Wednesday’s Best Bets and Quick Picks: Mahoning Valley’s $6,028 Pick 5 carryover
This edition of Best Bets and Quick Picks benefits from a $6,028 carryover in leg two of the Mahoning Valley Pick 5.
Leg one: Race 3 (4:49 p.m. PST) - Pick 4-1-5
Maiden claimers get eight furlongs on the dirt - always a tricky race to handicap. We’ll go three deep here to start the Pick 5. Choral Society and Run Boy Run finished well in their respective debuts, and both had nice works following those efforts. Blazing Beauty is a newcomer to the barn of Bill Spawr, who wins at a 23 percent rate with first-time starters.Leg two: Race 4 (5:19 p.m. PST) - Pick 4-5-8
In this conditioned $20,000 claimer on the main track, My Captain Bob and Ride to Rail appear the top choices, based on career earnings and recent form. But the pace could be hot early, as recently claimed runners Streakin Stephen and Suspicious Mind try to get involved early. We’ll spread with eight.Leg three: Race 5 (5:49 p.m. PST) - Pick 5
Not an overly strong six-furlong claimer for older fillies and mares, but our top choice is a runner moving up in class and distance. I Can Do It has cleared her maiden and first-level allowance condition in her past two races, and she should relish the added ground. Will play a total of five.Leg four: Race 6 (6:19 p.m. PST) - Pick 3-6
It’s another good opportunity to take a stand in the sequence, as the two top choices appear well above the rest in the conditioned $16,000 starter allowance race. The Bill Spawr-trained entry of Bearable and Chasing Arrows finished 1-2 in a recent race at this level.Leg five: Race 7 (6:49 p.m. PST) - Pick 2-5
The seven-furlong claiming finale for older fillies and mares should go to either My Barchetta or She’s Always Right. My Barchetta has a 3-for-7 record over the Mahoning Valley oval, though the outside post is a concern. She’s Always Right has a win and a second in two starts this year.Quick Picks
- Race 1: 4
- Race 2: 3
- Race 3: 4-1-5
- Race 4: 4-5-8
- Race 5: 5
- Race 6: 3-6
- Race 7: 2-5
