Well, unlike last Saturday, there was no drama this week, as we got knocked out of the box in the very first leg.
I was correct in my opinion that Jack Milton (Final Odds 0.7-1) would have difficulties facing winners for the first time. Unfortunately, while I threw a wide net, it wasn't wide enough, as Race 7 at Gulfstream Park went to Fire Guard (6.4-1), a horse not to be found on any of my tickets.
For the record, we did have the winner in the second leg; as Point of Entry (2.1-1) took The Gulfstream Park Turf Handicap. I know many who saw the race came away thinking Jockey Joel Rosario made his move on Animal Kingdom (0.8-1) much too soon; but, in Rosario's defense, when you're on a closer, and the opening half is walked out in 50.52 seconds, patience is not a virtue: you've got to take your shot, or sit back and watch the race get stolen out from under you.
On the plus side, I was correct to single against the favorite, Bahamian Squall, in The Gulfstream Park Sprint Championship. On the minus side, the horse I singled, Travelin Man (2.3-1) finished even further behind the winner, the Nick Zito trained Fort Loudon (3.8-1), than Bahamian Squall did. Right idea; wrong horse.
Channel Lady (3.8-1) took the fourth leg, The Suwannee River, as neither of my selections, Kya One (Fr) (3.3-1) nor Hard Not to Like (2.9-1) finished in the money. Leg five, The Donn Handicap, went to Graydar (5.7-1), who wired the field in 1:48.25, less than a second off the track record for the distance of 1:47.49, set by Quality Road in the 2010 running of this event. Our single in this race, Csaba (10.8-1) had a nice rail trip chasing the pace, but ran out of gas in the stretch.
The final leg of the Rainbow Six, Race 12, was the other race in which we spread wide; and this time we had the winner in our picks: Kid Lightning (3.6-1), the only Post Time favorite to win one of the Rainbow Six races, and one of only three Post Time favorites to cross the wire first on Gulfstream Park's Saturday card.
So, we caught two out of six this time, which pays just as much as last Saturday's five out of six.
Oh well; onto the next race.
For those who did a better job of handicapping today than I did, the Rainbow Six of 7 / 2 / 5 / 5 / 4 / 2 paid $1,590.59 for a ten cent wager. Congrats to all who had it.
Peace and Love,
Jimbo
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