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1^st #3 Wallet is in for half the price compared to last out.  He’s very lightly raced for the age of five, with only six starts.  He was a $2K purchase. Has ran three second place finishes but I am hoping he will finally step it up to break his maiden.

2^nd #10 Postimpressionist has had seven months off which concerns me a little.  A new trainer for the horse as well who finished at a 25% winning percentage which is huge.  So far, the $250,000 purchase hasn’t showed much.

3^rd #5 Pinkman was a $140,000 purchase and sits at 8/1 making his debut.  Works seem average but there’s some nice breeding in this one and the trainer is winning at a 43% clip at the meet so there’s benefits to this one.

Race 2- 1^st #2 War Eagle’s Love has three wins from fifteen starts, on the board three out of six times here at Turfway.  She’s by Birdstone out of a Pulpit mare, and there’s not much of that breeding left. Beyers are also steadily improving.

2^nd #6 Factress is a four-year-old filly by The Factor seeking her third win in a row.  Lately she’s stepped her game up when you compare her form from the beginning of her career.  She likes this level, one start here, one win.

3^rd #7 Pulled the Goalie is an older mare who still enjoys her career.  Eight wins from thirty-one starts. She’s enjoyed Canada for a large majority of time, and hasn’t won since leaving.  She likes the synthetic so I hold out hope that getting her back on it will help.

Race 3- 1^st #8 Evil Eye is dropping in for $15K instead of $30K.  When he tried out the stakes two back it didn’t work out, so he went in for a claim and gave a mediocre performance.  Really good breeding too, hopefully now is the chance to get thing turned around.

2^nd #4 Fine Tune ran pretty bad last out.  The class drop provides an easier spot so that’s a huge help.  Switching jockeys and trainers could maybe help, but it can be tough to improve off of Wilkes.

3^rd #7 Behind Enemy Lines liked Hawthorne.  Now he comes back to the synthetic. He has two starts on it and one second place.  Maybe he just got tired of Hawthorne and will be better here.

Race 4- 1^st #8 Social Circle needed a class drop and got it, opens at 3/1.  She’s been claimed a couple of times throughout her short career surprisingly, but looks better here now that it’s a little easier.

2^nd #7 Hoosier Gold Case won two back and it was a good run.  They are trying a new jockey on her too. She is really inconsistent which makes her hard to trust, but hopefully she’ll put in a good effort here.

3^rd #1 Narrows Bridge was beat by six lengths last out after taking the lead early.  Hopefully she won’t do that here, but looks to rebound after that fourth-place finish.

Rae 5- 1^st #1 Fashion Code proved to be a disappointment last out when she made her debut for Steve Asmussen.  She just kind of gave up as the heavy favorite. She was a $275K purchase, and hopefully she can go upwards from here.

2^nd #4 Tickle gets the blinkers off here for Ben Colebrook.  Finally saw some improvement in her last race here when she ran third beaten by two lengths.  By Distorted Humor out of an Arch mare, so she has pretty nice breeding.

3^rd #8 Go Stormin Girl ran her best race last out when she ran second.  Before that her performances were a little slow but she got going the right way last out.  By Get Stormy, who’s an up and coming stallion at a great value.

Race 6- 1^st #9 Chief Hosa has been on the board for half of his twenty-five starts.  He’s a consistent, hard-trying gelding who’s had some time off. Hopefully he comes back feeling fresh.

2^nd #4 Appealing Future looks good on paper, but he’s been off since the end of July and never raced on the synthetic.  A couple of questions there, but otherwise he looks good shipping from out east.

3^rd #11 Old Timer’s Day sits at 10/1 ML but has been in pretty good form lately.  He’s coming up in class, but just ran second last out. He was claimed and has a different jockey.  That was his only race here.

Race 7- 1^st #8 Melissa Jane (GB) has raced on the synthetic fourteen times and managed nine wins.  She’s coming from Golden Gate on a layoff, but I expect her to run a big one like she does most of the time.

2^nd #7 Love is Alive is facing some tougher, more experienced horses here but she has two wins in a row here.  The allowance win last out was impressive. Honest efforts pretty much always come from this girl.

3^rd #5 Rogue Too is looking for her third win in a row too.  She’s an impressive gal on paper, and has the young Rogelio Miranda aboard.  Twenty-five starts and seven wins shows that she loves to win.

Race 8- 1^st #6 Go for Sherrie had such an impressive win two back when he won by nine lengths.  Couldn’t pull off three wins in a row, but settled for a decent second place last out.

2^nd #10 Stormy Pacific seeks win number three in a row.  It was interesting to see a couple races ago how he was claimed right before he turned nine years old, but it turned out to be a good investment in a short period of time since he came back strong with some wins.

3^rd 12 Stately Oak looks like he’s in good shape for this race.  He’s an old, experienced, veteran by Any Given Saturday out of a Quiet American mare.  Seven wins from forty-seven starts.