Bruce Battaglia’s Thursday Picks for Turfway Park

Turfway Park’s Bruce Battaglia provides daily picks and comments for the Trib during the live racing meets.

Race 1 HE’S A DANDY CANDY comes in off a good race at Churchill after a winning season in Chicago. He looks like the class of the field. HALL O’ GLORY was third at Churchill last out and should show good speed. MIDNIGHT DECISION raced well with allowance horses after breaking his maiden at Ellis Park this past summer.

Race 2 OUR BAILIWICK is a classy gelding who beat up on much tougher at Gulfstream Park then after six months on the beach easily won back to back milers in Ohio. PALATINE HILL won three of his last four going wire to wire. SHIMMY TINJKO raced well at Keeneland and Churchill.

Race 3 SECRET TRICK has been racing at the top of her game and should repeat here. MIZ LIZ has been chasing much tougher at Keeneland. D M’S EXCLUSIVE always runs hard at this level.

Race 4 BLAME THE DREAM makes a huge drop from straight maiden to maiden claiming and is clearly the class of this field. LAND drops back down with maidens after opening up a big lead with winners last time out. CORIANNA has been running with easier.

Race 5 DIRECTIONER showed good speed and finished up close in her last two at Churchill and should never look back. GIFT OF FRIENDS ran a good third after dropping to this level last time out.      STARSHIP ADVENTURE shortened back up to her best distance.

Race 6 V C F PROUD MARY began her career reeling off three straight wins here easily going wire to wire. She beat up allowance fillies earing $50,000. CHARIOT CHAR missed by a head last out with eight lengths clear of the third horse and looks ready to score. JAZZY KATHY has three wins over much classier and comes in off a bullet work.

Race 7 JUMBO JET ran hard against much classier and sticks out in this spot. ENLISTED MAN ran second in five straight and will love the longer distance here tonight. LANGTANZ has speed and should make the pace.

Race 8 OHEKA ran her career best over the Polytrack and her works are bullets. She is ready to graduate tonight. TIMIDO showed improvement wearing blinkers and moving back to the dirt last out. Leading Kentucky trainer Mike Maker sends out CHANT FOR KITTEN and has worked this classy filly three time here this month

Race 9 CONDESTABLE has been running with much classier and clobbered good sprinters last out at Churchill. AKAPESCHE is an eight year old who has won twenty-seven times and is still going strong with apprentice Prentice in the irons. BOBBY V. has four wins this year beating tougher.