Check out my Monday (7-6-26) Ellis Park Race 8 analysis below.
Scratches (race 8): #1 Inordinary, #7 Ezum
Updated Tickets After Scratches:
ELP 8 (Alw-102k/2L, 3yo, 7f dirt) – Post Time 4:12 PM ET
Primary – #6 CORONA DE ORO, #8 Rebel Instinct
Secondary – #5 Volendam
Horse Comments:
#6 Corona de Oro (7-2) turns back in distance and gets class relief after finishing 3rd in the G3 Lexington, 11th in the G1 Preakness, and 5th in the G3 Matt Winn. He projects a stalking trip under his winning rider Brian Hernandez, Jr. He goes back on lasix and ran his best two races with that medication in January and March.
#8 Rebel Instinct (9-5) fired in all three starts at one mile around one turn. He stalked the pace and landed the place in his debut, and he pressed and graduated by 3 lengths second time out. Those AQU races were in 2025 for Chad Brown. He resurfaced in the Brad Cox barn on May 31 and rallied to finish a clear second. He sports three works for this and projects an outer stalking trip.
#5 Volendam (9-2) was the favorite in his all-weather sprint bow at TP March 21 and he stalked and scored by 2 lengths. He was 3-1 in the Federico Tesio at 9f second time out and he chased loose front running winner Taj Mahal and weakened to 4th of 10 (beaten 11 lengths). They paid $600k for the Vekoma colt and he turns back, drops in class, and goes back on lasix. He sports six Churchill works for this engagement.
Wagers:
#6 to win
Exacta 6/5-8
Exacta 5-8/6
Recent 2026 Bettor Bet$ Free Pick Winners
June 18 – Lady Rose ($2.86)
June 19 – Watch Over Us/Cammy’s Girl Exacta ($12.00)
June 20 – Twisted Humor/Perfect Smile Exacta ($5.60)
June 24 – Movie Night/Wrong Shoes/Highgrove Trifecta ($24.28)
June 26 – Supernal ($5.40), Exacta ($43.60)
June 27 – Bring the Smoke ($6.42)
June 30 – Margin of Air/Elusive Target Exacta ($7.80)
July 1 – Kappa Kappa ($2.20)
July 3 – Anyway ($5.34)
July 5 – Capricious Outcome ($3.26)
*All winning wagers based on $2 payoffs unless noted otherwise.
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