Pick 4 of the Week: Aqueduct Saturday, June 20

I will go after the middle of the three Pick 4 sequences offered at Aqueduct on Saturday, which concludes with the afternoon's feature. 

Race 4 Wager

• 50-cent Pick 4: 3,7,9,10 with 1,4,7 with 3,4,7,8 with 6,7 ($48)

Race 4 – Maiden Claiming

A turf sprint for fillies and mares will commence the play and I have to spread with multiple runners in a challenging heat. #3 Just One More, #7 Anna Brocknana, #9 My Ballerina, and #10 My Lil Army Girl are the ones. 

Race 5 – Starter Allowance

New York-bred ladies will travel seven-eighths on the main strip in the second piece of the wager. #1 Timia has been around the wire late in seven straight and makes some sense for Wayne Potts. The Honest Mischief filly settles for too many minor awards, but her form is good, and I won’t let her beat me in the affair. 

#4 A. P. Slingshot will relish the cut back in distance under Manny Franco. The Bruce Levine charge was a winner on the oval and at the trip two prior. If #7 Our Preferred Pal runs back to her maiden tally two back on the surface, the Chris Engelhart trainee will be a menacing figure beneath Ruben Silvera. 

Race 6 – Claiming

Eight are entered for the grass in the 1 1/16-mile turf test, and I feel I can advance to the final leg while using a quartet of contenders in this spot. #3 Polar Bear Plunge has excuses for his last two and will appreciate the class drop from the $50,000 ranks for Kantarmaci. Manny Franco riding adds to the appeal of the chestnut son of English Channel.

#4 High Tide owns seven lifetime wins with more than $288,000 in earnings on the lawn and gets back to his preferred surface off the claim. He’s worth including at a big number. Class dropper #7 Late Call and Bruce Brown’s #8 Barnstorming also fit into the cast, which lacks a standout. 

Race 7 – Spectacular Bid S. 

Sophomores will jaunt six panels on the outer lawn in the afternoon feature. #6 Illmatic burned a lot of money when third in an allowance race on the main oval most recently, and the fleet Clement pupil will get back on the lawn today. The talented son of Honest Mischief was unplaced in his lone run on the green at Saratoga in the summer, but he has four turf-winning siblings and could control things throughout with Jaime Rodriguez. 

If the pace backs up in the lane, then #7 Sunday Boy could benefit most under Christopher Elliot. The Jimmy Ryerson trainee will make one run from well off of the early tempo.