Thursday's Canterbury Park line

June 23, 2011 at 6:32AM

Post time: 7 p.m. Best bet: El Seventyseven (3rd race). Best play: Pick 3-3456/6/123579, $24 (2nd).

1 5 1/2 furlongs. 3-year-olds and up. Claiming. Purse $7,000. #/Horse, Jockey, Trainer Wt. Odds 1/Polished Britely (Andia-Cardenas, Kane) 121 8-1 2/Francies Chromee (Dugas, Cook) 121 3-1 3/The Boot (Prado, Wolff) 121 9-2 4/Fight On Gino (Rivera, Van Winkle) 117 5-1 5/Chief Somerset (Butler, Corcoran) 121 6-1 6/Joyful Friend (Nolan, Jansen) 121 8-1 7/Ready to Roll (Robletto, Riecken) 121 8-1 8/Wicked Landlord (Bell, Biehler) 119 4-1 WICKED LANDLORD should have the perfect fast pace to the inside of him to take over down the stretch like he did a couple of weeks ago here in a 4 1/2-length victory. Maybe a little stronger group here, but the faster pace and shortening up should get the same result. CHIEF SOMERSET ships in from Arlington Park, where he faced tougher and had to go a route last out. Didn't seem to care for the mile distance. FRANCIES CHROMEE will be up front with his early speed. Last out he was outdueled at the end to lose by a half-length.

2 1 mile, 70 yards. 3-year-olds and up. Claiming. Purse $7,000. #/Horse, Jockey, Trainer Wt. Odds 1/Program Manager (Rivera, Van Winkle) 121 8-1 2/Quick Score (Dugas, Jansen) 121 10-1 3/Mogadishu (Escobar, Porter) 121 7-2 4/Fare Cielo (Cardoso, Cook) 121 4-1 5/Leftyluke (Butler, Rhone) 121 5-1 6/Not So Fast Festus (Bell, Biehler) 121 3-1 7/Logan's Place (Nolan, Bethke) 121 6-1 8/Master Sergeant (Andia-Cardenas, Litfin) 121 12-1 MOGADISHU was the best horse in the Double DQ race here June 5, where the decision still has me scratching my head. This race might have a faster pace, so look for him to close again and hopefully get the elusive first victory in almost two years. LEFTYLUKE hasn't raced in 10 months but is training well for the hot Rhone Barn and gets Butler for the ride. FARE CIELO will be one of the front-runners and finished ahead of Mogadishu in his last race a month ago.

3 About 1 mile. 3-year-olds and up. Allowance. Purse $16,000. #/Horse, Jockey, Trainer Wt. Odds 1/Zee Are One (Butler, Rhone) 123 4-1 2/Salado Tribe (Rivera, Van Winkle) 116 7-2 3/Gordon Drive (Keith, Hanson) 116 6-1 4/Slew City Storm (B.Arterburn,L.Arterburn) 121 9-2 5/Stratos (Escobar, Suter) 121 5-1 6/El Seventyseven (Bell, Robertson) 116 2-1 If it goes to dirt and weather report says rain again this week, you can single EL SEVENTYSEVEN, who crushed the field last out winning by almost 10 lengths under mild urging. Going two turns for the first time shouldn't be a problem. He has two quick workouts to boot and should be fine on grass if race stays. ZEE ARE ONE won last out on dirt and runs well on grass. Will be closing to try to catch our pick. SLEW CITY STORM grabbed second on grass last race and won past two on dirt, but will need to improve to win.

4 11/16 miles. 3-year-olds and up. Maiden special weight. Purse $14,500. #/Horse, Jockey, Trainer Wt. Odds 1/Bourbon by the Bay (Prado, D.Jones) 123 9-2 2/Mister Wu (Andia-Cardenas, McFadden) 123 6-1 3/Whiskey Decision (Escobar, Porter) 118 4-1 4/Kelleys Marq (Cardoso, Kirby) 123 12-1 5/Arkhoma (Butler, K.Smith) 118 6-1 6/Warren's Hawk (Keith, Silva) 118 20-1 7/Luna Pegasus (Dugas, Walt) 123 7-2 8/Deerhounds Dancer (Olesiak,Bernhardt) 118 30-1 9/In for a Song (Bell, Shryock) 123 5-1 10/Diamond Rain (Robletto, Gray) 123 15-1 Wide-open race on or off turf. WHISKEY DECISION raced wide last out on a sloppy track but gave a strong effort and took second. Trainer B Porter has his horses ready for grass if stays. LUNA PEGASUS hasn't raced in a year but looks ready in his workouts. Only race was against a lot tougher at Belmont. ARKHOMA takes a drop and figures to be in the hunt. Prefer to see him race on grass with strong grass pedigree.

5 6 furlongs. 3-year-olds and up. Claiming. Purse $8,500. #/Horse, Jockey, Trainer Wt. Odds 1/Doc Hubbard (Shaw, Lund) 123 7-2 2/Go Go Cat (Andia-Cardenas, Kirby) 123 6-1 3/Jimmie the Jet (Prado, H. Smith) 123 8-1 4/Rollin On Dubs (Rivera, Van Winkle) 119 5-1 5/Son of Anna (Dugas, Scherer) 119 9-2 6/Deputy Hawk (Bell, Walt) 123 6-1 7/Grandtastic (Butler, Merrick) 123 4-1 8/Skip the Hatchet (Escobar, Shryock) 123 8-1 GRANDTASTIC tired at the end last race going shorter but should have slower fractions against challengers today. He will take them as far as he can. ROLLIN ON DUBS will be forwardly placed behind front runner and will take the front position if Grandtastic tires. DOC HUBBARD draws the rail as the slight M/L favorite. Has improved past three races but needs to improve once more to win.

