Monday’s Best Bets and Quick Picks: Riva Red looks to improve
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Handicapper J. Keeler Johnson shares best bets and quick picks for Monday, July 6 at Colonial Downs and Ellis Park, including a second-time starter at 6-1 odds.
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UK GH Central Park (G)
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FRA Vittel
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UK GH Dunstall (G)
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SWE Eskilstuna (H)
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IRE GH Youghal (G)
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FRA Les Sables (H)
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UK Lingfield
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UK GH Monmore (G)
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UK GH Sunderland (G)
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UK Ayr
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FRA Clairefontaine
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Colonial Downs
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IRE Roscommon
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Oak Grove (H)
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Saratoga Harness (H)
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SWE Rattvik (H)
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Monticello Raceway (H)
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Parx Racing
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Ellis Park
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SWE Momarken (H)
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Finger Lakes
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Woodbine T-bred
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ARG Palermo
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Laurel Simulcast
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Thistledown
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FRA Cagnes Sur Mer (H)
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Pocono Downs (H)
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Sky Racing World
AUS Beaudesert
Race 5
Purse: $19,292 HCP 3yo+ | 6F | Turf
8
5
3
Sky Racing World
AUS Muswellbrook
Race 6
Purse: $18,603 HCP 3yo+ | 1 1/16M | Turf
3
12
1
Colonial Downs
Race 1
Purse: $40,000 MCL 3yo+ | 1 1/16M | Turf
2
5
3
Colonial Downs
Race 2
Purse: $70,000 MSW 2yo | Fillies | 5 1/2F | Dirt
6
2
1
Colonial Downs
Race 3
Purse: $25,000 CLM 3yo+ | F&M | 5 1/2F | Dirt
3
7
2
Colonial Downs
Race 4
Purse: $40,000 CLM 3yo+ | F&M | 1M | Turf
3
4
2
Colonial Downs
Race 5
Purse: $80,000 3yo+ | 6 1/2F | Dirt
4
1
5
Colonial Downs
Race 6
Purse: $40,000 STR 3yo+ | F&M | 6F | Turf
1
9
4
Colonial Downs
Race 7
Purse: $40,000 3yo+ | 1 1/16M | Turf
