Today’s Picks › Woodbine Picks › Sun, Nov 8
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- Surfaces
- 10 All-weather · 1 Turf
- First post
- 1:05local time
- Top purse · Race 4
- Md Sp Wt 125k
- Best Bet · Race 5
- 2Flaxon Falcon Holds a big edge on recent speed over this group
- Value play · Race 8
- 5Frankness Bet at 6-1 or higher
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- 3Top pickNapa SpiritMoran P · Tiller Robert P
Why Napa Spirit: Was only a length from winning last time. Likes Woodbine, with 9 wins here. Trainer Robert Tiller has a strong record with horses coming back in 31 to 60 days.
- 7Top pickBachelor PadMoran P · Borsk David A
Why Bachelor Pad: Took a big step forward last time. Holds a small speed edge in a bunched-up field. Was only a nose from winning last time.
- 1Top pickVergeFukumoto D · Minshall Barbara J
Why Verge: Has improved in each of the last three starts. Ran 3rd last out, beaten 5½ lengths. Turned in a bullet on Oct 24.
- 1Top pickSign the PapersHernandez R M · Tiller Robert P
Why Sign the Papers: Has run faster lately than anything else in here, and it isn't close. The lone front-runner in the field, and a candidate to wire them. Was only a neck from winning last time.
- 2Top pickFlaxon FalconAebly F · Carroll Josie
Why Flaxon Falcon: Holds a big edge on recent speed over this group. Finished 2nd in his last start, a nose behind the winner. The Josie Carroll barn does well with dirt runners.
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- 3Top pickPhilip BanksGaskin D Z · Gattellaro Tony M
Why Philip Banks: Has run the fastest numbers of anyone entered. Ran 2nd last out, beaten a nose. Rarely runs a bad one: top three in 6 of 6 lately.
- 6Top pickDazzling CruiserAebly F · Chircop Steven
Why Dazzling Cruiser: Tops this field on recent speed. On the upswing, getting better every time out. Was only 1½ lengths from winning last time.
- 1Top pickMay and JuneMaragh R R · Tiller Robert P
Why May and June: Brings the best recent figures into the race. Finished 2nd in his last start, 3 lengths behind the winner. Has run well at 6 furlongs before.
Value play5 Frankness Bet at 6-1 or higher
The kind of contender the betting tends to underrate. Comes in off a win. Last start was a clear jump forward for him.
- 6Top pickKatherine's CubMoran P · Attard Kevin
Why Katherine's Cub: Right there on speed with the top runners. Finished 2nd in her last start, a nose behind the winner. Has hit the board in 5 of her last 6 starts.
- 2Top pickCottonReyes L R · Wright Michael Jr
Why Cotton: Nobody else in the field has run as fast as him lately. Won last time out in a claimer. Likes Woodbine, with 8 wins here.
- 9Top pickGo GiffenNicholls K · Hayashi Richard G
Why Go Giffen: A late runner who should get the hot pace she needs. Finished 2nd in her last start, a neck behind the winner. Likes Woodbine, with 2 wins here.
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Every horse is rated through the TracksideProfits handicapping process: speed figures, current form and the likely pace first, then trainer and jockey, distance and surface fit and pedigree, then class, layoffs and workouts.
What does "Bet at 6-1 or higher" mean on a value play?
It is the lowest price at which the value play is worth a bet based on our win estimate. If the horse is shorter than that at post time, the value is gone.
What if one of the picks scratches?
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