Wednesday’s Best Bets and Quick Picks: Turfway Park opening day Dec. 2

Handicapper J. Keeler Johnson shares best bets and quick picks for Wednesday, Dec. 3 at Turf Paradise and Turfway Park, including a couple of cold exactas.

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• $50 Turfway Park Challenge
• $300 Turfway Park Feeder to 12/13 Turfway Synthetic Betting Championship

Best Bets and Quick Picks

Turf Paradise: Race 4: $10,000 Starter Optional Claiming (6 1/2 furlongs on dirt, 4:33 p.m. ET)

#5 Chuckanut Bay (4-5) has dominated his last three starts, including the 6 1/2-furlong Hank Mills Jr. S. at Turf Paradise. He won the Hank Mills by 3 1/2 lengths with a career-best 96 Brisnet Speed rating.

Chuckanut Bay should be mighty tough to beat while dropping in class on Wednesday. Let’s key him on top of a cold exacta using #6 Lansdowne (4-1) for second place.

Selections

• #5 Chuckanut Bay (4-5)
• #6 Lansdowne (4-1)
• #7 Always On Cay (5-1)

Wagers

• $20 Exacta: 5 with 6

Turfway Park: Race 4: $8,000 Claiming (1 1/16 miles on Tapeta, 7:25 p.m. ET)

Horses exiting races at Horseshoe Indianapolis tend to perform well at Turfway Park, so let’s back #2 My Brother Keith (5-1). He exits four straight efforts at Horseshoe Indianapolis, including a sharp win in a 1 1/16-mile $25,000 claimer.

My Brother Keith has run well at Turfway Park in the past, winning a 1 1/16-mile $15,000 maiden claimer, so switching to Tapeta shouldn’t be an issue. Let’s bet him to win and play him over #10 Sant’ Antimo (3-1) in an exacta.

Selections

• #2 My Brother Keith (5-1)
• #10 Sant’ Antimo (3-1)
• #4 Jazzole (6-1)

Wagers

• $20 to win on #2 My Brother Keith
• $5 Exacta: 2 with 10
  Total: $25

Turfway Park: Race 5: Maiden Special Weight (1 1/4 miles on Tapeta, 7:55 p.m. ET)

#1 Rapoport (5-1) has finished sixth and fifth in his last two starts against maiden special weight company on turf at Keeneland and Churchill Downs. He’s bred to enjoy stretching out over 1 1/4 miles, and his late-running style should be well suited to Tapeta.

We’re skeptical whether morning-line favorite #3 Penalty Box (7-5) has the stamina to stay 1 1/4 miles, so let’s try a win bet on Rapoport and hope his 5-1 odds hold up.

Selections

• #1 Rapoport (5-1)
• #4 Peak Performer (8-1)
• #3 Penalty Box (7-5)

Wagers

• $25 to win on #1 Rapoport

Good luck!