It was a wild one at Del Mar Saturday, as only one Post Time favorite made it to the Winner's Circle. That made for a day of very nice prices; but, unfortunately for us, all we did was feed the pool.
In our analysis of Race 7 we mentioned two first time starters; but when we wrote up our ticket, we only played one. As it sometimes goes, the one we played, #11 Meinertzhageni (Final Odds 13.10) took the Place behind the one we did not play, # 5 Sunday Rules (5.20). The story of Race 8 was similar, as we analyzed the winning chances of # 1 Lady of Fifty (10.60) but thought her unworthy of the top spot; only to see her cross the wire first in the Grade 1 Clement L Hirsch; while our selection, # 2 Byrama (4.20) took the Show in a very troubled trip. At least we can claim a moral victory, as our suspicions regarding highly touted # 9 Include Me Out (1.00) were validated, as she finished next to last.
We did have the winner covered in Race 9, # 4 Chibita (8.50); as well as the winner in Race 10, # 7 Ethnic Dance (1.90*). Indeed, if you were wise enough to take the three horses that we analyzed in Race 10 (Ethnic Dance; # 3 Turn On the Pumps (7.50); and # 2 Pulpit's Express (3.30)) and box them in the Exacta and Trifecta, you were rewarded with a $1 Exacta that paid $15.90 and a $1 Trifecta that paid $48.80. Unfortunately, I personally was not wise enough to have done that.
Oh well; onto the next race.
Those who were wise enough to play the correct winning sequence of 5 / 1 / 4 / 7 in the Pick Four got to collect $1,361.30 for their fifty cent wager. May God bless them as they spend their winnings.
Peace and Love,
Jimbo
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