Friday's Canterbury Park line

Post time: 7 p.m. Best bet: Ambassador of War (3rd race). Best play: Race 150 cent Pick 4, 124/12457/7/13467 1 6 furlongs. Fillies and mares. 3-year-olds and up. Claiming. Purse $6,500. #/Horse, Jockey, Trainer Wt. Odds 1/Yuma (Butler, Rosin) 123 2-1 2/Pic Three Bertie (Eikleberry,Padilla) 119 9-5 3/Dixie Dot Chance (Goodwin,Silva) 123 6-1 4/Citizens Issue (Keith, Hanson) 123 5-2 5/Gifty Brown (Escobar, Huntington) 123 15-1 6/Andrea's Honor (Von Rosen, Suter) 123 15-1 CITIZENS ISSUE lost last out here in the mud as the favorite but will run better on a fast track. She is lone speed. PIC THREE BERTIE has had problems at the start. Training is decent. YUMA saved ground last race and should prefer fast track. 2 6 furlongs. 3-year-olds and up. Claiming. Purse $6,500. #/Horse, Jockey, Trainer Wt. Odds 1/Snark (Shaw, Lund) 119 8-1 2/Steamy Story (Stevens, Silva) 121 7-2 3/Melo (C. Smith, Johnson) 119 5-1 4/Pleasant Prospect (Erwin, Hartman) 119 9-2 5/Workmate (J.Rivera, Van Winkle) 121 3-1 6/Bubble B. Buddha (Nolan, Donlin) 119 4-1 7/Colonel Joe (Butler, Cheloha) 119 6-1 WORKMATE won last out drawing away. Could go gate to wire, but will have to duel with STEAMY STORY. Steamy is going a half-furlong longer than usual. SNARK will be there to catch them if they tire. 3 1 mile. 3-year-olds and up. Allowace. Purse $16,000. #/Horse, Jockey, Trainer Wt. Odds 1/Wando Venture (Nolan, K.Smith) 116 8-1 2/Bravo Prado (Dugas, Biehler) 121 9-2 3/El Wildcat (Bell, Rarick) 121 8-1 4/Luvin' George (Robletto, Riddle) 121 12-1 5/Chinsegut Bay (Prado, Marble) 121 7-2 6/Excessive Essence (B.Arterburn, L.Arterburn) 121 3-1 7/Ambassador of War (Butler, Rhone) 116 5-2 AMBASSADOR OF WAR is my best bet today if race stays on the turf. Class of field is taking huge drop and has bullet workout. EXCESSIVE ESSENCE is stretching out after winning by four lengths last race. EL WILDCAT will be tough if race switches to dirt. 4 1 mile. 3-year-olds and up. Allowance. Purse $16,000. #/Horse, Jockey, Trainer Wt. Odds 1/Council Oak (Eikleberry, Biehler) 121 5-2 2/Cagey (Dugas, Scherer) 121 6-1 3/Here Comes Henry (Nolan, Weir) 121 4-1 4/Cactus Son (Butler, K.Smith) 116 5-1 5/Stratos (Escobar, Suter) 121 6-1 6/Above the Fray (Prado, Marble) 121 3-1 7/Salado Tribe (J.Rivera, Van Winkle) 116 6-1 COUNCIL OAK gets the inside draw and goes longer after losing close ones. ABOVE THE FREY will save ground and be in the mix. Pace should set him up. SALADO TRIBE is my choice if race goes off the turf. 5 6 furlongs. State bred. 3-year-olds and up. Maiden claiming. Purse $8,190. #/Horse, Jockey, Trainer Wt. Odds 1/Town Victory (Stevens, Biehler) 119 7-2 2/Dos Angels Warrior (Dugas, Cheloha) 123 10-1 3/Sir Ghazi (Escobar, Porter) 119 4-1 4/Doctor Run Run (Frink, Berg) 119 15-1 5/Jolicoeur (Erwin, Rengstorf) 123 10-1 6/Launch N Luke (Prado, Peters) 123 8-1 7/Avengeit (Eikleberry, Scherbenske) 119 8-1 8/The Third Guy (Keith, Hanson) 119 5-1 9/Ransom Free (Goodwin, Danger) 123 30-1 10/Ballados Prospect (Arroyo, Hale) 123 15-1 11/The Reconciler (Trimle, Danger) 119 10-1 10/Blue Thunder (Andia-Cardenas,Bernhardt) 119 20-1 SIR GHAZI has the perfect group to be a first-time-out winner. Couple of bullets for trainer Porter, who is having a good start here. TOWN VICTORY hasn't showed much lately but drops to new low. DOS ANGELS WARRIOR is back to sprinting after not liking the route. 