SATURDAY, MAY 4 2013 POST TIME 7:25 P.M. 71 RACING DAY

RACE 8 SCRATCH TIME CHANGES
Groom Hanover, Ra. Waples to An. MacDonald
Race 8: Driver/Trainer Combination
Horse # Driver Trainer Starts Win % R.O.I.
1 S Filion D Macpherson 3 0% $0.00
2 G Whelan G Whelan 71 5% $0.77
3 A Macdonald S Mehlenbacher 8 0% $0.00
4 R Mayotte K Switzer 26 7% $0.65
5 P Macdonell C Johnson 38 5% $0.36
6 M Saftic G Lalonde 8 12% $1.96
7 M Baillargeon B Baillargeon 443 7% $0.80
8 J Moiseyev M Wade 21 14% $2.32
9 C Christoforou R Ferguson 29 17% $1.76
10 Ra Waples N Gallucci 48 18% $3.05
8th Race Selections by K.C.M. THE HORSEPLAYERS JOURNAL
8 MEADOWVIEW ARTY was rated as a longshot item in the morning line with a 12-1 quote. I was in the mood to try for an upset winner to kick off
the late pick 4 and chose him to play that role. His only win this year was in a similar classification. That was in February and he won as he pleased
that night when Filion drove him in gate to wire fashion. He raced like a meant to win item that night.
4 DUKESTER has won previously at this level in 2013. Both victories for him came in February in back-to-back fashion. Since then he hasn’t been
able to find a winning situation. Tonight might be the night if he can avoid another miscue. He has had that problem in two of his last three races.
He is somewhat risky because of that.
3 GROOM HANOVER raced to suit the post 9 situation in his latest. Waples took him to the back of the pack early. He closed well enough to earn
the smallest purse share that night. I have a hunch that he will improve on that result this time and could win it all if everything went in his favour
and some of the others have problems.
7 FLASHBACK has some upset potential. If you use as many as four prospects in this leg of the late pick 4 wager you might want to consider him
as an option. Trainer Ben Baillargeon has a chance to win more than one race tonight. Post 7 is not the best but a beatable handicap if Mario
catches a break or two as the race unfolds.
THE FOLLOWING LISTED IN POST POSITION ORDER
(1) RED ZEPPELIN has been on my longshot list for a long time but I haven’t had enough confidence recently to try him in the number one spot. I
will do that sooner or later. He’s long overdue.
(2) CAN I SAY might need to be upgraded on race night to a higher spot in the predicted order of finish. I have a hunch that I might be
underestimating his chances.
(5) PLANET EARTH didn’t look like a good enough prospect to be given a top three rating. He might finish as a superfecta player if he has some
racing luck.
(6) MAJESTIC TAGLET was okay in two of three legs of the Lifetime Dream Series (females only). I could be underestimating her chances by
rating her in the bottom group.
(9) DUKE OF DONEGAL has some good enough results farther back in his history to suggest that he might be able to beat the rating that I have
chosen. Maybe?
(10) BRUCE THE BRAVE had little success in the Don Mills Series. He’s an 0-for-11 item coming into this race but the competition might be to his
liking.