Today’s Picks › Finger Lakes Picks › Wed, Oct 28
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- Top purse · Race 5
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- 3Chardonnay Derby Three straight races of improvement
- Value play · Race 5
- 1Cream Puff Bet at 7-1 or higher
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- 4Top pickGrandma's GirlCruz J · Buckley Jonathan B
Why Grandma's Girl: Can use her gate speed to get first run in this sprint. Broke through with a win in her last start. Comes back fresh after a 12-month break.
- 3Top pickChardonnay DerbyCoa K J · Grabowski John A
Why Chardonnay Derby: Three straight races of improvement. Comes in off a win. Has won 2 times over this track.
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- 2Top pickPlay Good Pay GoodRohena J M · Englehart Chris
Why Play Good Pay Good: Holds a big edge on recent speed over this group. Trending the right way, with each of her last three better than the one before. Won last time out in a optional claimer.
- 6Top pickRaw CourageRohena J M · Khan Aadil S
Why Raw Courage: Trending the right way, with each of his last three better than the one before. Narrowly the fastest on recent figures. Ran 2nd last out, beaten a nose.
- 5Top pickLisa LovesCoa K J · Ferraro M Anthony
Why Lisa Loves: Just ran a sharply improved race. Was only a neck from winning last time. The Anthony Ferraro M barn does well with maiden special weight runners.
Value play1 Cream Puff Bet at 7-1 or higher
The public let her go at 18-1 last out, and the ratings say that was a mistake. Finds a softer field today.
- 6Top pickTornado ControlPerez L E · Ferraro M Anthony
Why Tornado Control: First-time starter by Mind Control, with a bullet work on Oct 21. Posted the fastest of 6 works at 5 furlongs on Oct 21. Anthony Ferraro M gets good results with maiden special weight runners.
- 4Top pickHenry's HopeGutierrez R · Gutierrez Luis A
Why Henry's Hope: Nobody else in the field has run as fast as him lately. Can use his gate speed to get first run in this sprint. A 2-time winner at Finger Lakes.
- 3Top pickCamm' DukeVives S · Ferraro Michael S
Why Camm' Duke: Quickest from the gate in a dirt sprint that tends to favor speed. Drops from a $5,000 claimer to $4,000. Trainer Michael Ferraro has a strong record with claimers.
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