Jeff Ruby S. (G2)
9F on All Weather at Turfway Park (March 23, 2023)
Races Analyzed: Last 17, 9-furlong Stakes at Turfway
Date Range: January 1, 2013 - Present
Sharp Angle: Ranked 1st Average Speed Last 3
Factor Stats: 18 contenders, 5 winners (27%) $8.64 Win Return, 124 ROI%, 9 Place (50%, $5.10 Place Return), 10 Show (55%, $3.52 Show Return)
An overflow field has been drawn for the rich Jeff Ruby Steaks, the last stop on the Turfway Park road to the Kentucky Derby.
It's a typically tricky race for horseplayers with contenders descending from points all across North America, with varying levels of experience over an all-weather surface.
We fired up the powerful Betmix Angler online handicapping database to look for clues in the 8-furlong Stake in Florence (Y'all) and found that the Avg. Speed Last 3 has produced 27% winners and positive across the board returns. Among the winners are 3 of the past 6 Ruby winners, Blended Citizen ($14.40), Somelikeithotbrown ($3.20) and last year's champ Two Phil's ($7.64), who would then finish a valiant 2nd in the Kentucky Derby.
Find this race in Betmix Birddog and use the Avg. Speed Last 3 slider to see which horse ranks first in this factor. That’s the Sharp Angles play.
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