6 6 1/2 furlongs. 3-year-olds and up. Claiming. Purse $6,500. #/Horse, Jockey, Trainer Wt. Odds 1/Aferds Code Red (Andia-Cardenas,Bernhardt) 123 15-1 2/Bullya (J.Rivera, Van Winkle) 123 6-1 3/Serengeti Storm (Escobar, Padilla) 123 10-1 4/Arena Negra (Nolan, Jansen) 123 6-1 5/Alex's Tomcat (Dugas, Rarick) 123 3-1 6/He's No Piker (Butler, Riecken) 123 9-2 7/Robbos Courage (Eikleberry, Rarick) 123 5-1 8/Tahkodha Bill (Keith, Hanson) 123 7-2 ROBBOS COURAGE will get a challenge up front from TAHKODA BILL but should outlast him. Nice upset play of the day. BULLYA will wait for them to tire. ARENA NEGRA could upset coming off long layoff. 7 6 furlongs. State bred. 3-year-olds and up. Maiden special weight. Purse $18,270. #/Horse, Jockey, Trainer Wt. Odds 1/Rocket Wrench (Goodwin,Rarick) 119 10-1 2/Erv the Banker (Keith, Rengstorf) 123 4-1 3/Supreme Ghost (Escobar, Bethke) 123 12-1 4/Good Guy Larry (Eikleberry,Scherbenske) 119 8-1 5/Distinctive Saint (Butler, Hanson) 119 10-1 6/Big Cheer (Robletto, Porter) 119 10-1 7/Ghost Skier (Nolan, Bravo) 119 9-2 8/Mischief Mo (Dugas, Pfeifer) 119 15-1 9/Aurorin Shot (C.Smith,Johnson) 119 12-1 10/Dean Doesn't Know (J.Rivera,Bethke) 119 15-1 11/Victory Sled (Stevens, Riecken) 119 10-1 12/Somerset Mariton (Morales, Donlin) 123 6-1 Race sets up nice for ERV THE BANKER, who should have hot pace up front and just missed last time going shorter. GHOST SKIER adds blinkers and should enjoy a fast track. BIG CHEER is making debut against beatable group. 8 300 yards. 2-year-olds. Maiden claiming. Purse 4,600. #/Horse, Jockey, Trainer Wt. Odds 1/Streak N Hot (Von Rosen, Haglund) 122 10-1 2/Wave Walkin (Goodwin,Black) 122 8-1 3/Fk a Dash of Cider (Andia-Cardenas,Bernhardt) 122 10-1 4/Nemos King (C.Smith, Johnson) 122 7-2 5/Too Much Snow (Eikleberry,Hanson) 122 6-1 6/En Lightning Vision (Trimble,H.Smith) 122 8-1 7/Snip de Corona (Prado, H.Smith) 122 4-1 8/Checkin Her Out (Frink, Hanson) 122 6-1 9/Felix Jones (Erwin, Miller) 122 15-1 10/Explosive Guns (Schmit, Miller) 122 8-1 NEMOS KING ran well his first time and should improve. TOO MUCH SNOW and EXPLOSIVE GUNS have good training times at 220 yards here. 9 350 yards. 3-year-olds and up. Claiming. Purse $5,400. #/Horse, Jockey, Trainer Wt. Odds 1/Creole Dasher (Schmidt, Clevenger) 126 5-1 2/Check Out Dusty (Erwin,Livingston) 124 4-1 3/In the Starz (Prado, H.Smith) 124 6-1 4/Mr Royal Shake Em (C.Smith,Johnson) 126 5-1 5/Flyin Lajolla (Frink, Hanson) 124 9-2 6/Bps Okies Man (Eikleberry, Hardy) 124 3-1 7/Desirios Dream (Von Rosen, Hanson) 124 6-1 CHECK OUT DUSTY almost won last out and might just need today's extra 20 yards. BPS OKIES MAN needs to run two back to win for high-percentage trainer Hardy. CREOLE DASHER is the longshot play drawing the rail. Follow Love at www.exoticplays.com or @StribLove on Twitter.