Fast track and off the turf on Friday. Four wire jobs on the drying out track.

Hat trick for Dustin Dugas and Jose Riquelme. Morris Nicks saddled two winners on the day as he tries to run down leading trainer Jerry Cart.

Only got one top home on a very competitive Friday card. Late Pick 4 paid on three winners, as did the Pick 6. Best bet He Dances Backward missed by a 1/2 length at almost 5-1. Longshot play of the day Colter Stone made a run but flattened out at around 8-1.

Super Derby show finisher Massone at Louisiana Downs

September 26th Preview

Weather: Partly cloudy. High 87.

Saturday’s 10-race card features three grass races and includes a Pick 6 carryover of $3,778 . Dry conditions are expected through October 1st, so we should be back on the weeds in the not too distant future.

Popcorn Sunset (8th race) is my longshot play of the day. Rallied through traffic to land the show in debut, and barn is 21% with 2nd timers. Improvement expected.

Ivor’s Empire (9th race) is my best bet on the Saturday card.  Does best work over local green, and if we stay on the lawn this one could easily be along in time.

Note that my September 26th analysis is complete and posted here. Just click on the Saturday Selections and the pdf file will open.

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Both surfaces played fair.

Four-bagger for Francisco Torres. Dustin Dugas booted home a pair.

An odd occurrence with no less than 7 of my tops landing the place. Only one was the fav, and a pair (11-1, 15-1) almost made for a great day.

We also had three DQ’s and a dead-heat…weird!

My best bet Say The Word finished a troubled 4th (placed 3rd via DQ) in the grassy 7th. Frustrating animal!

Miss Lewis was placed 2nd via DQ in the turf sprint finale. I thought she could have been closer at the finish with a smarter ride. It seemed as though Dugas had plenty of horse under him but he waiting too long to pull the trigger.

July 3rd preview

Friday’s 9-race card features three grass races and includes a Pick 6 carryover of $3,614.

Weather: Sunny. High 99.

Leestown Cajun (race 6) is my best bet. I liked him last time, but he was never comfortable sprinting on the turf from outside post. He draws the rail and makes first start for fine turf trainer John Locke.

My daily analysis can be found on the Louisiana Downs website.

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