PLAY of the DAY” by Brian Nadeau                   
   
Date  9/27/25 
   
Featured track  Churchill Downs  
   
Race number  1 
   
Race overview  A watered down restricted MSW for 3up at 6 furlongs. 
   
Pace  It could potentially fast, even with a short field, as there is fresh speed from #3, and #5 really wants to motor early. 
   
Trends  a muddy main track played towards speedy types Wednesday, while a fast, drying out track was very fair Thursday night. 
   
Best Play  #2 SHELLAC (4-1): Arguably the worst ML of the meet (which has been filled with them), this Ind invader was a chase and fade 3rd against open MSW runners in a race that was wildly fast, so even at 8-5 or so, he can regress and still win this easily. 
   
Bet Types    Aggressive win bet and single to kick off the early Pk5 as well. 
   
Play of the Day Winners  CD Meet: 86-19-13-12 ($1.56/$4.48) 

CD POD: 8-2-1-0 ($1.33/$3.33)