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Saturday, June 13, 2026
Woodbine Mohawk Park
Pandy’s North America Cup picks
Pepsi North America Cup Final
RACE 11
3 ODDS ON MR MAMBA
4 SWEET LOVIN LOU
5 BEAU JANGLES
8 AL PAPI
ODDS ON MR MAMBA was making only his 2nd start of the year in last week’s
elimination. He rode cover third over, stormed wide at the three quarters, and finished
determinedly despite drifting out down in the stretch. It was a game effort because he
used quite a bit of energy in his initial wide brush while losing ground turning the corner.
Many good horses run out of steam when they make a big wide move like that on a turn.
But this colt dug in and passed two very good colts including one that had a much better
trip. He came home in under :26 seconds a few times last year, and that late kick may be
the difference here…SWEET LOVIN LOU was in the weaker division last week but he
looked good taking air on the outside and drawing off. He was a solid colt last year and
this year he’s faster…BEAU JANGLES was a brilliant undefeated two year old. Last
week he left and tucked then went first over and he weakened to finish third. He’s
probably going to be sharper tonight but the concern for me was that he didn’t finish
second last week…AL PAPI finished second to Beau Jangles a couple of times last year
including a game effort to finish 2nd in the Breeders Crown over this track. He’ll be
blasting from the gate.