Tuesday’s Best Bets and Quick Picks: Daily double at Will Rogers Downs

Handicapper J. Keeler Johnson shares best bets and quick picks for Tuesday, Jan. 13 at Will Rogers Downs and Turf Paradise, including a cold daily double.

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Best Bets and Quick Picks

Will Rogers Downs: Race 1: Maiden Special Weight (six furlongs on dirt, 2:15 p.m. ET)

#3 Queen Clancy (2-5) looks like a standout against this field. She’s exits back-to-back runner-up finishes in maiden special weights at Remington Park, for which she earned Brisnet Speed ratings of 80 and 81.

None of Queen Clancy’s rivals at Will Rogers Downs has earned a Brisnet Speed rating higher than 73, so a typical performance from Queen Clancy should secure an easy victory. Let’s single her to start a daily double.

Selections

• #3 Queen Clancy (2-5)
• #6 Protocol (5-1)
• #1 Miss Code (8-1)

Wagers

• $30 Double: 3 with 3

Will Rogers Downs: Race 2: $7,500 Maiden Claiming (six furlongs on dirt, 2:47 p.m. ET)

#3 Tizzlin (6-1) hasn’t factored in three starts to date, but she’s been competing exclusively against tougher competition in Kentucky and Arkansas. She exits an eighth-place finish in a $40,000 maiden claimer at Oaklawn Park.

Plunging in class for a $7,500 maiden claimer at Will Rogers Downs should put Tizzlin in the hunt for victory. It helps that she’ll be guided by apprentice jockey Ronnie Huckaby, who rides with a five-pound weight allowance.

Let’s single Tizzlin to conclude our double wager, then key her over #4 Woman’s Intuition (9-5) in an exacta.

Selections

• #3 Tizzlin (6-1)
• #4 Woman’s Intuition (9-5)
• #6 Bougie Like (4-1)

Wagers

• $15 Exacta: 3 with 4

Turf Paradise: Race 2: $6,250-$4,500 Claiming (one mile on dirt, 3:43 p.m. ET)

#7 Naismith (2-1) is making his Turf Paradise debut after spending the entirety of his career competing against tougher competition in California. As recently as October, he finished second by a neck in a one-mile $10,000 claimer at Santa Anita.

Trainer Justin Evans wins at a lofty 38% rate with horses dropping multiple levels down the class ladder, so Naismith should be tough to beat while tackling a $6,250-$4,500 claimer. Let’s bet him on top of a superfecta using #3 Battle Cruiser (3-1), #4 Mendelssohns Music (7-2), and #6 Riding By (5-2) underneath.

Selections

• #7 Naismith (2-1)
• #4 Mendelssohns Music (7-2)
• #3 Battle Cruiser (3-1)

Wagers

• $5 Superfecta: 7 with 3,4,6 with 3,4,6 with 3,4,6 ($30)

Good luck!