PLAY of the DAY” by Brian Nadeau                   
   
Date  9/19/25 
   
Featured track  Churchill Downs  
   
Race number  6 
   
Race overview  A wildly deep and competitive 16k claimer for fm3up at 6 ½ Fs. 
   
Pace  There’s not much here, which means #6 ALTERED SHOT (5-1) should enjoy a big tactical edge, either on, or just off the early pace. 
   
Trends  A fast main track played very fair the first three days of the meet (it was sloppy Sunday), and again on Wednesday as well. 
   
Best Play  #6 ALTERED SHOT (5-1): Class dropper and cutback mare goes for Kantarmaci, who already popped with a POD winner Opening Weekend and it looks like he brought a group intent on doing damage in these lower-level claiming races, and while this ML is a joke, she still looks good in the 5-2 range. 
   
Bet Types    Aggressive WP bet and single to kick off the late Pk5 as well.