Johnny Love's Friday Canterbury Park line

July 19, 2012 at 11:32PM

Post time: 7 p.m. Best bet: Priceless Pearl (7th race). Best Pick 4: Race 5 (4/2-3-5-7/1/All), $16.00. 1 11/16 miles. 3-year-olds and up. Claiming $3,500. Purse: $9,000. #/Horse, Jockey, Trainer Wt. Odds 1/Aggression (Delorme, Jensen) 123 7-2 2/Not So Fast Festus (Keith, Biehler) 123 9-2 3/Shryock (Rivera, Danger) 123 12-1 4/Dixie Buck (Dieguez, Litfin) 123 10-1 5/Cotswold Hills (Velazquez, Danger) 123 12-1 6/Mr. Rancho Vista (Walker Jr., Martinez) 123 2-1 7/Consulate (Riggs, Padilla) 123 3-1 MR. RANCHO VISTA ran well enough for place honors first time off the layoff with a speed figure that towers this field. Looks to have the ability to put away this field. CONSULATE stretches out after a couple of dull outings running shorter. Riggs remains aboard and maybe the longer distance could turn things around. AGGRESSION closed strong but wide last out in sprint race and should prefer rail position tonight to save ground. 2 11/16 miles. 3-year-olds and up. Starter allowance. Purse: $16,000. #/Horse, Jockey, Trainer Wt. Odds 1/Swift Progress (Walker Jr., Rosin) 119 8-1 2/Prince Eddington (Morales, Bravo) 119 5-1 3/Don't Bluff (Rivera, Rosin) 119 4-1 4/Council Oak (Keith, Biehler) 121 5-2 5/Mack's Blackhawk (Goodwin, Biehler) 119 3-1 6/Hop Along Harry (Velazquez, Gourneau) 119 6-1 7/Hooched Express (Riggs, Salazar) 119 10-1 COUNCIL OAK has won his last two lawn races with Lori Keith aboard and looks tough on the drop in class for Emerald Bay Stables. Both wins were impressive, especially last out when Lori had to maneuver the gelding thru major traffic congestion. MACK'S BLACKHAWK ran third last out in stakes race against 2011 horse of the year Tubby Time. Obvious danger second time out. DON'T BLUFF is a deep closer who too takes a drop in class and should enjoy longer distance tonight. 3 About 7 1/2 furlongs. Fillies and mares. 3-year-olds and up. Maiden special weight. Purse: $20,000. #/Horse, Jockey, Trainer Wt. Odds 1/Direct to Howdy (Delorme, Courtemanche) 120 15-1 2/Uptown Charmer (Butler, Rhone) 120 5-1 3/Andrea's Josie (Velazquez, McKinley) 123 20-1 4/Dear Hrishi (Dieguez, Bethke) 123 4-1 5/Glacier Island (Stevens, Rhone) 123 7-2 6/Theatre of Dreams (Riggs, Robertson) 120 10-1 7/Don't Tell Franny (Rosendo, Oliver) 120 12-1 8/Nikalicious (Prado, Backhaus) 123 30-1 9/Static Charge (Goodwin, Scherer) 120 3-1 10/Silver Splendor (Keith, Hanson) 120 8-1 SILVER SPLENDOR tries the turf for the first time against a unreliable group at best. Jockey Keith might push the filly to the front starting from the far outside and is a threat to upset the field. GLACIER ISLAND is usually in the hunt who will stalk the pace and is a candidate to get her first win with Stevens remaining at the helm. STATIC CHARGE is a deep closer who finished third behind Glacier Island in first race of the year last month. Look for improvement off that effort as the M/L favorite. 4 About 7 1/2 furlongs. 3-year-olds and up. Claiming $16,000. Purse: $15,000. #/Horse, Jockey, Trainer Wt. Odds 1/Packlen's Bid (Rosendo, Berndt) 118 15-1 2/Six Pack Attack (Velazquez, Martinez) 121 15-1 3/Private Warrior (Riggs, Robertson) 118 4-1 4/Broken Aero (Morales, Sweere) 123 6-1 5/Making Papa Proud (Walker Jr., Hartman) 121 8-1 6/Guns Donovan (Goodwin, Berndt) 121 15-1 7/Bette's Aftershock (Rivera, Bravo) 118 8-1 8/Bad Boyz Halo (Trimble, Corcoran) 121 8-1 9/Clearlyaluckyguy (Franco, Silva 121 12-1 10/Corporate Charlie (Keith, Mankin) 121 7-2 11/AE Mister Wu (Walker Jr., McFadden) 121 15-1 12/AE K B's Reality (Rivera Jr. , Boarman) 121 12-1 PRIVATE WARRIOR and CORPORATE CHARLIE dueled down the stretch but were both caught and had to settle for underneath money. Private Warrior had the rougher trip of the two and I like that Robertson got in a training session since then. Look for Corporate Charlie to head to the front but will have to use a little more energy starting from post 10. MAKING PAPA PROUD should appreciate the cutback in distance when fading in route race after hooking up in a duel battle up front. 