$65,000 Straight Line Looks Like A Great Betting Race

Restricted to three year-olds and run at a distance of one mile on the Polytrack, the Straight Line features a field of ten in what looks to be a completely wide-open betting affair.  Good Bye Greg is the 3/1 morning line favorite for trainer Larry Rivelli after setting the pace and fading to a fifth-place finish against minor stakes competition at Saratoga in his last start.  Prior to that effort, the speedster went gate to wire in two Polytrack starts at Arlington and Woodbine.  Certainly, it is fair to say that the distance is a question and Good Bye Greg will be pressured on the lead by  a host of horses including McQ (15/1).

I Got It All has a live look 

Breaking from the far outside post, I Got It All (5/1 ML) is an interesting challenger for trainer Tom Swearingen.  Despite an eighth place finish on a sloppy track in the Grade III Iowa Derby in his last start, I Got It All crushed stakes competition by nine lengths at Arlington May 31.  That effort came at the one mile distance.  His stalk and pounce style should serve him well in the Straight Line.  I Got it All has three wins in six lifetime start. 

Thuder Boy could pull the upset 

Thunder Boy (12/1 ML) is an intriguing long shot for trainer Dale Bennett after crushing maiden special weight company by four lengths going a mile on the Polytrack May 23.