Tuesday’s Best Bets and Quick Picks: Tiny Tapper drops in class
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Handicapper J. Keeler Johnson shares best bets and quick picks for Tuesday, Sept. 8 at Horseshoe Indianapolis, Assiniboia Downs, and Presque Isle Downs.
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FRA Lyon-Parilly
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UK GH Sheffield (G)
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SWE Halmstad (H)
Race 2
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IRE GH Tralee (G)
Race 3
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FRA Auteuil
Race 1
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UK Leicester
Race 1
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UK Goodwood
Race 1
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UK Catterick Bridge
Race 1
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UK GH Newcastle (G)
Race 1
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UK GH Romford (G)
Race 1
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UK GH Monmore (G)
Race 1
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IRE Galway
Race 1
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FRA Vincennes (H)
Race 1
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UK Bangor-on-Dee
Race 1
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SWE Gavle (H)
Race 1
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Monticello Raceway (H)
Race 1
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SWE Eskilstuna (H)
Race 1
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Parx Racing
Race 1
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Thistledown
Race 1
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Finger Lakes
Race 1
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Northville @ Barry (H)
Race 1
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Pocono Downs (H)
Race 1
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The Red Mile (H)
Race 1
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UK GH Central Park (G)
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UK GH Sunderland (G)
Race 1
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Plainridge (H)
Race 1
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Horseshoe Indianapolis
Race 1
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John L McGary
Louisiana Downs
Race 6
Purse: $10,000 3yo+ | 6 1/2F | Dirt
7
6
5
John L McGary
Louisiana Downs
Race 7
Purse: $12,000 MCL 3yo+ | 5F | Turf
8
9
7
Sky Racing World
AUS Sandown Hillside
Race 1
Purse: $36,000 HCP 3yo+ | 5F | Turf
2
5
6
Sky Racing World
AUS Sandown Hillside
Race 2
Purse: $39,600 3yo | 6F | Turf
7
10
8
Sky Racing World
AUS Sandown Hillside
Race 3
Purse: $36,000 HCP 3yo+ | 1 1/2M | Turf