5 5 1/2 furlongs. State-bred. 3-year-olds and up. Claiming $5,000. Purse: $11,400. #/Horse, Jockey, Trainer Wt. Odds 1/Letsliteitup (Walker Jr., Gourneau) 123 10-1 2/Straitupcashhomey (Rosendo, Peters) 123 15-1 3/Aurorian (Franco, Silva) 123 10-1 4/Bear Island (Riggs, Wekseth) 123 2-1 5/Jolly Boat (Dieguez, Bethke) 120 8-1 6/Shiloh Reign (Delorme, Porter) 123 5-1 7/Rocket Wrench (Butler, Rhone) 123 3-1 8/Big Cheer (Velazquez, Scherer) 122 5-1 BEAR ISLAND won last out sitting off the pace and taking over down the stretch to draw away by over three lengths. Should have decent pace up front to repeat performance against a slightly softer field. ROCKET WRENCH had to work hard as the heavy favorite in a extremely weak group last out but prevailed in four length victory. Much tougher field tonight but still merits respect. SHILOH REIGN should improve second time out after gaining fast to lose by less than a length in season debut. 6 1 mile, 70 yards. Fillies and mares. 3-year-olds and up. Claiming $5,000. Purse: $10,500. #/Horse, Jockey, Trainer Wt. Odds 1/Circular Street (Riggs, Berndt) 117 6-1 2/My Gal (Butler, Bravo) 123 3-1 3/Elegant Affair (Delorme, Suter) 121 4-1 4/Jumpin Jordyn (Goodwin, Martinez) 121 15-1 5/Cadrona (Franco, Silva) 121 9-2 6/Ziva D. (Morales, C. Smith) 121 8-1 7/Bloomtown Baby (Stevens, C. Smith) 117 6-1 8/Gazettes Girl (Velazquez, Robertson) 121 8-1 9/Princess Margaret (Luark, Murtough) 121 15-1 MY GAL is destined to take the lead as she has her last two races, winning both in gate to wire fashion. Expect to have company up front but that hasn't seemed to distract her yet. Will have to extend that speed another 70 yards tonight to get the three-peat. BLOOMTOWN BABY drops in class off the turf and will challenge My Gal for the lead with Stevens aboard. Trainer Smith does well bringing his runners back to the dirt. CARDONA would love a heated pace to roll late on. Closed well last out to get up for second. 7 6 furlongs. Fillies and mares. 3-year-olds and up. Claiming $3,500. Purse: $9,000. #/Horse, Jockey, Trainer Wt. Odds 1/Priceless Pearl (Rivera Jr., Silva) 123 2-1 2/Dangerous Peg (Rosendo, Fauchald) 123 20-1 3/La Malinche (Delorme, Suter) 123 9-2 4/Secret's Rifle (Luark, Cole) 123 20-1 5/Jaylind (Walker Jr., Martinez) 123 20-1 6/Ms Cecile (Keith, Hanson) 123 8-1 7/Tatum Girl (Stevens, Rhone) 123 6-1 8/One More Palo (Velazquez, Martinez) 123 12-1 9/Making a Racquet (Riggs, Robertson) 123 12-1 10/Natalie's Castle (Butler, Bravo) 123 10-1 11/Shamus On Me (Trimble, Gourneau) 123 8-1 PRICELESS PEARL gets a major class relief to the bottom claiming level. Deserving favorite looks tough to beat here saving ground off the rail from stalking position and comes in with two good works for the Silva barn. LA MALINCHE should show good early speed after having lead running a mile last out but weakening late. Think this mare will enjoy getting back to sprinting. TATUM GIRL ships up from Prairie Meadows for the Rhone barn after decent efforts at this distance. 8 350 yards. 3-year-olds and up. Maiden. Purse: $6,200. #/Horse, Jockey, Trainer Wt. Odds 1/Bp Phoenix Reign (Goodwin, Hardy) 124 5-2 2/Dashinbyecrazyqueen (Luark, Pride) 124 5-1 3/Habanero Estrella (Fennell, Miller) 124 8-1 4/Pannetta (Frink, Livingston) 124 3-1 5/Regal Cowgirl (C. Smith, Johnson) 124 12-1 6/Trs Double Dashin (Prado, Sayre) 124 10-1 7/Get Em Gabe (Delorme, Livingston) 126 6-1 8/High Flyin (Ricardo, Black) 122 5-1 Bp PHOENIX REIGN could be tough with a better start after breaking out as the favorite last effort but gained fast to get up for third. Finished behind PANNETTA who had the lead from the get go but was lasso in at the wire. DASHINBYECRAZYQUEEN is a consistent runner who for the most part comes on strong late. Needs only to maintain present form to be a factor. 9 350 yards. 3-year-olds and up. Allowance. Purse: $8,500. #/Horse, Jockey, Trainer Wt. Odds 1/Naketa (Goodwin, Hardy) 124 9-2 2/One Kool Wagon (Frink, Hanson) 124 3-1 3/Noble Wave (Luark, Pride) 124 4-1 4/Ivory Celebration (C. Smith, Johnson) 124 2-1 5/Eye M a Pistol (Garnett, Clevenger) 126 5-2 IVORY CELEBRATION should prove tough as the class of the field. Usually shows early speed, so should enjoy running 50 yards shorter distance tonight. NAKETA is another runner with good early foot for the Hardy barn. Won two back on a muddy track. ONE KOOL WAGON could prove tough with a clean break. Won two back against weaker rivals. Follow Love: exoticplays.com or @StribLove on Twitter.

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