Raven Run Stakes Handicapping Picks
Horse racing gamblers are you looking for 2022 Raven Run Stakes Free Pick & Handicapping Odds…plus some predictions? Need some advice on who to take? The 2022 Raven Run Stakes is set for October 22 at Keeneland Race Course in Lexington, Kentucky. Here’s a preview of our top contenders.
Raven Run Stakes Preview
- Race: Raven Run Stakes
- Purse: $350,000
- Track: Keeneland Race Course
- Date: October 22
- Post Time: 5:16 PM (ET)
- Live: Raven Run Stakes Odds: Click Here
2022 Raven Run Stakes Handicapping
Just two weeks before Keeneland Race Course hosts the 2022 Breeders’ Cup World Championships, graded-stakes action is on tap Saturday afternoon with the running of the (G2) Raven Run Stakes.
Open to fillies age three, the Raven Run is a seven-furlong sprint on the Keeneland dirt track. The race has drawn a competitive field of nine entries and offers good betting value with several coming in off career-best performances.
Odds listed here are provided by the Keeneland track oddsmaker.
2022 Raven Run Stakes Free Pick & Handicapping: Smash Ticket Race Odds: 5-2
Never out of the money in six career starts, Smash Ticket has won her last three races and has hit triple-digit Equibase speed figures in all three.
She went wire-to-wire last out at Pimlico to take the Weather Vane Stakes by an easy six lengths for her first stakes-level win. This will be her first start at Keeneland and first time trying a distance beyond six furlongs.
She’s trained by Rob Atras, and jockey Kendrick Carmouch will be in the saddle for the third consecutive time.
2022 Raven Run Stakes Free Pick & Handicapping: Wicked Halo Race Odds: 4-1
With nine races in her resume, Wicked Halo has only been out of the money one time, and has won five times with three third-place finishes.
Every one of her last eight starts has been in a stakes race, and like Smash Ticket she has won her last three in a row. Last out she got up just in time to take the (G2) Prioress Stakes at Saratoga by a head. That was her second Grade 2 stakes victory, as she closed out her 2021 campaign with a win in the (G2) Adirondack Stakes, also at Saratoga.
The trainer is Steve Asmussen and Tyler Gaffalione will ride.
2022 Raven Run Stakes Free Pick & Handicapping: Fingal’s Cave Odds: 4-1
Unraced as a two-year-old, Fingal’s Cave has made four starts this season and has won all four, albeit three of those wins came in races restricted to New York-bred fillies.
Last out she raced over a muddy track and picked up her first stakes win in the Fleet Indian Stakes at Saratoga, winning by a half-length over a runner that came back to win her next start. Both of her last two have been at 1 1/8 miles, so she gets a cut back in distance here.
She’s trained by Dave Donk, who has a positive $2.09 ROI when switching his horses from a route to a sprint. The rider is Joel Rosario.
2022 Raven Run Stakes Free Pick & Handicapping: Freedom Speaks Race Odds: 6-1
Perhaps the most intriguing option in the betting pool, Freedom Speaks goes back to the dirt after winning her last two on the turf. She was second in her only previous dirt try, and also has a win on the all-weather track at Gulfstream.
Last out she came from just off the pace and scored a career-best 105 Equibase speed figure to take the Music City Stakes at Kentucky Downs for her first stakes victory.
Trainer Jeremiah Englehart has a 22% win percentage when switching a horse from the turf to dirt. Florent Geroux gets the call to ride.
Here’s My 2022 Raven Run Stakes Free Pick.
This is a tough handicapping race and a case can be made for any of the four listed here – and a couple others – to get to the finish line first.
Based on recent speed figures, Smash Ticket holds the edge, but there’s lots of other speed in here and it could set up for one that can come from off the pace as they roll into the lane. Since I also expect she’ll be bet down from the morning line odds by race time, I’m going to try and find some value and go with Wicked Halo for the win.
Full Field: Raven Run Stakes Odds
By post position
- #1 – Union Lake 6-1
- #2 – Smash Ticket 5-2
- #3 – Republique 15-1
- #4 – Last Leaf 12-1
- #5 – Fingal’s Cave 4-1
- #6 – Colorful Mischief 12-1
- #7 – Freedom Speaks 6-1
- #8 – Wicked Halo 4-1
- #9 – Midnight Stroll 10-1
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