Once again the Good Lord was with us; and by the Grace of the Almighty, we came out ahead.
Race 7 - The Sands Point Stakes saw # 2 Discreet Marq (Final Odds 2.90) set leisurely fractions of 25.57 / 49.84 / 1:13.46 while wiring the field to an easy victory. Hindsight being its usual twenty/twenty, I should have just made her my single in this one. By the way, that's another reason why handicapping reminds me so much of chess; no matter how well you did, you always could have done better. There will always be room for improvement.
Race 8 - The Ogden Phipps Handicap witnessed a much quicker early pace, with # 1 Joyful Victory (1.05) setting early fractions of 22.82 and 45.41 before relinquishing the lead and fading to a fifth place finish. # 3 Authenticity (7.30) took over the lead from Joyful Victory, but she could only watch as # 2 Tiz Miz Sue (4.40) went on by to win by half a length.
Race 9 - The Acorn featured a dominating performance by # 5 Midnight Lucky (1.10), who recovered from a bad start to win comfortably by over six lengths. # 1 Kauai Katie (1.70), who also stumbled at the start, would finish third.
So going into Race 10 - The Met Mile - we were alive to three horses: # 1 Cross Traffic (2.90); # 6 Flat Out (2.50); and # 7 Sahara Sky (4.80). As it turned out, those three would form the Trifecta, as Shara Sky just got her nose in front of Cross Traffic at the wire, with Flat Out taking the Show three and half lengths back.
For the record, the Will Pays showed that the fifty cent Pick Four would have been worth $124.87 had Flat Out won, while a Cross Traffic victory would have paid $142.00. So Sahara Sky crossing the wire first gave us the optimum result, as the winning Pick Four combination of 2 / 2 / 5 / 7 paid $202.50, netting us a $152.50 profit. I hope you all had it with me.
Onto the next race!
Peace and Love,
Jimbo
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