5
7
6
Colonial Downs
Race 8
Purse: $72,000 ALW 3yo | 1M | Turf
4
7
10
Ellis Park
Race 1
Purse: $42,500 CLM 3yo+ | F&M | 1M | Dirt
2
4
1
Ellis Park
Race 2
Purse: $37,500 MCL 3yo+ | 1 1/16M | Turf
10
4
6
Ellis Park
Race 3
Purse: $104,000 3yo+ | 6F | Dirt
4
5
8
Ellis Park
Race 4
Purse: $100,000 MSW 2yo | Fillies | 5 1/2F | Dirt
4
5
3
Ellis Park
Race 5
Purse: $40,000 CLM 3yo+ | F&M | 1M | Turf
3
7
2
Ellis Park
Race 6
Purse: $46,250 STR 3yo+ | F&M | 1M | Dirt
5
2
1
Ellis Park
Race 7
Purse: $102,000 ALW 3yo+ | 1 1/16M | Turf
5
1
7
Ellis Park
Race 8
Purse: $102,000 ALW 3yo | 7F | Dirt
5
8
6
Ellis Park
Race 9
Purse: $100,000 MSW 3yo+ | F&M | 1M | Turf
9
2
10
Finger Lakes
Race 1
Purse: $13,800 CLM 3yo+ | 6F | Dirt
2
1
4
Finger Lakes
Race 2
Purse: $11,200 CLM 3yo+ | F&M | 6F | Dirt
4
2
6
Finger Lakes
Race 3
Purse: $14,000 CLM 3yo+ | 1M70Y | Dirt
2
3
6
Finger Lakes
Race 4
Purse: $14,000 CLM 3yo+ | 5 1/2F | Dirt
4
8
1
Finger Lakes
Race 5
Purse: $32,600 MSW 3yo+ | F&M | 5 1/2F | Dirt
2
3
7
Finger Lakes
Race 6
Purse: $32,600 MSW 3yo+ | F&M | 5 1/2F | Dirt
2
4
1
Finger Lakes
Race 7
Purse: $14,000 CLM 3yo+ | 1M70Y | Dirt
3
7
1
Finger Lakes
Race 8
Purse: $13,700 CLM 3yo+ | 1M | Dirt
8
2
7
Fort Erie
Race 1
Purse: $15,300 CLM 3yo+ | 5 1/2F | Dirt
5
2
4
Fort Erie
Race 2
Purse: $25,050 ALW 3yo+ | F&M | 5F | Dirt
4
1
2
Fort Erie
Race 3
Purse: $21,750 3yo+ | 5F | Turf
4
1
7
Fort Erie
Race 4
Purse: $15,300 CLM 3yo+ | F&M | 5 1/2F | Dirt
1
3
2
Fort Erie
Race 5
Purse: $25,050 ALW 3yo+ | F&M | 5 1/2F | Dirt
3
1
2
Fort Erie
Race 6
Purse: $21,750 3yo+ | 7F | Turf
7
2
4
Horseshoe Indianapolis
Race 1
Purse: $13,500 MCL 3yo+ | 1M | Dirt
3
2
5
Horseshoe Indianapolis
Race 2
Purse: $30,600 CLM 3yo+ | F&M | 5 1/2F | Dirt
4
6
2
Horseshoe Indianapolis
Race 3
Purse: $41,000 ALW 3yo+ | 5 1/2F | Dirt
2
3
4
Horseshoe Indianapolis
Race 4
Purse: $43,000 ALW 3yo+ | F&M | 1M | Turf
2
1
8
Horseshoe Indianapolis
Race 5
Purse: $49,680 3yo+ | 6F | Dirt
4
5
2
Horseshoe Indianapolis
Race 6
Purse: $23,120 3yo+ | 1 1/16M | Turf
7
12
10
Horseshoe Indianapolis
Race 7
Purse: $43,520 MSW 3yo | Fillies | 1M70Y | Dirt
6
9
1
Horseshoe Indianapolis
Race 8
Purse: $38,500 MSW 3yo+ | F&M | 1M | Turf
2
7
3
Horseshoe Indianapolis
Race 9
Purse: $58,400 STK 3yo+ | 400YD | Dirt
1
6
4
Horseshoe Indianapolis
Race 10
Purse: $18,500 ALW 3yo+ | 300YD | Dirt
7
1
10
Mountaineer
Race 1
Purse: $15,500 3yo+ | F&M | 1M | Turf
11
2
12
Mountaineer
Race 2
Purse: $19,000 MSW 3yo+ | 6F | Dirt
1
7
3
Mountaineer
Race 3
Purse: $8,500 MCL 3yo+ | 6F | Dirt
1
3
4
Mountaineer
Race 4
Purse: $9,000 CLM 3yo+ | F&M | 5F | Dirt
4
1
6
Mountaineer
Race 5
Purse: $12,000 CLM 3yo+ | 6F | Dirt
2
4
6
Mountaineer
Race 6
Purse: $11,500 CLM 3yo+ | 5F | Dirt
6
1
3
Mountaineer
Race 7
Purse: $20,000 3yo+ | F&M | 6F | Dirt
6
2
3
Mountaineer
Race 8
Purse: $10,500 CLM 3yo+ | F&M | 1M | Dirt
