Brian W. Spencer's Daily Picks

Keeneland - Race #5
Picks Notes
#6 Sgt. Pepper Think he's in line for another dreamy trip as he steps up to face winners after graduating at a marathon trip last time out, and he should get the jump on some of the obvious threats from the back.
#9 Champagne Juan The honest recent form stacks up well here, and he might be in a similar spot to the top choice as they head for the final turn. Probably the one to beat.
#8 Miracle On Ice There are several more logical players in here, but he's a fairly honest grinding finisher who was only beaten a couple lengths here last year against special weight company. His form this year is pretty solid -- why can't he bring it over here at a price?
Race Summary Sgt. Pepper has turned in a couple solid efforts already this year, but he really came to life at a similar trip last time out. Don't think this step up is going to hold him back.
Keeneland - Race #8
Picks Notes
#11 Tarneema She caught a nice winner in the debut before scoring easily at second asking, and she could get a pretty nice run of things from a spying spot out of the wide draw. One of the ones.
#9 Style Points She's the one to beat while dropping out of a couple of runner-up efforts in graded company, but I'm not 100% sold that her late punch is going to be even better while adding some ground today. Won't be any surprise.
#5 Royal Wintour Wouldn't argue with anyone landing here in hopes that she'll be right up on the pace the whole way. She hasn't done much wrong through two starts and may still have some upside. Interesting.
Race Summary Tarneema took a nice step forward in her second career start, and I'm hoping a little added ground will help her take another move in the right direction today. Presence of Style Points should help keep the price playable enough.
Keeneland - Race #9
Picks Notes
#1 Day Dawning Take a look at her on the tote and track ahead of this, but she has turned in some snappy works here in advance of this and isn't meeting a ton of proven form on paper.
#2 Ain't No Other There might be something better here at second asking, as she only went evenly over the synthetic at Turfway last month and might like it better here with that race under her belt. Price intrigue.
#8 Conquest Dancer Interested in both the Catalano players in here, as this one goes first out with Gaffalione up, and she appears to have been working fine over the local footing.
Race Summary Day Dawning debuts in a spot without much punch, and she can be tough here if she's able to relax just a touch behind some speed players.