America’s Greatest Racing and handicapper (and avid gambler) Monique Vág staff as much as present horseplayers with their finest bets of the weekend.
Vág will establish her high picks in addition to no less than one longshot play of the weekend, a pleasant alternative to swing for the fences on a win guess or to take a shot with a present guess. She additionally will sometimes search for robust exacta performs for the weekend or attempt to spot a pleasant alternative for different wagers.
This Weekend’s Bets
Saturday, Nov. 6
Greatest Guess
Del Mar, Race 6, $1,000,000 Big Ass Fans Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile, 4:19 p.m. ET
#1 Silver State: He has been stellar this 12 months, significantly on the one-mile distance the place he’s by no means completed worse than second. The rail is an advantageous put up for this colt who can win off so many alternative sorts of journeys, though I wouldn’t anticipate him positioned too far off the tempo early on.
Though he’s but to race in California all through his profession, he flaunts wins at quite a few totally different tracks and appears to ship effectively – and that is useful when attempting out new environment for the primary time.
Longshot Play
Del Mar, Race 7, $2,000,000 Maker’s Mark Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Turf, 4:59 p.m. ET
#4 Rougir: She was capable of defeat final 12 months’s winner of this race, Audarya, within the Longines Prix de l’Opera by monitoring her down late. She will get an enormous put up benefit over that rival who attracts the acute exterior.
Rougir has been racing exceptionally effectively in her most up-to-date few outings and appears to be one of many fillies in right here that shall be excited to have extra furlongs to work with. Though she’s by no means raced over a agency turf course (I believe that’s extra by sheer coincidence), there’s no cause to suppose she gained’t be capable of deal with it effectively.
Longshot Play
Del Mar, Race 8, $2,000,000 Qatar Racing Breeders’ Cup Sprint, 5:38 p.m. ET
#8 Special Reserve: Jackie’s Warrior is little doubt the one to beat, and he’s going to be extremely robust, nonetheless he gained’t provide any worth for a win guess.
I discover myself intrigued with this gelding who appears to be peaking on the proper time. He’s undoubtedly quick sufficient to compete with this group and attracts a positive outer put up. He’s going to be put in play early and that at all times offers you a shot turning for residence particularly in dash races. I’ll be utilizing him in an exacta field with Jackie’s Warrior, and betting this horse to put for some worth.
Greatest Guess
Del Mar, Race 12, $6,000,000 Longines Breeders’ Cup Classic, 8:40 p.m. ET
#4 Essential Quality: He’s been extremely constant throughout his 2-year-old and 3-year-old campaigns and comes into Saturday using a three-race successful streak. With a ton of velocity entered as we speak, together with his stablemate Knicks Go (the primary velocity hazard), he might be one of many largest beneficiaries by understanding a stalking journey or being positioned simply behind the velocity early on.
With this being one of many deepest Basic fields in current reminiscence, he ought to provide fairly a little bit of worth to again merely as a win candidate.