1
3
6
Jason Witham
AUS Randwick Kensington
Race 1
Purse: $43,200 3yo+ | 1 1/8M | Turf
8
2
9
Sky Racing World
AUS Sandown Hillside
Race 4
Purse: $36,000 HCP 3yo+ | 1 1/8M | Turf
4
6
2
Jason Witham
AUS Randwick Kensington
Race 2
Purse: $72,000 3yo+ | 7 3/4F | Turf
6
4
2
Sky Racing World
AUS Sandown Hillside
Race 5
Purse: $36,000 HCP 3yo | 5F | Turf
1
5
3
Jason Witham
AUS Randwick Kensington
Race 3
Purse: $43,200 3yo | 5 3/4F | Turf
7
5
6
Sky Racing World
AUS Sandown Hillside
Race 6
Purse: $36,000 HCP 3yo+ | F&M | 5F | Turf
6
3
12
Jason Witham
AUS Randwick Kensington
Race 4
Purse: $43,200 HCP 3yo+ | 1 1/8M | Turf
3
2
5
Sky Racing World
AUS Sandown Hillside
Race 7
Purse: $144,000 STK 3yo+ | 6 1/2F | Turf
9
13
8
Jason Witham
AUS Randwick Kensington
Race 5
Purse: $43,200 HCP 5yo+ | 7 3/4F | Turf
3
2
5
Mountaineer
Race 1
Purse: $12,000 CLM 3yo+ | 1M | Turf
10
6
1
Mountaineer
Race 2
Purse: $17,000 CLM 3yo+ | 7F | Turf
8
10
13
Mountaineer
Race 3
Purse: $16,500 CLM 3yo+ | F&M | 7F | Turf
2
7
5
Mountaineer
Race 4
Purse: $13,500 CLM 3yo+ | F&M | 440YD | Dirt
9
5
3
Mountaineer
Race 5
Purse: $10,500 CLM 3yo+ | 6F | Dirt
7
3
4
Mountaineer
Race 6
Purse: $9,000 CLM 3yo+ | F&M | 1M | Dirt
6
1
4
Mountaineer
Race 7
Purse: $20,000 ALW 3yo+ | 5 1/2F | Dirt
7
3
1
Mountaineer
Race 8
Purse: $9,000 CLM 3yo+ | 6F | Dirt
11
9
7
Fairmount Park
Race 1
Purse: $38,000 MSW 3yo+ | F&M | 1M | Dirt
4
6
2
Fairmount Park
Race 2
Purse: $10,000 CLM 3yo+ | F&M | 6F | Dirt
7
1
6
Fairmount Park
Race 3
Purse: $10,800 CLM 3yo+ | 5 1/2F | Dirt
1
4
6
Fairmount Park
Race 4
Purse: $20,000 3yo+ | 6F | Dirt
2
3
5
Fairmount Park
Race 5
Purse: $20,000 3yo+ | 1M70Y | Dirt
4
7
2
Fairmount Park
Race 6
Purse: $39,500 3yo+ | 5 1/2F | Dirt
2
3
7
Fairmount Park
Race 7
Purse: $19,000 3yo+ | F&M | 6F | Dirt
6
1
10
Fairmount Park
Race 8
Purse: $10,000 CLM 3yo+ | 6F | Dirt
8
5
2
Finger Lakes
Race 1
Purse: $14,000 CLM 3yo+ | 1M | Dirt
7
2
6
Finger Lakes
Race 2
Purse: $18,100 CLM 3yo+ | F&M | 5 1/2F | Dirt
4
2
3
Finger Lakes
Race 3
Purse: $32,600 MSW 3yo+ | F&M | 1M | Dirt
3
5
6
Finger Lakes
Race 4
Purse: $13,700 CLM 3yo+ | 1M | Dirt
4
8
5
Finger Lakes
Race 5
Purse: $32,600 MSW 3yo+ | 1M70Y | Dirt
8
3
6
Finger Lakes
Race 6
Purse: $14,000 CLM 3yo+ | 1M70Y | Dirt
1
8
2
Finger Lakes
Race 7
Purse: $26,900 ALW 3yo+ | 1M | Dirt
5
3
6
Finger Lakes
Race 8
Purse: $13,500 MCL 3yo+ | F&M | 6F | Dirt
3
2
5
Horseshoe Indianapolis
Race 1
Purse: $18,500 MCL 3yo+ | F&M | 6F | Dirt
5
1
7
Horseshoe Indianapolis
Race 2
Purse: $36,000 MSW 3yo+ | 6F | Dirt
5
1
2
Horseshoe Indianapolis
Race 3
Purse: $46,240 ALW 3yo+ | 6F | Dirt
7
5
2
Horseshoe Indianapolis
Race 4
Purse: $32,640 CLM 3yo+ | F&M | 6F | Dirt
4
8
1
Horseshoe Indianapolis
Race 5
Purse: $39,440 MCL 2yo | Fillies | 5F | Turf
8
9
7
Horseshoe Indianapolis
