Monday’s Best Bets and Quick Picks: Miranda Diane Stakes exacta

Handicapper J. Keeler Johnson shares best bets and quick picks for Monday, March 24 at Turf Paradise and Will Rogers Downs, including an exacta in the Miranda Diane S.

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Best Bets and Quick Picks

Turf Paradise: Race 3: $12,500 Maiden Claiming (six furlongs on dirt, 4:51 p.m. ET)

#6 Dunvegan (5-1) hasn’t shown much in two starts against $30,000 maiden optional claiming competition over this track and distance, finishing eighth and ninth. But trainer Frank Lucarelli wins at a lofty 27% rate with horses dropping into the maiden claiming ranks for the first time, so descending the class ladder may allow Dunvegan to vie for victory.

Let’s try a win bet on this 5-1 shot.

Selections

• #6 Dunvegan (5-1)
• #1 Robarando (2-1)
• #5 No Ordinary Tiger (4-1)

Wagers

• $20 to win on #6 Dunvegan

Will Rogers Downs: Race 7: Miranda Diane S. (six furlongs on dirt, 4:57 p.m. ET)

#4 Artistic Vision (9-5) has run well without winning in her last three starts against non-state-restricted competition. Tackling a stakes restricted to horses bred in Oklahoma can send her to the winner’s circle.

Artistic Vision’s last three starts against Oklahoma-bred competition have yielded decisive victories with sharp Brisnet Speed ratings. Most notably, she obliterated the seven-furlong Oklahoma Classics Filly and Mare Starter S. at Remington Park by 11 lengths.

Let’s bet Artistic Vision over defending Miranda Diane winner #5 Take Me Serious (8-5) in a cold exacta.

Selections

• #4 Artistic Vision (9-5)
• #5 Take Me Serious (8-5)
• #7 Letta’s Legacy (6-1)

Wagers

• $20 Exacta: 4 with 5

Turf Paradise: Race 4: $8,500 Starter Optional Claiming (one mile on turf, 5:20 p.m. ET)

#6 Threebrothers (2-1) has rattled off three straight wins over the Turf Paradise grass course. He prevailed over this class and distance last time out and has every chance to win again for trainer Juan Silva, who strikes at a 29% rate with last-out winners.

#8 War Chest (3-1), victorious in three of his last four starts over the Turf Paradise grass, can round out the exacta.

Selections

• #6 Threebrothers (2-1)
• #8 War Chest (3-1)
• #2 Irish Heatwave (5-1)

Wagers

• $20 to win on #6 Threebrothers
• $10 Exacta: 6 with 8
  Total: $30

Good luck!