Oaklawn Park’s $3 Get Out Pick 3 wager paid $954 last week with 2-1 and 7-5 winners in the first two legs. With more than $53,000 in the pool last week, it’s worth a playback for the card this Friday, April 10:
OP 8th Race (5:34 p.m. EST) -- More than half the field in this $20,000 claimer have a $200,000-plus bankroll. PAYNE is nearing millionaire status and has finished first or second in 18 of 32 starts at 6F, but he turned in a sub-par effort as the favorite after a voided claim two starts ago, mandating a deeper punch in the leadoff leg. GEE NO HOLLANDER seeks a duplicate of his 15-1 upset off the claim. He slipped through a rail opening midway on the turn and exploded away from the 2-1 second favorite in the final eighth, prompting announcer Matt Dinerman to say “he looks like he’s 1-to-5 today.” The race timed 4/5 of a second slower than a $50,000 claimer in the next race. INNOVA has speed, a fastest-of-70 workout March 27, and fits on his best effort in his second start as a 4-year-old. Trainer Mike Maker is on a 19/6-3-1 streak with second-off-the-claim runners. HOLIDAY HOUSE ranged up on the turn and flattened out against off-track specialist KONTEEKEE, but he gets in light-weighted and can factor at an inflated price if he gets position from post 11.
OP 9th Race (6:06 p.m. EST) -- Four entrants arrive in today’s featured $125,000 allowance off lifetime best speed figures (91 average Beyers). MASTER MULE was most impressive, blowing past the favorite in the final eighth and widening the margin after the wire. He moves inside out but is today’s solo play, nonetheless, in his third start for the red-hot Able Ramirez-Rodriguez barn.
OP 10th race (6:38 p.m. EST) -- IGNITING EMBERS dueled to “command” for the stretch drive and battled gamely to the final furlong before a trio of closers got past him. Arrietta rides for the first time. REBEL RIDGE worked fast but didn’t factor in his debut, but he improved in his second start to finish ahead of IGNITING EMBERS despite dropping back on the turn and not changing leads in the stretch. FLAT OUT BLESSED’S improved form with blinkers was shrouded by a bumpy start and very wide backstretch run, but he’s worth using on the Get Out Pick 3 at a big price.
Suggested $3 Get Out Pick 3 Ticket
OP 8th Race: 2, 4, 6, 11
OP 9th Race: 10
OP 10th Race: 1, 3, 6
Cost: $36
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