Pimlico Race 12 – Black Eyed Susan Stakes

The Black Eyed Susan stakes is the highlighted race today in the BetOnline Racbook which the only race that is being offered for today.

That’s okay, because the odds are lower on both the favorite in the matchup and the winner in the matchup.

Let’s take a look at the best Daily Horse Matchup wager in the Black Eyed Susan today.

Dailey Horse Matchup: Black Eyed Susan Stakes

Race-day: 5/15/2009

Race-time: 5:50 pm est.

Hooh Why -135 vs. Casanova Move +105

Analysis: Hooh Why is the favorite in this matchup and she certainly could win this having gotten a terrific draw for her style and getting Rafael Bejarano to take the call. Hooh Why is a front runner. She won the Grade I Ashland Stakes by taking the lead and hanging on at Keeneland. But as good as that race looked; she bounced terribly in her next race, a $50,000 stakes on Arlington’s Polytrack. In fact, Hooh Why’s best race was in the Grade I Ashland. She hasn’t run a faster race than that one in her life.

By contrast, Casanova Move has been consistent finishing second to Justwhistledixie in both the Grade II Davona Dale and the Grade II Bonnie Miss. She looks like a bit of a hanger as she couldn’t pass Justwhistledixie in either race, but I believe that Justwhistledixie is almost as good as Rachel Alexandra and would have challenged that one if she hadn’t scratched out of the Kentucky Oaks. Casanova Move is coming off of a short layoff. That shouldn’t be a problem as she has done some pretty good racing coming off of a layoff.

She is a front runner, like Hooh Why, and should go after that one early, laying about a length or too off. At the top of the stretch, the two could battle it out to the finish line but I believe that Hooh Why folds, like she has done in the past outside of her Ashland victory, and Casanova Move goes by her to win this matchup.

I love getting Casanova Move at the odds of +105 in this. To me, this is one of the best wagers in the entire sportsbook today.

Pick: Casanova Move at +105