Betting news, trends, odds and predictions from various handicappers and websites for Monday 5/18/20
Monday's Best Bet: Keena at a price in More Than Even Stakes
By Jarrod Horak
Monday’s 9th race from Will Rogers Downs is the $75,000 More Than Even Stakes for Oklahoma-bred fillies and mares traveling a mile and a sixteenth on the main track (Post Time 6:15 p.m. ET).
#6 KEENA (10-1) stretched out and attended the pace in an easy flat mile allowance victory vs. local state bred foes May 6. The sharp mare was a closer in sprints, and there is speed in this race, so I would expect patient handling under Ky Eikleberry.
#10 Lady Orchid (8-1) ran well in all five starts last year. She needed her stakes return vs. open company, and showed some signs of life in an even 4th in the Miranda Diane Stakes last time. She is versatile and can move up over a route of ground in her third start after a layoff.
#1 Country Daisy (4-1) upset the Miranda Diane from off the pace at six furlongs April 27. She handles longer distances and might get the right setup.
#7 Inagoodway (9-2) captured this race in 2017 and 2018. The early-pressing mare is a six-time local winner, and she is 5-for-7 with a runner-up finish at this distance. She meets other speed and has dropped four straight.
#5 Spring Steen (7-2) missed by a neck in the event last year. She dueled and was second best in the Miranda Diane, and should be forwardly placed on the stretch out in her third start after a layoff.
Wagers:
#6 to win
Quinella 6/1-10
Trifecta 5-7/1-6-10/1-6-10
May 2020 Best Bet Winners
May 6 - LAWTON ($8.80), Exacta ($29.00), Trifecta ($50.60)
May 7 - KOKO STAR ($7.80), Trifecta ($171.70)
May 12 - Always In the Munny/Sweet Carolina Exacta ($21.60)