You have to do some work to get there, but Monmouth Park’s late Pick 3 this Friday, June 20, will be the final step to unlocking the Jackpot Pick 6 and Pick 5 wagers that start earlier on the card and feature carryover pools in excess of $10,000. Here’s a closer look:
MTH 6th race (4:20PM ET) -- SHEZA BERNARDINI loomed boldly with a 3-wide bid alongside the favored entry-mates two starts back, but she tired badly in the Aqueduct stretch on a day when five long-distance races were won from on or near the lead. She gets another upgrade after the race produced two next-out winners and an allowance runner-up with average 62 Beyers. She was no threat in a fast-paced follow-up but like her chances today on the class drop for new connections. It’s “go on” or “go bust” with today’s Pick 3 solo play.
MTH 7 race (4:45PM ET) -- Go deep in this turf allowance route, with several fillies and mares arriving from various venues in good form. Maryland invader CHANTILLY ROAD rallied to finish a ‘game’ second off a nine-month layoff at one mile. OBEISSANTE rallied past two next-out winners despite not changing leads while 7-wide in the stretch two back at Gulfstream Park. She then tested stakes company but was bumped into the first turn and did not factor. MADAME MISCHIEF awaited running room while tracking a slow pace and just missed at one mile. She is 10 of 14 in the money on turf but 0-8 at 1-1/16 miles. Leading trainer Chad Brown sends out COMPETITIVE MARKET, a wire-to-wire maiden breaker with first-time Lasix, for her seasonal debut and KADENA, who won first out at Tampa Bay Downs, then chased fast fractions while wide in a $50,000 optional claimer at 6-1/2F on the main track. KADENA’S dam was a stakes-winning grass sprinter. Don’t forget to use ANY PORT if she draws in off the also-eligible list.
MTH 8th race (5:15PM ET) -- GET LIKE MIKE ‘dug in’ to earn the place spot and the top speed figure of his career while no match for class plunging, 1-to-5 winner English Painter (16/5-4-0), who surpassed $100,000 in earnings with a next-out romp in an open $6,250 claiming route race. INBOUND, first or second in 4 of 6 starts at this distance, ran second to English Painter at 29-1 odds after he steadied on the first turn and rallied in mid-stretch. GAMBLIN CZAR rallied behind the dueling favorites and got up to finish second in a four-horse field at this distance. He is eligible for this easier condition by less than two weeks and gets ample pace flow to win off the claim. Use longshot CRAFTY DON on the ticket despite his dull recent form. He enters a new barn and has two good route races to summon on a fast track at Monmouth last summer.
Suggested $1 Ticket
MTH 6th Race: 4
MTH 7th Race: 1, 2, 3, 8, 9 (Use #11 Any Port if she draws in)
MTH 8th Race: 4, 5, 6, 7
Cost: $20
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