonist (ML 5-1)
# 11 Conquest Tsunami (ML 7-2)

C's

# 3 Cistron (ML 12-1)
# 12 Perfectly Majestic (ML 8-1)
# 14 Bombard (ML 6-1)

Scratch # 5 Editore (Brz) (ML 6-1) and # 8 Liam the Charmer (ML 20-1)

This contest is restricted to runners that have not won a Stake (Graded or Listed; but exclude Stakes for State Bred only) at a distance of eight furlongs or more since March 1, 2018 where the winner's share of the purse was $50k or more.

Big Score has finished in the Trifecta in each of his last four races since returning to the West Coast, and could benefit from the class relief.  Isotherm took the Show behind Belvoir Bay in the Grade 3 San Simeon two starts back.

Colonist missed victory in the Grade 3 American by just a neck two starts back.  Conquest Tsunami took the Place sprinting in the Grade 2 Jaipur last time out.  Bombard, Cistron, and Perfectly Majestic filled out the Trifecta in the Silent Lure last time out.

RACE 7 - (F) MSW - Six Furlongs Dirt

A’s

# 3 Mother Mother (ML 8-5)
# 8 Tapwater (ML 4-1)

B's

# 5 Queen of the Track (ML 5-1)

C's

# 1 Calm Down Lady (ML 10-1)
# 4 Creative Romance (ML 20-1)
# 6 Over Emphasize (ML 9-2)
# 7 She's My Gem (ML 20-1)

Scratch # 2 She Rocks the Look (No Line)

These are juvenile fillies.  Mother Mother, Creative Romance, She's My Gem, and Tapwater are the debut runners.

Mother Mother and Tapwater have both been working well for this contest.  Queen of the Track took the Show behind a next out winner last time out.  The backup "C" Selections are everyone else.

RACE 8 - The Eddie Read (Grade 2) - Nine Furlongs Turf

A’s

# 7 Hunt (Ire) (ML 3-1)

B's

# 2 Next Shares (ML 8-1)
# 4 Bowies Hero (ML 8-1)
# 5 Sharp Samurai (ML 7-2)
# 8 Multiplier (ML 20-1)
# 9 Itsinthepost (Fr) (ML 5-2)
# 11 Fashion Business (GB) (ML 15-1)

C's

# 1 True Valour (ML 15-1)
# 6 Catapult (ML 15-1)
# 10 Prime Attraction (ML 20-1)

Scratch # 3 Flamboyant (Fr) (ML 20-1)

Hunt (Ire) won this event last year, and appears to be entering this contest in good form.  Next Shares was half a length behind Hunt in the Shoemaker Mile last time out.

Bowies Hero, winner of the Grade 1 Kilroe Mile two starts back, has run well in the past over this turf course.  Sharp Samurai missed by a length in the Grade 1 Hollywood Derby of entering this contest with a six race winning streak.  Multiplier and Fashion Business (GB) are exiting the Grade 1 Manhattan, where they both finished well.

Itsinthepost (Fr) won the Grade 2 Charlie Whittingham by daylight last time out.  The backup "C" Selections are everyone else.

RACE 9 - (F) Clm $12.5k - Eight Furlongs Dirt

A’s

# 7 If You Like It (ML 9-2)

B’s

# 4 Ipray (ML 8-1)

C's

# 1 Resky Business (ML 10-1)
# 6 Brookes All Mine (ML 8-1)
# 9 Veronica Bay (ML 20-1)
# 14 Jersey Buns (ML 20-1)

Scratch # 5 Dizzy Diva (NL); # 8 Tiki Bar Logic (ML 7-2); # 11 Honor Maker (NL); # 12 Skeeter Davis (NL); and # 13 Zuzanna (NL)

If You Like It goes first off the claim for Trainer Billy Morey, who tends to do well with such.  Ipray has run well in each of her three races since being claimed by Trainer Javier Sierra.  Resky Business could move up with the class drop.

Brookes All Mine has run well in the past over this main track.  Jersey Buns and Veronica Bay filled out the Trifecta behind Ipray last time out.

OK, that's the analysis.  Playing my tickets in modified Crist fashion, I get:

All A Entries

$1.00 P4: 9 with 3,8 with 7 with 7 $2.00

All A Entries with All B Entries

$0.50 P4: 6,9,10,11 with 3,5,8 with 2,4,5,7,8,9,11 with 4,7 $84.00

A's with One C

$0.50 P4: 3,12,14 with 3,8 with 7 with 7 $3.00
$0.50 P4: 9 with 1,4,6,7 with 7 with 7 $2.00
$0.50 P4: 9 with 3,8 with 1,6,10 with 7 $3.00
$0.50 P4: 9 with 3,8 with 7 with 1,6,9,14 $4.00

Total: $98.00

Post Time for Race 6 is 7:37 EDT / 4:37 PDT.  Good luck to all.

Peace and Love,

Jimbo

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