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Race 1 – Maiden Special Weight – 8F – Dirt
Win: 6 Scatalotadingdong (50% confidence)🥉
Place: 2 Bandolero (75% confidence)
Show: 5 Cruise Home (50% confidence)🥇
Alternative: 4 Autism Unity (50% confidence)
Split decision between Scatalotadingdong and Cruise Home for top honors. Bandolero shows strong place appeal with three analysts backing the selection. Limited data on maiden special weight races makes predictability challenging. Cruise Home appears in both win and show positions across different sources.
Race 2 – Claiming – 8F – Dirt WIN ($6.00)
Win: 6 Leyas Candy (50% confidence)🥇
Place: 5 Oobubbakakayo (50% confidence)
Show: 1 So I’m Told (50% confidence)🥈
Alternative: 7 Taishan (33% confidence)🥉
Very competitive race with Leyas Candy and So I’m Told splitting analyst opinion. Oobubbakakayo emerges as place candidate with strong multiple endorsements. Taishan holds intrigue based on Los Alamitos form history with three placements at the track.
Race 3 – Claiming – 1214Y – Dirt BOXED EXACTA
Win: 4 Lobdell Lake (67% confidence)Place: 3 Smiling Capote (67% confidence)🥈
Show: 5 Spiritist (67% confidence)🥇Alternative: 1 Uplift (33% confidence)
Spiritist offers compelling case as winning candidate despite lower win picks, with strong form returning to non-metro on Saturday. Distance switch for Smiling Capote generates analyst interest for place position. Top three horses appear across all positions with relatively balanced support.
Race 4 – Starter Optional Claiming – 8F – Dirt
Win: 7 Joint Venture (67% confidence)Place: 4 Maniatic (67% confidence)🥉
Show: 2 Low Expectations (33% confidence)🥈
Alternative: 6 Clouseau (33% confidence)
Joint Venture shows strong form coming off near-miss performance at Del Mar. Coming back to non-metro class on Saturday presents major advantages. Clouseau receives contrarian support with compelling credentials as track winner. Low Expectations drew long odds at Del Mar but delivered winning performance, not without each-way claims.
Race 5 – Claiming – 1214Y – Dirt
Win: 4 Drum Bunny (67% confidence)
Place: 8 Not My Rodeo (67% confidence)
Show: 3 Do It For Dave (67% confidence)
Alternative: 2 Lucky’s Loaded (33% confidence)
Strong consensus supports Drum Bunny for top honors. Not My Rodeo develops significant place appeal despite distance question, with solid form at Los Alamitos. Do It For Dave offers dangerous value coming off extended 49-week layoff, finished fourth last start at track.
Race 6 – Allowance Optional Claiming – 1214Y – Dirt
Win: 8 Tina Turner (100% confidence)
Place: 6 Only Reputation (67% confidence)
Show: 4 A Rousing Babe (67% confidence)
Alternative: 7 Pavel’s Etoile (67% confidence)
Tina Turner commands unanimous support from all Pick Pony analysts as overwhelming favorite. Fresh from recent wins with established Los Alamitos success and proven winning form in this campaign. Pavel’s Etoile offers each-way value after maiden-breaking performance at Del Mar.
Race 7 – Allowance Optional Claiming – 1433Y – Dirt
Win: 5 Voldemort (100% confidence)
Place: 2 Sharp Aza Tack (67% confidence)
Show: 3 Style Cat (67% confidence)
Alternative: 4 For All Mankind (33% confidence)
Voldemort earns universal backing from all Pick Pony analysts with impressive early career success. Strong place support for Sharp Aza Tack despite competitive field and solid form at Del Mar. Style Cat provides place alternative coming back to non-metro company on Saturday.
Race 8 – Claiming – 1214Y – Dirt
Win: 3 Discrepancy (100% confidence)
Place: 4 Ro Town (67% confidence)
Show: 5 Big Celebration (67% confidence)
Alternative: 2 Ryan’s Girl (33% confidence)
Discrepancy achieves universal endorsement from all Pick Pony analysts as strong track specialist. Three wins at Los Alamitos with two victories as betting favorite builds compelling case. Big Celebration attractive on placement following competitive Santa Anita effort, finished half-length runner-up.
Pick Pony Exotic Bet Recommendations and Value Analysis
Race 1 Exacta Consideration: Scatalotadingdong-Bandolero presents the consensus pathway with strong analyst agreement on both positions. Cruise Home in the equation as win alternative creates multiple four-horse exotic combinations worth exploring at box prices.
Race 2 Exotics: The split between Leyas Candy and So I’m Told for win position creates natural exacta patterns. Oobubbakakayo’s strong place rating makes vertical exacta combinations appealing. Consider So I’m Told in multi-race sequences given three-analyst support.
Race 3 Value Play: Spiritist offers compelling win value despite lower consensus backing, particularly in combination with Lobdell Lake and Smiling Capote for exacta sequences. The three-horse combination generates meaningful payout potential.
Race 4 Opportunities: Joint Venture-Maniatic exacta combination attracts attention with two-analyst support on both positions. Low Expectations offers sleeper potential following surprise Del Mar victory, expanding exotic combinations.
Race 5 Strong Consensus: Drum Bunny-Not My Rodeo exacta with Do It For Dave showing form creates natural trifecta pathway. The third position pick generates reasonable confidence with unanimous analyst backing through first two positions.
Race 6 Dominant Favorite: Tina Turner’s universal backing suggests single-horse win in multi-race sequences. Place exotic combinations with Only Reputation and A Rousing Babe create manageable box options.
Race 7 Chalk Race: Voldemort’s unanimous support positions the horse as necessary component in multi-race sequences. Sharp Aza Tack-Style Cat place combination offers defensive exacta options at reasonable cost.
Race 8 Strong Closer: Discrepancy’s universal endorsement makes standard exacta with Ro Town and Big Celebration natural first choice. Ryan’s Girl offers sleeper upside in consolation trifecta positions.
