PLAY OF THE DAY

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6/27/26

CHURCHILL DOWNS RACE 2
MAIDEN SPECIAL WEIGHT 120K, 1M 1/16 DIRT

 

8 SASSMASTER 6-1
5 DIRECT STRIKE 7-5
7 CIVIC CHARM 8-1
9 MONEY MAN 20-1

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PICK:  8 SASSMASTER    
Todd Pletcher is serving a 10-day suspension so his top training assistant Anthony Sciametta takes the reigns with this return 3YO by Curlin. He was 3-1 in a key race at SAR when 4th. There runners from that race have won stakes since. Sib to the Grade 2 winning sprint filly Royal Charlotte. Pletcher runners tend to improve in the second start. Distance is what this one will like.

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VALUE:  7 CIVIC CHARM
Back to back 4th place finishes, both sprinting, for Bill Mott. He was off slow in both starts. Thought he had run late in the last start and was really moving well in the end. Bred to go long. He has Constitution on the top which is distance breeding. He cost 600k so there are expectations. Mott 35% in third career start going sprint to route on the dirt. Really haven’t seen his best yet.

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A) 5,8          B) 4,7,9          C) 2,3,6,10          D) 1
 

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