Another Saturday, another try at the Ellis Park 4% Pick-4. This bet has really taken off, with Pick-4 pools bigger than any tracks except Del Mar and Saratoga. Get in there and mix it up. Show the industry that low takeouts do matter to serious players. Let's take a look at today's four-race skull-buster.

RACE 8 -- These 5-1/2 furlong grass sprints are always a challenge, but NOOTKA ISLAND will be my key. He ran two decent races going longer at CD and Holthus is a nifty 3/6 at the current meet. BACK UP KIM has a very good turf pedigree, being by the Honour and Glory sire Put It Back. FOREBEARER also has good grass breeding and comes off a best of 56 work at CD.

RACE 9 -- Wouldn't surprise me if any of the nine entrants won this 6-1/2 MSW. TIZ A MAN won the ELP Juvenile as a 2-yo and goes second off the long layoff for Vickie Foley. LA BALA continues to improve for Mr Asmussen. PAPAL is 0/15, but is coming off a New Pace Top (NPT) and could surprise.

RACE 10 --The Audobon Oaks on the weeds at 1-1/16 miles is a very competitive affair. On raw power, AIDAN'S BELLA and BAVARIAN BELLE look best, but my top choice is ALICE BELLE who is four-for-six on the grass and shows a very nice finishing spread in her last effort.

RACE 11 -- This one is a mile out of the unique ELP chute on the clubhouse turn (Saratoga tried that for a year many moons ago). Inside posts and early speed are big edges at this distance and, as there are no dedicated front-runners in this bunch, we'll go with CLASSIC BEECH, ROAD TOWN, BOGEY FREE, DANCIN" DENNIS and OBLAT and IRON DRAGON.