MEET STATS: 100 - 431 / $729.40 (-$132.60)
BEST BETS: 25 - 42 / $106.90 (+$22.90)
SPOT PLAYS: 3 - 42 / $32.10 (-$51.90)
BEST BET - PUSSYCAT DOLL GB (6th)
SPOT PLAY - HANK THE HUNK (5th)
Race 1 - 20000CLM Pace
(8) REAL PEACE starts from the outside but is sharp, owns a pair of wins in this class back in May and gets a driver switch to Tyler Buter. (3) KARLOO BRADLEY N defeated $20,000 claiming company three back on the 24th of May and moves inside a couple of notches on the gate this week off a runner-up finish. (4) TWIGGS PUB is just one-for-19 in the win column this year but has a post relief/class drop combo for the leading trainer and switches pilots to the often-aggressive Mark MacDonald.
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Race 2 - 15000CLM Pace
(6) THIRD EDITION gave $20,000 claimers one shot and now slides back down to the level where he won by open lengths on May 24. (3) RECORD YEAR also drops out of the $20,000 claiming class and was George Brennan's pick over three other horses. (4) JOHNNY CHIP burned some money last time out at Harrah's Philadelphia but tallied handily against $15,000 claiming company at that oval as recently as 5-23.
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Race 3 - 15000CLM Pace
I'll give (2) HOPNROLL HEAVEN another shot this week as he drops another notch and gets some post relief to go with it. (5) PRETTY HANDSOME closed out his mile in 27 and change last Saturday and slides down from the $20,000 claimers to the $15,000 claimers. (4) MEMPHISTENNESSEE N remains winless in 2025 but has hit the board in six of his last seven appearances and moves inside on the starting gate.
Race 4 - Winners of 2 but not more than 4 PM Races or 60000LT Trot
(4) BEERNSUNSHINE DEO beat NW2's at Woodbine Mohawk Park three back on the 15th of May, and the connections thought enough of her to put her in the New Jersey Sire Stakes after that. She got a start over the oval last week in an even fourth-place finish and moves inside a couple slots on the gate tonight. (2) HABANERO BLUES is two-for-two in the New York Excelsior Series thus far in 2025 but didn't make much of an impact in two outings at Yonkers on 4-30 and 5-10. (1) MICHELON'S TITAN also comes out of the New York Excelsior Series where she's hit the board in thre straight efforts. It looks like the trotting hobbles and Lasix have both helped her since they were added.
Race 5 - 15000CLM Pace
(4) HANK THE HUNK came home in 27 4/5 last week against $20,000 claimers and drops, moves inside on the gate and gets a driver switch to Brennan this time. (5) WAIMAC ATTACK N has only managed a trio of fifth-place finishes in his last three tries but was one of the better horses in this class not all that long ago and slides in from the eight-hole to post five this week. (2) ON THE VIRG posted a third-place result against $15,000 claiming company a week ago and gets another try with Buter here from another good post.
Race 6 - F&M Winners of 2 but not more than 4 PM Races or 60000 LT / NW2 or 30000LT Draw Inside Pace
(4) PUSSYCAT DOLL GB just missed by a neck in a rallying effort last Saturday and drew well here after having the eight-hole in her last two appearances between here and Pocono. (5) BETTOR'S TICKET has now won two in-a-row after she prevailed again a week ago and defeated my top selection in the process. (3) MRS CHEESE finished a solid fourth in a New York Sire Stakes division last time out and had a win and a second against NW1 company at Pocono prior to that.
Race 7 - Winners of 2 but not more than 4 PM Races or 60000LT / NW2 PM Races LT Draw Inside Trot
(3) TOP FLOOR TACTICS invades from Pocono in sharp form, including a win over NW2's most recently. He also gets some post relief off his last two tries in this contest. (2) CIVILIAN DRONE exits stakes company for trainer Nancy Takter and was second in two New York Sire Stakes appearances at Yonkers last year, one of which was the sire stakes final. (4) SAFE TALK has also been facing stakes foes lately for Ron Burke. He went three-for-three as a 2-year-old over the half-mile oval at Freehold and picks up Buter in the bike.
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Race 8 - 15000CLM Pace
(3) MONACO HANOVER didn't get involved from post seven last Saturday but moves inside on the gate tonight, tallied two back in this class and faces a pretty wide open group. (5) HELSINKI held sway on the front-end to defeat $15,000 claiming company a week ago and has hit the board in four of his last seven tries overall. (4) ROCK THE WAY cut the fractions and wound up second last week. That was a different trip for him as he usually comes from off-the-pace, so driver Pat Lachance should have some options on how he wants to handle him.
Race 9 - 3-6YO 20000CLM Pace
(2) CONTACT ZONE has rallied well to just miss in back-to-back efforts at this level and hopefully tonight's the night he kicks the door in from another inside draw. (4) SIP OF BOURBON is riding a five-race streak of finishes in the top three, including a pair of wins. He came up only a nose shy of winning last Saturday, gets post relief tonight and debuts for new connections off another claim. (5) ON DAYBOO turned a pocket trip into a close victory over CONTACT ZONE and SIP OF BOURBON a week ago and was a closing third prior to that.