Aqueduct: Thursday 4/23 Plays R8 - Pete's Picks

Little Pete
Apr 23
3 min read

We have eight scheduled on this Thursday Aqueduct card. 4 on the turf. I will be condensing my plays down to just the numbers and attacking the early double. (Races 1 & 2) and a spot pick 3 (Races 3-5). Big Pete will attack his "Play of the Day" and the late pick 3 (Races 6-8). We appreciate you taking a look at this write-up and GOOD LUCK.

Little Pete's $ 5.00 Early Double:

R1: 2, 6

R2: 1, 2 Cost: $ 20.00

Little Pete's $ 1.00 Spot Pick 3:

R3: 1, 3, 5

R4: 4, 5

R5: 1, 5, 6 Cost: $ 18.00

Big Pete's $ 1.00 Late Pick 3:

R6: 1, 3, 5

R7: 1, 2, 6

R8: 2, 7, 8 Cost: $ 27.00

Big Pete's "Play of the Day":

Race 3:

Chad Brown has two logical in here and I landed on one of them. (1) MARKETPLACEOFIDEAS fits well here with a few races under her belt and her last was her best yet. They ship her in from Tampa and the works are steady. She looks ready to move out of the maiden ranks. She attracts Davis for this.

I’ll use (3) Deference and (5) Mistborn underneath for the exacta.

$ 7.00 WPS 1 Cost $ 21.00

$ 7.00 Ex 1 w/ 3, 5 Cost $ 14.00

We’ll also use (1) Marketplaceofideas in R3 and try to cash in on a Daily Double.

(4) Pippa and (5) Hand Over Heart in the 4th.

$ 7.00 Daily Double 1 w/ 4, 5 Cost $ 14.00

Big Pete's Late Pick 3:

Race 6:

(1) SMALLCHANGEGEEP and (5) SEQUENTIAL hit the wire together last time. They probably do it again in here so we'll include both. (3) SALMING is the new shooter as this guy drops several levels and stretches out. Handel gave him some time off and he working well in the AM for this. Looks like they want a quick return on their investment today.

$ 7.00 WPS 3 Cost $ 21.00

$ 3.00 Ex Box 1, 3, 5 Cost $ 18.00

Race 7:

(2) BOSTONTONIAN ships in for Ward and has speed to control. This lightly raced gelding should hit the front early and take them far. The others have had several chances so all others need to improve and they haven't done yet. (1) PAIR OF SOCKS collects checks and seems to run better at this 6F distance. If he can stay close up, maybe Jose can find a seem and come running late. The wise guy pick for me is (6) MY MITOLE. He has had several chances but I like the match up with his jockey. Jamie wants a 2nd chance as he was asking too much from this gelding to go 6 wide and run them down. Today he can save some ground and pick the up late.

$ 7.00 WPS 6 Cost $ 21.00

$ 3.00 Ex Box 1, 2, 6 Cost $ 18.00

Race 8:

(2) SAINT MARGARET showed some speed in her 2nd start at odds on and then stopped at the 1/8 pole. Now they add L1 so breathing may have been the issue at the end. She took a lot of money that day so she was very live after a decent debut. If she takes money again, look out. (7) JULIET ON APPROACH has collected checks and now they switch to the grass. I like this move for her and if she takes to the surface, she comes running late for the money. (8) APERTIF gets back to the grass with four solid efforts on that surface. She should be up close early and fight them till the end.