Dana’s Beauty, after a successful grass campaign, returns to Turfway Park for the $250,000 My Chamer Stakes. Trained by Mike Maker, this 6-year-old daughter of Not This Time was 2-for-2 earlier this year, including a convincing win in the Latonia Stakes. With experience on all-weather surfaces and good form on the turf, having won stakes in Texas and Oklahoma, she could be the early leader. Chief among her opposition is Ghostly Gal, who nipped her last time in a Churchill Downs allowance race and has won three straight on the grass and has plenty of synthetic surface experience. All with good stakes experience, Canisy, Everland, Forever Dixie, and Take a Stand are also contenders. However, Dana’s Beauty’s controlling speed and winning record make her the top pick.

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Race #7: Holiday Inaugural Stakes - A $250,000 Sprint

Upper Case, exiting a nice stakes victory at Churchill Downs, is a tepid morning line choice against a full field of sprinting females in the $250,000 Holiday Inaugural Stakes on the Tapeta track at Turfway Park. The win in the Dream Supreme five weeks ago was her first stakes victory. Her recent form includes nothing worse than second in her last five starts and she broke her maiden on this track in February. A major rival is the 3-year-old filly Nice as Pie, unbeaten in four starts at Turfway Park and clearly appreciating the synthetic surface. She should enjoy her return. Other serious contenders include Sunday Shoes and Love Appeals. The former won a fast stakes race two starts back on the all-weather surface, while the latter brings in strong turf form but is making her first start on a synthetic track. Overall, Nice as Pie’s record at Turfway makes her the top pick.My Plays$5 Exacta Part Wheel – Nice as Pie over Sunday Shoes, Upper Case, and Love Appeals = $15$5 Exacta Part Wheel – Sunday Shoes, Upper Case, and Love Appeals over Nice as Pie = $15

Race #6: Prairie Bayou Stakes - A $250,000 1 1/16-Mile Test

Brad Cox-trained 4-year-old gelding Wadsworth is a 3/1 morning line favorite against eleven other males in the $250,000 Prairie Bayou Stakes. He has won two of three career starts at Turfway Park, with his only loss to Two Phil’s in last year’s Grade 3 Jeff Ruby Steaks. Making only one start this year, he just missed in a Churchill Downs’ allowance race last month. The second choice on the morning line is Paros from Mike Maker’s barn, having won four straight races at Aqueduct, Saratoga, and Keeneland on the grass. This will be his toughest test on a synthetic surface. Dresden Row, the lone 3-year-old in the field and a model of consistency in Canada for trainer Lorne Richards, has good tactical speed and has never finished out of the money in seven starts on the synthetic surface at Woodbine. He comes in with excellent recent form against graded stakes competition and is the top pick.My PlayRegister at TwinSpires for $200 Bonus

Race #7: Holiday Cheer Stakes - A $250,000 6-Furlong Sprint

The lightly raced Howard Wolowitz, a Grade 1 winner two starts back, is the headliner against a full field of talented male sprinters in the $250,000 Holiday Cheer Stakes. Although he came up short last time in the $1 million Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint (G1) at Del Mar, he earned his Grade 1 win at Kentucky Downs in the Franklin Simpson Stakes in only his fourth career start. Chief among his competition is the Canadian invader Patches O’Houlihan, with a record of 11 wins from 14 career starts and proven to be a classy sprinter. Equally adept on turf or synthetics, he has won four stakes races this year in five tries, with his last three wins against graded competition. Of the rest, Run Carson could be dangerous as he has yet to run on a synthetic track but has proven himself on the turf. However, I believe Patches O’Houlihan is the one to beat and is the top pick.My PlayVisit TwinSpires and Claim $200 Sign-Up Bonus