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Oaklawn Park is hosting a vigorous racing and betting program this Saturday. If we can finish strong late on the card, we should be well on our way to a winning day on Saturday. For this weekend’s winners, let’s take a closer look at the final two races of the day at Oaklawn, with selections for races 9 and 10 plus some exactas, a trifecta and the late Daily Double. Good luck and enjoy the weekend.
Saturday February 21
Oaklawn Park, Race 9, $55,000 Rating Handicap, 5:55 PM ET
A field of eleven fillies and mares will kick off Oaklawn’s late double over six furlongs on Saturday. #11 Liuzza won her very first race at Oaklawn Park two races ago with a good come-from-behind effort and her loss last time came at Fair Grounds on the grass. She returns to the main circuit at Oaklawn against a field she can beat. Liuzza also has some tactical speed. If you go back to her six and a half length win at Churchill Downs last September, she was able to stay much closer to the pace and that versatility will serve her well here. Additionally, the outposts were good at Oaklawn at six furlongs. Speaking of external messages, #10 Fast wind is also a top contender for this spot due to her exceptional current form for trainer Steve Asmussen. She is doing well in this competition based on the last two speed figures, and she has now won five of her last six sprint races dating back to last May. Swiftwind has early speed to lead, but doesn’t need to be in front to win. The 6-1 morning line odds are a gift if you can get them.
The play: Bet #10 Swiftland (6-1) to win and play her in an exacta box #11 Liuzza (5-1). Start the late Daily Double with both Swiftland and Liuzza in Race 9 combined with three horses – #5 Excel Calculator, #8 Little StevenAnd #11 Eastside Cool – in Race 10 (see analysis below).
Oaklawn Park, Race 10, $31,000 claimed, post time 6:25 PM ET
A full field of 12 claiming horses was entered for a wide open final on Saturday at Oaklawn to conclude the late Daily Double. You can poke holes in the chances of almost any horse in this race one way or another, so to arrive at some choices we’ll focus on the positives of the various contenders rather than the negatives. #11 Eastside Cool close out a defeat last time that didn’t look good on paper, but came against a tougher field. There could be a complete turnaround in this race. He won by 3 ¾ lengths two races ago when last coming in at a similar spot, giving him eight career victories at Oaklawn Park. #5 Excel Calculator also comes into the race having suffered a defeat in a tougher race last time, but he has a good chance of making a positive turnaround against this peloton. His form last summer and fall carries over well in this field, including a come-from-behind third place at Churchill Downs two races ago and rally wins four and five races ago at Churchill and Del Mar. #8 Little Steven is overlooked on the morning line of 15-1, despite beating some of the same horses at a mile at Oaklawn last time. He is a horse capable of stringing together victories when he is in good form, as evidenced by his four-race winning streak at Hawthorne last year in two-round races like this.
The play: Bet #8 Little Steven (15-1) to win and play him in exacta and trifecta boxes #5 Excel Calculator (3-1) And #11 Eastside Cool (5-2). Use all three of these horses in the back end of your daily doubles match that started in Race 9.
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