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Northfield Track Announcer Ayers Ratliff’s free handicapping tips are provided for our IdaBet.com players.

Remember, due to their draw schedule, picks are made in advance and do not account for scratches or late driver changes.

From the “Ayers Above WEDNESDAY EVENING, MAY 23

Race 1: 9- Dontteasehim – Could trot home a winner if he minds his manners. 3- J-s Maple Jac – Finished second last time out and could
be the runner-up again tonight. 1- Northmedo Amy – Could be a tough customer from the rail. 6- Latte Jo – Could add value to the exotics.

Race 2: 5- Ciro – Draws into a race where several could win; this one gets the slight call over several others to get the job done in here.
3- Lima Legend – Another that has a big shot in here. 1- Mister Oliver – Could make the ticket from the rail. 8- Caviar Cruiser – Could
add value to the exotics.

Race 3: 5- Got Some – Could start tonight’s Pick 5 if he minds his manners. 1- Easter Dunn – Could be tough from the rail. 4- Barn Yard
Judy – One of several in here that could make the ticket.

Race 4: 7- Bobs Fella – Was a winner two starts back and could score again tonight. 6- See Me Pace – Could do well in her sophomore
debut. 4- I Scoot Quick – Won his most recent effort and could be tough again. 1- Guns Are For Girls – Has as good of a shot as any in
here to complete the Superfecta.

Race 5: 1- Magic MVP – Draws the rail and looks to score upon returning to the Flying Turns. 4- Distorted Dream – Won his most recent
effort and looks to be tough again. 2- Tartufo Lindy – Has two wins in a row but looks to be facing tougher foes this time around. 6- Bold
Creation – Could add value to the exotics.

Race 6: 9- Elocutionist – Drops in class and looks to strike from the second tier. 3- Tiny Jim – Another class dropper that could be tough in
here. 5- Iwilldowhatido – Made...

Today’s “Lock” stays at Northfield Park on race 3 with the  #4-Wild Goose Chase-Has gate speed and I expect a wire to wire score tonight for driver trainer Sam Schillachi.

Last “Lock” won yet again making Howard’s record now: 223 of 366 wins with 68 seconds and 23 thirds.

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

1ST RACE – (5) SCARLET CHASER gets the obligatory nod in opener. Had no room late in last, rallying second previously, but awful win record is what it is.

2ND RACE – (3) B’S WEDDIE has not hit the ticket in 11 starts this season, but last two-move effort offered some signs. This gang is unseemly 3-for-85 in ’18.

4TH RACE – (1) TOMEI SEELSTER has a ‘peeked’ resume at this level, as in down-the-road two starts ago, Wins draw, surmise takes these as far as she can.

5TH RACE – (5) SUTTON SEELSTER hasn’t been nearly as non-descript as his lines suggest. Some hidden pace, bad luck suggest he would not be big stunner.

6TH RACE – (2) BLACKNSWEET ADDA A nearly made us appear brainy in latest, arriving too late at 12-1. Slips down to bottom feeders, low-hanging fruit.

7TH RACE – (4) HIGHVIEW CONALL N has beaten better recently, though
last few tries have seen smaller envelopes. Mid-pack getaway offers some options.

10TH RACE – (4) SCOTCH McEWAN invades from Ohio off first seasonal win. Into barn that hasn’t done much wrong, gazed despite some toughies in finale.

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$2 +/- (thru Sun., May 20) – 133 wins ($1,132.20)
from 602 ($1,204) selex (-$71.80, there’s no fudging here)

highest-priced winner – INSPIRATION VIEW ($36.60)
lowest-priced winners – NATIONAL SEELSTER/JORDAN BLUE CHIP
($2.50 each)

BY FRANK DRUCKER,

Publicity Director, Empire City @ Yonkers Raceway

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Northfield Track Announcer Ayers Ratliff’s free handicapping tips are provided for our IdaBet.com players.

Remember, due to their draw schedule, picks are made in advance and do not account for scratches or late driver changes.

From the “Ayers Above TUESDAY EVENING, MAY 22

Race 1: 7- Believe In Waco – Just finished third in a $40,000 OSS division; looks to win in here. 3- Big Bad Goldie – Another
OSS contender that could be tough. 4- Tanzanite Love – Could add some value to the ticket. 2- Osborne’s Ellie – Should not
be overlooked as a solid contender in here.

Race 2: 4- Major Count – Looks to be the one that completes the Daily Double. 7- City Kid – Looks to be tough in here despite
the poor post draw. 3- Whole Lotta Nasty – Could add value to the Trifecta. 1- Edit – Looks to be in the thick of the action from
the rail.

Race 3: 4- Wild Goose Chase – Gets the top-call to start tonight’s Pick 5. 1- Listentoyourheart – Looks to be tough from the
rail if she minds her manners. 8- Mckinnon – Could make the ticket despite starting from the far outside.

Race 4: 1- Hooray For Willie – Could get the job done from the rail. 4- Insider Access – Could do well upon coming to
Northfield. 3- Buckeye Patty – Looks to be rounding into better form. 6- Muscle On Broadway – Has as good of a shot as any
in here to complete the Superfecta.

Race 5: 5- Bettor’s Choice – Draws into a race where several could win; this one gets the slight call over the others to get the job
done. 1- Devisser – Looks to be tough from the rail. 3- Chrome Seelster – One of several in here that could make the ticket.
9- Lightninginthesky – Could add some value to the exotics.

Race 6: 1- Well Did – Draws the inside advantage and could use that advantage to be successful in here. 2- Ilikeitrealhot –
Draws well and could be tough upon dropping...

May 21, 2018

OLD GUYS RULE!!  VETERAN SOI PHET RALLIES TO WIN $100,000 CRYSTAL WATER STAKES BY A HEAD UNDER QUINONEZ; TRAINED BY POWELL, 10-YEAR-OLD GELDING GETS MILE ON TURF IN 1:35.00

                    In a race in which the top five finishers were separated by roughly a half length, it was trainer Leonard Powell’s veteran warhorse, Soi Phet, who carried the day, as he took Sunday’s $100,000 Crystal Water Stakes by a head.  Ridden by Alonso Quinonez, the 10-year-old gelding, who was making his 58^thcareer start, got one mile over the Santa Anita turf in 1:35 flat.

                    Claimed 42 starts back for $16,000 on May 23, 2013 at Hollywood Park, the California-bred gelding by Tizbud, out of the Siberian Summer mare Summer Jersey, notched his 14^th career win (13 of them with his current connections) and his seventh career stakes victory in taking the Crystal Water.

A close third turning for home behind eventual third place finisher Well Developed and fifth place finisher Tule Fog, Soi Phet pinned his ears when challenged to his outside by second place finisher B Squared and won like a young lion.

“I was very confident today,” said Quinonez.  “That race was the plan that I talked about with Leonard.  Break well, stay inside down by the rail, follow the speed.  Wait until the stretch and just see what you’ve got at the end.”

Although he ran a big second in a conditioned allowance here two starts back going a mile and one sixteenth on dirt March 23, Soi Phet was subsequently beaten 18 ½ lengths in the Grade II Californian at a mile and one eighth on April 28.

“His last race took nothing out of him,” said Powell, who is also a co-owner.  “I knew he had lost nothing in weight and it’s better now than it’s been in the last two years.  I knew he was doing well and he’s rewarding...