A new week of racing means two fresh shots at Xpressbet and 1/ST BET’s month-long ongoing “Cornucopia of Cash” promotion, which is as easy as it gets. First, make sure you register for the new promo that started last week on the landing page. Then, simply wager $100+ on the select card for that day to earn a $10 bonus. This week we head to West Virginia on Tuesday for an evening at Mountaineer before heading north to Horseshoe Indianapolis for their Thursday card. With that in mind, here are a few horses I like tomorrow night to take advantage of the “Cornucopia of Cash”.
Race 1:
The card kicks off with this open $5k claimer for fillies and mares at one-mile over the grass where the pace should be honest at the very least given the presence of #4 Alien Princess, as well as #6 New Age Bad Girl. This should set things up for a runner that can settle early and finish with solid energy late. I am hopeful that is #7 Total Bliss. The 7YO mare ships south to West Virginia after a pair of starts at the Meadowlands earlier this fall for trainer Blake Kelly. She has just 1 win in 8 starts dating back to the beginning of 2025, but Kelly sports a positive ROI over his last 25 starts with runners making their third start off the layoff. Jockey Bailey Weatherly takes the call on this daughter of Optimizer that is in search of her second career victory over the sod.
Play: #7 Total Bliss (8-1 ML)
Picks: 7-3-4
Race 3:
My next play comes in this first-level allowance for the ladies at 5.5-furlongs over the main track where trainer Jay Bernardini holds a strong hand with 2-1-ML favorite #4 Cinderbella and 5-1-third choice #2 Hot Cocoa. Hot Cocoa holds the experience edge over her stablemate having started 17 times already, while the favorite comes in with just two races under her belt. The lighter-raced Cinderbella clearly has more upside, but neither are overly trustworthy at their ML offerings.
I will hope to run them both down late with #1 Emily’s Joy. The daughter of Cupid makes her first for trainer Jami Poole after competing in a five-furlong turf race on October 5. The Hubel Farms filly has tried to race exclusively over the lawn of late, but has performed well in races that were taken off the grass, like on August 9 when she won going away against lesser in a race conducted over a fast main track. Emily’s Joy draws favorably along the inside, which should allow jockey Elijah Greenridge to tuck in off the pace and make a strong run late. Hopefully, it is good enough to get the money.
Play: #1 Emily’s Joy (6-1 ML)
Picks: 1-9-4
Race 8:
#9 Hard Astray is listed as the 2-1-ML favorite in this conditional $4k claimer at one-mile over the main track. The 14-time winner has had a solid career, but appears on paper to have lost his desire to win of late. He enters his first race of November having lost six consecutive starts this year and could take some pressure early on with regular rider Yuri Yaranga back in the saddle. That said, he has encountered stronger fields of late evidenced by the fact he has been 9-2-or higher in all of his races in 2026. That is unlikely to be the case in the finale when the Jeff Fischer trainee meets a modest bunch of veteran milers. Hard Astray should have no issue getting to the front and having enough left late to earn career win #15.
Play: #9 Hard Astray (2-1 ML)
Picks: 9-6-8
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