Throughout July, Tuesdays and Thursdays heat up at 1/ST BET and Xpressbet with our Red, White & Bet promotion. Bet $100, Get $10 on select tracks this month. Next up Thursday will be Charles Town, our final offering for the month-long promotion. Here’s how I’ll approach the card in West Virginia with an assist from the Betmix Angler database.

Charles Town Race 1 | 7:00 pm ET
#5 Zio Lorenzo (12-1 morning line odds) has a longshot look. Trainer Vanessa Pletroche’s barn has gone 9: 3-3-0 since July 11 at Charles Town, including 14-1 and 26-1 runners in the exacta. Big prices no stranger to this gelding as he popped a 55-1 upset in late June from a tough post in a time fast enough to play with most of these. Win-place bet #5. Exacta key-box 5 with 4,7. Picks: 5-4-7

Charles Town Race 9 | 10:45 pm ET
#6 Palm Island (5-2 morning line odds) makes a rider change from a 7-pound apprentice to ace 4-1/2 furlong dash pilot Jeiron Barbosa (colony-best 30% on the year from 70 mounts). The jockey is 6-for-12 this year teamed with trainer Anthony Farrior at the dash distance. Veteran gelding should benefit from a race over the track and at the unique distance. Win bet #6. Picks: 6-5-3