How to bet the Likely Exchange Stakes

A field of eight fillies and mares will jaunt one mile on the Tapeta at Turfway in Saturday’s $125,000 Likely Exchange S. The Brad Cox-trained #2 Literate (5-2) was a closing third behind a fine winner in the My Charmer S. on the course in her local bow and could peak while making a third run off the layoff in this affair. The grade-3 winning daughter of Oscar Performance is four-for-nine in her lifetime on the all-weather, and the mare has the closing kick to pass them all in the lane, as well. Kentucky-bred bay will do her best work inside the final furlong beneath Luan Machado as the top selection in the tilt. 

Likely Exchange Wagers

• $10 win and place #2 Literate ($20)
• $1 trifecta 2 with 3,8 with all ($12)
• $1 superfecta 2 with 3,8 with 3,8 with all ($10)

The Brazilian-bred #3 Devassa (12-1) will make her second run since coming to the states, and she could add a lot of value to the exotics with a move forward. A group 2 heroine in Uruguay, the five-year-old daughter of Alcorano was second throughout in an allowance race at Indiana in her U. S. debut and has trained steadily in the interim with eight well-spaced morning moves in advance of her first run on the synthetic. The Paulo Lobo pupil will likely be forwardly placed beneath Walter Rodriguez. 

My Charmer runner-up #8 Trial (7-2) earned a solid 89 Brisnet Speed rating in her latest offering on the stretch out in distance for conditioner Tom Drury, and she will be a logical threat with a similar type of effort. The five-year-old daughter of Runhappy has run some good races on this oval and will be in the mix late with even slight improvement against this group. The bay homebred sat close to a moderate pace in that recent endeavor and has some versatility in her running style while drawing well on the outside of the cast. Irving Moncada has the repeat assignment and will likely have the lass in the second flight in the early going.