10
8
6
Parx Racing
Race 1
Purse: $18,000 CLM 3yo+ | 1M70Y | Dirt
1
5
3
Parx Racing
Race 2
Purse: $32,000 MCL 3yo+ | 1M | Dirt
1
3
2
Parx Racing
Race 3
Purse: $21,000 CLM 3yo+ | 5 1/2F | Dirt
4
1
2
Parx Racing
Race 4
Purse: $18,000 CLM 3yo+ | 6 1/2F | Dirt
5
2
3
Parx Racing
Race 5
Purse: $21,000 CLM 3yo+ | 7F | Dirt
7
1
6
Parx Racing
Race 6
Purse: $32,000 CLM 3yo+ | 6F | Dirt
3
4
5
Parx Racing
Race 7
Purse: $30,000 3yo+ | 7F | Dirt
2
4
6
Parx Racing
Race 8
Purse: $28,000 3yo+ | 6F | Dirt
5
6
3
Parx Racing
Race 9
Purse: $21,000 CLM 3yo+ | 6F | Dirt
4
7
1
Prairie Meadows
Race 1
Purse: $19,423 ALW 3yo+ | 330YD | Dirt
2
7
3
Prairie Meadows
Race 2
Purse: $11,600 MCL 2yo | 330YD | Dirt
10
5
4
Prairie Meadows
Race 3
Purse: $14,000 2yo | Fillies | 300YD | Dirt
1
8
7
Prairie Meadows
Race 4
Purse: $163,690 STK 3yo | 350YD | Dirt
10
5
7
Prairie Meadows
Race 5
Purse: $21,236 MCL 3yo+ | 6F | Dirt
4
1
2
Prairie Meadows
Race 6
Purse: $35,000 MSW 2yo | 5F | Dirt
1
4
3
Prairie Meadows
Race 7
Purse: $24,984 CLM 3yo+ | 6F | Dirt
5
4
7
Prairie Meadows
Race 8
Purse: $23,800 STR 3yo+ | F&M | 5 1/2F | Dirt
5
2
6
Prairie Meadows
Race 9
Purse: $50,662 3yo+ | 6F | Dirt
1
5
3
Prairie Meadows
Race 10
Purse: $48,580 MSW 3yo | Fillies | 1M70Y | Dirt
5
1
4
Presque Isle
Race 1
Purse: $31,000 MSW 2yo | Fillies | 5F | All-Weather
1
6
5
Presque Isle
Race 2
Purse: $31,000 MSW 3yo+ | F&M | 6F | All-Weather
3
1
4
Presque Isle
Race 3
Purse: $31,000 MSW 3yo+ | F&M | 1M70Y | All-Weather
2
1
4
Presque Isle
Race 4
Purse: $18,000 CLM 3yo+ | 6F | All-Weather
1
5
6
Presque Isle
Race 5
Purse: $31,000 MSW 2yo | 5F | All-Weather
4
7
1
Presque Isle
Race 6
Purse: $21,000 CLM 3yo+ | 1M | All-Weather
5
2
4
Presque Isle
Race 7
Purse: $18,000 CLM 3yo+ | F&M | 1M70Y | All-Weather
3
6
1
Presque Isle
Race 8
Purse: $12,000 CLM 3yo+ | F&M | 6F | All-Weather
8
5
4
Thistledown
Race 1
Purse: $35,800 ALW 3yo+ | 6F | Dirt
4
3
1
Thistledown
Race 2
Purse: $29,700 ALW 3yo+ | 6F | Dirt
3
4
5
Thistledown
Race 3
Purse: $11,800 CLM 3yo+ | 1M | Dirt
1
5
3
Thistledown
Race 4
Purse: $33,900 MSW 3yo+ | F&M | 5 1/2F | Dirt
3
2
5
Thistledown
Race 5
Purse: $21,900 CLM 3yo+ | 5 1/2F | Dirt
5
6
1
Thistledown
Race 6
Purse: $33,900 MSW 2yo | 5F | Dirt
3
2
6
Thistledown
Race 7
Purse: $31,400 ALW 3yo+ | F&M | 1M | Dirt
6
3
1
Thistledown
Race 8
Purse: $20,000 3yo+ | F&M | 1M | Dirt
5
8
7
Woodbine T-bred
Race 1
Purse: $63,800 3yo+ | F&M | 1 1/16M | All-Weather
2
1
3
Woodbine T-bred
Race 2
Purse: $49,200 3yo+ | 7 1/2F | Turf
6
4
7
Woodbine T-bred
Race 3
Purse: $28,600 CLM 3yo+ | 1 1/16M | All-Weather
3
1
5
Woodbine T-bred
Race 4
Purse: $32,500 MCL 3yo+ | 6 1/2F | All-Weather
6
4
2
Woodbine T-bred
Race 5
Purse: $49,200 3yo+ | 7 1/2F | Turf
6
9
2
Woodbine T-bred
Race 6
Purse: $63,800 3yo+ | 1 1/16M | All-Weather
5
10
4
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