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Mar 29, 2018

THURSDAY, MARCH 29

Keeneland’s 16-day Spring Meet opens Friday, April 6, and runs through Friday, April 27,
with racing Wednesdays through Sundays. Post time for the first race each day is 1:05 p.m. ET.

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• FIELD OF 11 LIKELY FOR $1 MILLION TOYOTA BLUE GRASS
• PROSPECTIVE FIELDS FOR OPENING WEEKEND STAKES
• FINCHER PREPARING FOR KEENELAND DEBUT
• GALLOPING OUT

FIELD OF 11 LIKELY FOR $1 MILLION TOYOTA BLUE GRASS

eFive Racing Thoroughbreds and Stonestreet Stables’ champion Good Magic and Albaugh Family Stables’ Free Drop Billy, winner of last fall’s Claiborne Breeders’ Futurity (G1), are likely to head the lineup of 11 horses to pass the entry box Tuesday for the 94^th running of the $1 million Toyota Blue Grass (G2).

The 1 1/8-mile dirt test on April 7 offers 170 points on a scale of 100-40-20-10 to the first four finishers on the Road to the $2 million Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve (G1) to be run May 5.

Keeneland Stakes Coordinator Tiffany Bourque has 11 horses listed as probable for the race, one of five graded stakes on April 7.

Good Magic, trained by...

Today’s “Lock” is at Dover Raceway on race 14 with the #2-Bodega Bay-In top form and has leading driver Tim Tetrick.

Last lock won again! Howard’s season record is now:200 of 332 wins with 60 seconds and 22 thirds.

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Some insights into tonight’s racing program for our IdaBet players:

3^RD RACE – (1) DONAU is taken to be nothing more than low-hanging fruit here. Gets way too much post relief second off class dip and should have no alibis.

4^TH RACE – (1) STRIKING VOLO was not involved in local debut, though that was 26 days out. Did get some tote action despite layoff, so we gaze this time.

5^TH RACE – (2) DEUCES FOR CHARITY has been an every-out nod in this tome, racing just well enough to force us to stay. Solid, first-up in last, thus again.

7^TH RACE – (2) ARCHERY is another we’ve endorsed before, despite rotten win profile. Comes off a solid, added-distance ‘French’ effort, always offers value.

11^TH RACE – (3) DOJEA SOLO has been one we’ve hopped aboard of late, beating lesser two starts ago before fair third at this level. Venue sucks us in again.

12^TH RACE – (5) BOOK BINGE was ‘peeked’ winner versus lesser in last, though we’ve four-eyeballed before. Been ‘iffy’ versus this class, tepid finale nod.

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$2 +/- (thru Mon., Mar. 26) – 77 wins ($708)

from 355 ($710) selex (-$2.00, straddling invisible fence)

highest-priced winner – MACHTU N ($33.80)

lowest-priced winners – SOTO/POINT SOMEWHERELSE ($2.70 each)

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Here are the picks for Monticello for Thursday, March 29th

1ST RACE: 2-5-3-4

2ND RACE: 3-1-2-6

3RD RACE: 4-1-2-5

4TH RACE: 3-1-4-5

5TH RACE: 3-1-8-2

6TH RACE: 3-1-2-5

7TH RACE: 3-1-6-2

8TH RACE: 1-5-6-4

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