Meadowlands Race Picks
by Bob Pandolfo

Thursday, December 19, 2019

RACE 1
4 LA DOLFINA** 8-5
9 MARTZ STICK 7-2
5 ZOE F 5-1
8 LUCKY ARNOLD 6-1

LA DOLFINA raced well off the bench in last and should be set for a good mile…MARTZ STICK takes a key drop…ZOE F came through with a nice win in first start for new connections…LUCKY ARNOLD has been racing well at Philly.

RACE 2
7 RICHARD HILL 4-1
6 LUCK N ROLL N 4-1
3 STIMULUS PLAN 5-1
4 HAWAII AND SUN 6-1

RICHARD HILL ships back in for sharp barn and drops in for a tag…LUCK N ROLL N moves into a barn that won off a claim here last week and recent form is fine…STIMULUS PLAN comes off an improved effort…HAWAII AND SUN was in a quick mile last time and can do better here.

RACE 3
1 SUMMER ROCK 2-1
2 MISTRESS ANGELINA 4-1
8 SEW PSYCHED 4-1
5 OK JEWEL 6-1

SUMMER ROCK had a tough trip in last, went wire to wire from post 9 two back…MISTRESS ANGELINA ships in from Saratoga, gets a top driver and a better post…SEW PSYCHED raced well in first start for the Surick barn…OK JEWEL ships in from Freehold with decent recent form.

RACE 4
1 HALF A VIRGIN 2-1
7 VORTEX IVY 5-2
5 ROSY OUTLOOK 5-1
10 WEEKEND GETAWAY 9-1

HALF A VIRGIN left, tucked, finished willingly in last; drops…VORTEX IVY ships in for good barn and gets Gingras…ROSY OUTLOOK was used too hard on the lead in last; fits here on best…WEEKEND GETAWAY is another Saratoga shipper; handles this track.

RACE 5
5 WALKS OF LIFE 2-1
4 JUST N BERLANDER 5-2
7 DUCKIES DYNASTY 7-2
3 SUNSET OVER MIAMI 6-1

WALKS OF LIFE has been chasing some sharpies and may have found a field he can beat…JUST N BERLANDER won last and was claimed by live barn…DUCKIES DYNASTY was used too hard in last…SUNSET OVER MIAMI raced okay in first local start and Gingras drives him back.

RACE 6
8 TRAFFIC JAM 4-1
3 CRACKLIN ROSIE 4-1
5 VINTAGE BABE 5-1
9 SHEER TALENT 7-1

RACE 7
3 ISLAND OF THE SEA 8-5
5 ODE TO GRAY 2-1
1 SURF THE WEB 9-2
10 DIRT ON MY BOOTS 8-1

ISLAND OF THE SEA finished well over the track in debut then jogged to break his maiden in last at Philadelphia; should be tough here…ODE TO GRAY set his own pace and held on to beat similar…SURF THE WEB was no mach for Ode To Gray in last but can improve…DIRT ON MY BOOTS ships in sharp.

RACE 8
8 SHES SPORTY A 2-1
10 GLORIA PIERRE 5-2
1 FOX VALLEY SIERRA 6-1
3 JOHN’S ONE DESIRE 8-1

SHES SPORTY A raced well from post 8 in last at Yonkers…GLORIA PIERRE beat similar pretty easily two back then was used in the pace against a better field in last…FOX VALLEY SIERRA ships in from Dover and looks like she fits okay here…JOHN’S ONE DESIRE finished third against similar.

RACE 9
5 MASTER OF PUPPETS 4-1
3 PREPPY ART 8-5
6 MIDNIGHT DYLAN N 5-2
4 T’S ELECTRIC 5-1

MASTER OF PUPPETS drops in for a tag and is capable of an upset…PREPPY ART had his win streak broken in last but raced well from post 9…MIDNIGHT DYLAN N is more of a small track horse but he does ship back in off a couple of sharp wins at Philadelphia…T’S ELECTRIC was shuffled and finished okay in last.

RACE 10
6 SOUTHWIND ION 4-1
5 JB’S SHOOTING STAR 7-5
4 WOODMERE OLEKSIAK 4-1
2 CULINARY DELIGHT N 6-1

SOUTHWIND ION ships in from Flamboro and she handles two turns well…JB’S SHOOTING STAR has been unbeatable at this level and looks for her fourth in a row…WOODMERE OLEKSIAK shipped in sharp from Freehold last week, went first over and drew clear to a nice win…CULINARY DELIGHT has been racing well at Saratoga.

RACE 11
5 SIR RICHIE N 4-1
1 SHARKNADO 5-2
8 RM BLACKHAWK 5-1
9 DAYLYN HORIZON 5-1

SIR RICHIE N had an impossible trip in last; gets better spot…SHARKNADO finished quickly in last…R M BLACKHAWK comes off an improved effort…DAYLYN HORIZON beat similar in last.

BEST BET: LA DOLFINA 1st Race