There is plenty of great horse racing action to look forward to across America on Friday, including at Tampa Bay Downs race track. We have been crushing our horse picks for several months now (up 254.25 units dating back to August 5).
Here are 4 runners whom we expect to have a leg up on the competition today. It’s time to dive in and discuss these potentially profitable plays.
2:43 pm Tampa Bay Downs (Race 6) – Expensive Style 4/1
Race 6 at Tampa Bay is a $25,000 Claiming contest over an extended 5 furlongs on the dirt and it can go to the gelding in stall 3, Expensive Style, who is a 2-time winner at this course and has been placed there on multiple occasions.
The 5-year-old was a convincing winner of an Allowance Optional Claimer at the track 2 starts back, so if he turns up in the same kind of form he should go close.
3:15 pm Tampa Bay Downs (Race 7) – Royal Rocker 9/2
Mark Casse’s Royal Rocker broke her maiden tag at this course last time out and now that she has got her head in front she can win again in this $24,000 Claiming event, Race 7.
After 6 failed attempts at Gulfstream Park, this daughter of Noble Bird was a comfortable 3-and-a-half-length winner of a Maiden Claimer at Tampa Bay and there’s no obvious reason why she can’t win again under Antonio Gallardo.
3:47 pm Tampa Bay Downs (Race 8) – Vicarage 3/1
The penultimate race at Tampa Bay is a $30,000 Allowance Optional Claimer over a mile and a 16th and I like the chances of Vicarage, who has been running consistently well for a long time and has more than enough ability to win this.
His form figures in his last 4 races at the track read 3223, all of which were in this grade, and he has plenty of options from stall 4.
4:21 pm Tampa Bay Downs (Race 9) – Navy King 20/1
An open-looking $29,000 Maiden Special Weight is the 9th and final race at Tampa Bay and there is a case to be made for Navy King, who has hit the board 5 times from 6 starts and is having his first start since a gelding operation.
It’s only a matter of time before he gets his head in front and connections now also try Lasix for the first time, so it would not be a big surprise if he males the places at double-figure odds.
Exotic
Late Pick 4
Race 6: 3, 7
Race 7: 6, 8, 9
Race 8: 3, 4
Race 9: 4, 5, 6
Cost: $0.50
Total cost: $18
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