• CARRYOVERS: None
• POST TIME: 12:40 P.M.
• NUMBER OF RACES: 8

RACE 1: 2-6-4-3

#2 Back Wall Bandit reunites with JRod, who won on him two back and has never been worse than third in three tries at the trip… Look for #6 Sweet and Feisty to be part of the early running… #4 Pippa’s Noncents looks for a stalk-and-pounce trip…

RACE 2: 2-5-4

Could be the higher-priced Mike Simone horse as #2 Nit Witness stretches back to six furlongs and gets leading rider Lopez up; the Simone-Lopez combo is clicking at 44% at Delaware… #5 Miss Ida B can move forward in her second off a bit of a freshening… #4 Sister Carlie has won two straight and makes first start since the Simone claim…

RACE 3: 2-5-3

The improving #2 Santinni has won two straight, moves up the class ladder, and might be the one they need to catch… #5 Love Me Not drops in half price-wise and shifts back to the main track; the Ness-JRod combo at Delaware has been lethal…

RACE 4: 4-2-5-1

We’ll go price-shopping here and land on #4 Goodbye Note, who likely gets a trip similar to #5 Bold Diversion but should offer better value off a troubled trip in latest and a performance better than it looks… #2 Pride’s Prince is likely the speediest of the speed but probably will have to work for the lead…

RACE 5

Off the turf: 8-13-9-4

RACE 6: 5-1-3-2

If even-money fave #1 Surprise Package gets loose early in this two-turn starter contest, he’ll be awfully hard to reel in and perfectly positioned to win for the third straight time… But if #4 Leonids is on a mission for the lead, that could complicate things for the chalk and might set it up for the improving #5 Winter’s Ghost to rally from off it to make it three straight in the win column… #3 Seeking Unity is another moving up the ladder…

RACE 7: 4-3-1-7

Everybody here has questions to answer in this first-level allowance… #4 Gold Light easily graduated last out and all five to run back have finished in the triple next out, including a winner, but that came at a mile, and now he’s cutting back to 6f… #3 Caseofthemondays has run a bunch of good races but has only the one win, but it’s worth noting that trainer Ness, who isn’t afraid to drop a horse in class, has continued to try the allowance and upper starter ranks… #1 Lundi Loot tries to recapture his juvenile form…

RACE 8: 8-2-4-7

#8 Gold Rules tried hard last out behind 4-5 Dr. Buzzy at the Big T and has some speed while drawn outside… No reason to think #2 Little Boss Man won’t be able to handle the main track after four turf tries: half-sibs have done best work on dirt, and sire Street Boss is versatile… What do you make of #4 Chappelle? A return to winter form makes him a winner by a mile, while a repeat of latest gets him beat at short odds; your move… #7 Happy Tears has good figs but has to overcome a break of more than two years…