How to bet the 2022 Swale Stakes

A compact but excellent field of six will travel seven panels on the Gulfstream Park dirt in Saturday’s $100,000 Swale S. (G3).

The Todd Pletcher-trained #1 My Prankster flashed a whole lot of potential as a juvenile, and I expect the expensive auction purchase to have a superb 2022 starting in this event.

My Prankster served notice of his potential at first asking with a 10-length stroll at Saratoga in August. The son of Into Mischief checked in a distant fourth in the subsequent Champagne S. (G1), which preceded a clear runner-up performance in the Bowman Mill S. at Keeneland. In his two-year-old finale, the $600,000 yearling buy was a game allowance winner at Gulfstream Park.

The Kentucky-bred has a nice foundation under him and comes into Saturday with a handful of solid morning moves at Palm Beach Downs. My Prankster has early speed, but he has earned both of his tallies when rallying from slightly off of the early tempo.

In the Swale, the top pick might inherit the lead, which will make him formidable from the opening bell. Luis Saez will ride the excellent prospect.

#4 Dean Delivers could fly under the radar some at post time, and the son of Cajun Breeze might represent the value of the race for the exotics. Bred in the Sunshine State, the gelding has never run a bad one with a win and a pair of close seconds from three lifetime showings, and he has every right to improve in his second run since the summer. The Michael Yates trainee will complete my cold exacta with Miguel Vasquez in the silks.

The Saffie Joseph-trained #3 Of A Revolution gets the nod to finish off the trifecta in the heat. The chestnut son of Maclean’s Music beat a good one on debut prior to topping a nice allowance field on the course. In the recent Limehouse S., the Nursery Place-bred colt was a game runner-up while finishing eight lengths clear of his nearest competitor. The hard-trying colt will have Tyler Gaffalione along for the ride.

Swale Wagers

• $30 exacta 1 with 4 ($30)
• $10 trifecta key 1 with 3, 4 ($20)