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DEL MAR ANALYSIS FOR SATURDAY – 8/22/2020

RACE 1

ONLY 2 RUNNERS HAVE STARTED. SHANGHAI GROOVE 6/1 AND LONGSHOT FROSTED BLUE 10/1.

OTHER 5 FIRSTERS WON’T NEED TO BE TOO MUCH TO WIN THIS. THE 2 THAT HAVE RUN WERE SLOW.

RACE 2

FIVE BIG SPEED HORSES CONTEST THIS 5 1/2 FURLONGS ON DIRT.

LIL GRAZEN 8/5, SQUARE PEGGY 8/1, ANNA FANTASTIC 5/1, WANDERING PATROL 5/1 AND LOUD LOUD MUSIC 4/1.

THERE ARE NO CLOSERS IN SIGHT.

RACE 3 – GREEN FLASH HANDICAP $100,000

5 FURLONGS ON TURF STAKES WILL LIKELY BE DECIDED EARLY. TOTOSAY 8/1, BAJA SUR 5/1 AND MIKES TIZNOW 9/2 WILL THROW IT DOWN EARLY.

BIG CLOSERS MESUT 6/1 AND CHAOS THEORY 7/2. EVEN LONGSHOT IRISH HEATWAVE 12/1 CAN BRING IT LATE.

RACE 4 – TORREY PINES (G3) $100,000

THIS MILE G3 WILL BE DISPUTED EARLY BY FAST SECRET KEEPER 7/2 AND MERNEITH 5/1. PROVOCATION 9/2 WHO SHOULD BE STALKING IN THIRD. EVEN LONGSHOT PAIGE ANNE 12/1 COULD BE INVOLVED EARLY.

LATE SPEED BELONGS TO HARVEST MOON 2/1, THE MORNING LINE FAVORITE.

RACE 5

LANE WAY 5/2, THE ML CHOICE SHOULD OWN THIS RACE EARLY AND IT IS HIS TO LOSE. ABSOLUTE UNIT 5/1 AND DIVINE ARMOR 5/1 WILL BE CLOSEST CHASERS

CLOSERS ARE LONGSHOTS FRASARD 15/1 AND COMRADERY 15/1.

THERE ARE 3 FIRST TIMERS, 2 OF THEM CONSIDERED CONTENDERS.

RACE 6

TOP SPEED OF THE FIELD IS ML CHOICE, FRATELLI 3/1. ONLY OTHER SERIOUS SPEED ARE ALL LONGSHOTS, SQUARE DEAL 12/1, TACO WACO 10/1 AND SEE THROUGH IT 15/1.

ALL I CAN SAY 5/1 IS BEST CLOSER. BABY GRONK 7/2 AND ROGALLO 6/1 ALSO WILL BE COMING LATE.

RACE 7 – DEL MAR HANDICAP (G2) $200,000

ALMOST NO EARLY SPEED IN THIS 1 3/8 TURF STAKES. IN FACT, NOT ONE ENTRANT IS FASTER EARLY THAN LATE.

TOP CLOSER IS OSCAR DOMINQUEZ 6/1, FOLLOWED BY ORIGINAIRE 5/1, COMBATANT 8/1 AND UNITED 8/5. LONGSHOT CLOSERS PROUD PEDRO 12/1 AND WARD ‘N JERRY 10/1 CAN BE FACTORS LATE.

SHOULD BE A WILD FINISH.

RACE 8

1 MILE DIRT OPTIONAL CLAIMER BRINGS TOGETHER A STRONG AND SPEEDY GROUP.

BIG TIME SPEEDER TAKE THE ONE O ONE 8/1 SHOULD MAKE THE LEAD IF HE WANTS IT. NEAREST CHASERS ARE KERSHAW 9/2 AND EXTRA HOPE 5/2.

CLOSERS ARE LOUD MOUTH 8/1 AND POTANTICO 7/2

RACE 9 – DEL MAR OAKS (G1) $250,000

TOP SPEED IS ML CHOICE LAURA’S LIGHT 3/1. ONLY HORSE WITH HER KIND OF EARLY SPEED IS LONGSHOT PARKOUR 15/1.

CLOSERS ARE GUITTY 8/1 AND WARREN’S SHOWTIME 6/1.

THERE ARE 2 X-FACTORS, MISS EXTRA 9/2 AND NEIGE BLANCHE 5/1.

RACE 10 – PACIFIC CLASSIC (G1) $500,000

MAXIMUM SECURITY 1/1 IS ALMOST ALWAYS THE HORSE TO BEAT EARLY. MIDCOURT 7/2 WILL BE BREATHING DOWN HIS NECK THE WHOLE WAY. LAST YEAR’S WINNER HIGHER POWER 3/1 SHOULD BE TRACKING IN THIRD WHICH WAS THE STRATEGY HE USED TO WIN THIS RACE LAST YEAR.

TOP CLOSER AS ALWAYS IS SHARP SAMURAI 8/1

RACE 11

SHADOW SPHINX 7/2 MORNING LINE FAVORITE IS THE LIKELY LEADER. THREE AY EM 8/1 SHOULD BE CLOSET CHASER. LONGSHOT OSTINI 15/1 COULD BE PRESSING THE TOP 2 EARLY.

BIG TIME CLOSER IS DESMOND DOSS 8/1. SALVATOR MUNDI 9/2 AND SOUTHERN KING 8/1 ALSO DO THEIR BEST RUNNING FROM BEHIND. EVEN LONSHOT CLOSERS COLOSI 15/1 AND M TOWN GEM 12/1 COULD HIT THE BOARD.

WIDE OPEN FINALE.

 

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