Maywood Park Pick 4, Races 8-11, Thursday, April 28, 2011

The play: 35/135/2358/78 = $48

Analysis:

8th Race: Competitive sequence here tonight. In the first leg I think two horses can get me through. Party Til The AM finished in :28 after an early tuck from post eight and now moves inside. Mo Valley Maggie gets a driver change and may be able to leave here.

9th Race: Brooklets Realdeal was nowhere to be found in last at Hoosier but he has speed and may be able to steal it back at his home track. Sporty Levi only has two career wins and is 7 years old but he made a wide brush to reach contention in last then broke on the final turn. No Gin comes off a layoff but had pace in qualifiers and this field is ripe for an upset.

10th Race: Tough race. Not So Slim dropped to this level in last at Balmoral and finished willingly; she is the class of this field but has post eight which makes this race wide open so I’m using four horses.

11th Race: Temperment and Banjoe Hotspur both get outside posts but they are the strongest here. Temperment is sharp and just beat similar easily from a better spot. Banjoe Hotspur set the pace in the slop and weakened but drops tonight.

Here is how I rank the contenders.

8th Race: 3-5-6
9th Race: 5-3-1-4
10th Race: 8-2-3-5
11th Race: 7-8-4-5