Sam Houston Race Park picks for Saturday, Feb. 2

A solid card. The races we like best are the first, fourth, seventh and eighth.

Good luck with your bets.

FIRST

6-8-3-1

LILLY ABBIE has a nice win over the surface and should be OK with the added distane

SECOND

3-8-7-2

TOUCH OF SOUP will need to get going sooner but fits well in this spot

THIRD

4-2-6-9

RUNAHOLEINTHEWIND has been OK in both turf starts and might get it done here

FOURTH

8-1-2-6

Trainer doesn’t enter a lot, but almost all of her runners fire. So we’ll take a shot with firster SAINTS N ANGELS

FIFTH

2-11-18

FLASHAHOLIC did not break well in last and still managed to get second. Better break should win this

SIXTH

7-6-9-10

We’ll look to some potential upsetters here behind VERITAS EN VINO, whose turf efforts have been solid

SEVENTH

2-1-5-6

CAT’S CLASSY RIDER will need a top effort to run down TAMTASTIC in the stretch

EIGHTH

5-3-6-1

JAKEONTHERUN loves this track and distance; we also like CROOK’S NOOK a lot here

NINTH

5-2-1-3

Filly COWGIRL N UP takes on the boys but her only race at this trip was dynamic. SOLAR CHARGE has a big shot as well

TENTH

10-8-9-1

IVAN FALLINOVALOT has been working well for debut. Must overcome outside post

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