Thanks be to The Almighty, and to Jockey Joel Rosario, our Double play comes through and our bottom line goes up.
Race 9 at Churchill Downs Saturday night saw # 3 Horned Frog (Final Odds 0.70) gain, then lose, then re-gain the lead in the stretch, battling with # 8 Biker Boy (3.60) right down to the wire before sticking a head in front and winning by a neck. Race 10 featured another photo finish, as # 4 Forty Tales (3.10) came on from being sixth (seven lengths back) at the half to grab the lead near the wire and then just hold on to win by a neck over # 6 Capo Bastone (4.90) who had come from even further back, having been in eighth place (seventeen and a half lengths back) at the half.
So it was Rosario in the first half of the Double followed by Rosario in the second half of the Double, which made for a $14.80 payout for every two dollars wagered. Since we had it for five bucks on our ticket, we cashed out for $37.00, making for a $19.00 profit off our initial $18.00 investment. Not exactly what I would call a score, but rest assured you will never see me turn my nose up at profit. Besides, as my close personal friend J L Sullivan likes to say, "No one ever went broke cashing tickets."
I hope you all had it with me.
Incidentally, Joel Rosario also rode the winner in the race immediately before and in the race immediately after the Double that we played, thus making for an all-Rosario Pick Four. Those who were sharp enough to play the winning sequence of 6 / 3 / 4 / 11 in the late Pick Four were rewarded with a payout of $36.25 for a fifty cent wager.
Onto the next race!
Peace and Love,
Jimbo
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