6 6 1/2 furlongs. Fillies and mares. 3-year-olds and up. Claiming. Purse $6,000. #/Horse, Jockey, Trainer Wt. Odds 1/Whosallbeeninthere (Escobar, Kirby) 123 12-1 2/Fairy Town Girl (Kelly, Taylor) 123 10-1 3/Downerbythemeadow (Dugas, J.Johnson) 123 6-1 4/Doc of the Bay (Rivera, Scherer) 123 3-1 5/Golden Kate (Frink, Sinclair) 123 20-1 6/Shot of Silver (Butler, Rhone) 123 5-2 7/Marina Nolan (Keith, Suter) 123 8-1 8/Champ Laila (Robletto, Riecken) 123 10-1 9/Jade's Tiger (Cardoso, Bernhardt) 123 6-1 SHOT OF SILVER is my second-best bet today with Rhone/Butler connection. Just missed last out closing wide, which seems to be an issue but shouldn't be today. DOC OF THE BAY is another closer who is taking a slight drop today. JADE'S TIGER is the lone speed coming from the outside post who has the ability to pull off a minor upset.

7 6 furlongs. State bred. Fillies and mares. 3-year-olds and up. Claiming. Purse $8,320. #/Horse, Jockey, Trainer Wt. Odds 1/Trickster's Queen (Rivera, Riecken) 123 7-2 2/Miss Abbey Marie (Butler, Donlin) 119 8-1 3/Tahkodha Belle (Prado, McFadden) 123 12-1 4/Puma's Planet (Cardoso, Donlin) 123 15-1 5/Mane Slick (Keith, Danger) 123 5-2 6/Miss Callaway (Aguilar, J.Johnson) 119 30-1 7/Story Time Folly (Robletto,Berg) 123 20-1 8/Honour Thy Lady (Andia-Cardenas, Bernhardt) 121 12-1 9/Designed to Run (Olesiak,Schindler) 123 15-1 10/Sheza Wild Tiger (Nolan, Bethke) 119 8-1 11/Double That Hope (Dugas, Cook) 119 15-1 12/Trippin' Tricks (Erwin, Bernhardt) 119 8-1 Tough one to figure out with lots of uncertainty. MANE SLICK has three bullets to her credit and in lone race stalked a fast pace and tuckered out before the wire. Going a half-furlong farther today but should have slower fractions to deal with. MISS ABEY MARIE finished seventh that same race but gained a bit down the stretch. Extra distance should help her out some. TRICKSTER'S QUEEN hasn't raced since last year but has three decent works and it's anybody's race.

8 300 yards. 3-year-olds and up. Claiming. Purse $6,000. #/Horse, Jockey, Trainer Wt. Odds 1/Wheely Fast (Arroyo, Clevenger) 124 5-1 2/First Lady Miss (Delgado, Laymon) 124 8-1 3/Habenero Pappy (Schmidt, Hardy) 124 7-2 4/Quick O Toole (Erwin, Clevenger) 124 8-1 5/Mimis Houdini (Frink, Hunt) 124 9-2 6/Rutoasted Ir (C.Smith,R.Johnson) 122 8-1 7/Chivatos Smilin Dash (Kelly, Pfeifer) 124 6-1 8/Sweet an Sour Uno (Andia-Cardenas, Black) 124 12-1 9/Dashing Big Bud (Prado, Fennell) 124 20-1 10/A Classic Shake (Wellington, Blair) 123 8-1 MIMIS HOUDINI is my top pick in a tough field to separate. He should like the extra yards today, which he could have used racing at Remington last race. HABENERO PAPPY's last victory was here last July for the Hardy barn. First race this year with two so-so workouts. CHIVATOS SMILIN DASH won last race handily and has quick work since.

9 330 yards. 2 year-olds. Maiden claiming. Purse $4,400. #/Horse, Jockey, Trainer Wt. Odds 1/Take a Chance (C.Smith,R.Johnson) 122 5-1 2/Bobee Jo (Wellington, Hunt) 122 7-2 3/Streakin Hotdog (Von Rosen, H.Smith) 122 8-1 4/Fk a Dash of Cider (Olesiak, Bernhardt) 122 8-1 5/Sissy Brown Eyes (Andia-Cardenas, Black) 122 6-1 6/Sweet Strut (Schmidt, Hunt) 122 10-1 7/Too Much Snow (Frink, Hanson) 122 3-1 8/Rangers Little Bit (Prado, Berg) 122 8-1 9/Corona Foam (Erwin, H. Smith) 122 12-1 TOO MUCH SNOW takes a drop and just needs to have a better start to win this. BOBEE JO is a first-timer and has 50 percent winner Wellington on board. STREAKIN HOTDOG needs to race two back to win. Failed to fire last race.

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