Race 6
Purse: $32,640 CLM 3yo+ | 1M70Y | Dirt
1
2
3
Horseshoe Indianapolis
Race 7
Purse: $43,000 ALW 3yo+ | 1M | Turf
4
10
2
Horseshoe Indianapolis
Race 8
Purse: $14,500 MCL 3yo+ | 6F | Dirt
1
3
4
Horseshoe Indianapolis
Race 9
Purse: $17,000 3yo+ | 350YD | Dirt
1
4
10
Parx Racing
Race 1
Purse: $23,000 CLM 3yo+ | 1M70Y | Dirt
8
3
2
Parx Racing
Race 2
Purse: $23,000 CLM 3yo+ | F&M | 1M70Y | Dirt
7
1
3
Parx Racing
Race 3
Purse: $18,000 CLM 3yo+ | F&M | 1M70Y | Dirt
4
2
6
Parx Racing
Race 4
Purse: $28,000 CLM 3yo+ | 6F | Dirt
6
5
4
Parx Racing
Race 5
Purse: $21,000 CLM 3yo+ | F&M | 1M70Y | Dirt
6
3
1
Parx Racing
Race 6
Purse: $18,000 CLM 3yo+ | 7F | Dirt
4
2
5
Parx Racing
Race 7
Purse: $32,000 CLM 3yo+ | 6F | Dirt
4
5
2
Parx Racing
Race 8
Purse: $26,000 3yo+ | 7F | Dirt
2
7
6
Parx Racing
Race 9
Purse: $23,000 CLM 3yo+ | F&M | 6 1/2F | Dirt
1
9
6
Thistledown
Race 1
Purse: $17,900 CLM 3yo+ | 6F | Dirt
9
8
10
Thistledown
Race 2
Purse: $11,800 CLM 3yo+ | 1M | Dirt
3
7
4
Thistledown
Race 3
Purse: $21,400 CLM 3yo+ | 1M | Dirt
5
4
2
Thistledown
Race 4
Purse: $11,800 CLM 3yo+ | F&M | 6F | Dirt
5
6
3
Thistledown
Race 5
Purse: $14,400 CLM 3yo+ | 5 1/2F | Dirt
2
6
1
Thistledown
Race 6
Purse: $34,000 CLM 3yo+ | 5 1/2F | Dirt
3
6
5
Thistledown
Race 7
Purse: $41,500 ALW 3yo+ | 6F | Dirt
2
1
5
Thistledown
Race 8
Purse: $16,300 CLM 3yo+ | F&M | 6F | Dirt
1
4
8
Louisiana Downs
Race 1
Purse: $8,500 CLM 3yo+ | 7 1/2F | Turf
6
1
3
Louisiana Downs
Race 2
Purse: $8,500 CLM 3yo+ | F&M | 6 1/2F | Dirt
1
2
5
Louisiana Downs
Race 3
Purse: $11,000 CLM 3yo+ | 1M70Y | Dirt
5
2
4
Louisiana Downs
Race 4
Purse: $10,400 MCL 3yo+ | F&M | 5 1/2F | Dirt
1
7
3
Louisiana Downs
Race 5
Purse: $20,400 3yo+ | F&M | 5F | Turf
5
6
8
Louisiana Downs
Race 6
Purse: $10,000 3yo+ | 6 1/2F | Dirt
3
7
1
Louisiana Downs
Race 7
Purse: $12,000 MCL 3yo+ | 5F | Turf
8
9
4
Assiniboia
Race 1
Purse: $10,000 CLM 3yo+ | 6F | Dirt
1
4
2
Assiniboia
Race 2
Purse: $10,100 CLM 3yo+ | 7 1/2F | Dirt
2
5
6
Assiniboia
Race 3
Purse: $50,000 STK 2yo | 5 1/2F | Dirt
4
2
6
Assiniboia
Race 4
Purse: $21,500 MSW 2yo | 5 1/2F | Dirt
4
9
5
Assiniboia
Race 5
Purse: $13,200 CLM 3yo+ | 6F | Dirt
2
1
3
Assiniboia
Race 6
Purse: $19,500 ALW 3yo+ | 1M | Dirt
3
5
2
Assiniboia
Race 7
Purse: $10,100 CLM 3yo+ | F&M | 6F | Dirt
5
4
9
Assiniboia
Race 8
Purse: $16,500 CLM 3yo+ | 5 1/2F | Dirt
6
4
1
Presque Isle
Race 1
Purse: $31,000 MSW 3yo+ | 1M70Y | All-Weather
5
1
2
Presque Isle
Race 2
Purse: $14,000 CLM 3yo+ | F&M | 6F | All-Weather
6
2
1
Presque Isle
Race 3
Purse: $17,000 CLM 3yo+ | F&M | 6F | All-Weather
5
1
6
Presque Isle
Race 4
Purse: $14,000 CLM 3yo+ | F&M | 6F | All-Weather
3
7
1
Presque Isle
Race 5
Purse: $18,000 CLM 3yo+ | F&M | 6F | All-Weather
5
3
2
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