Looks like we bought the wrong race in the sequence.
We had hoped to get # 3 Cinco de Mario (Final Odds 3.20) home in Race 6, the opening leg of the Late Pick Four. But while Cinco de Mario was coming hard at the finish he couldn't quite get there in time; as crossing the wire first was # 1 Field Report (0.70*) who finally overcame the seconditis that had been plaguing him since last New Year's Eve.
Since we had him among our "C" contenders, Field Report's win kept us alive; but it meant we needed # 9 Summer Exclusive (1.40*) to come through for us in Race 7. And come through he did, breaking fast from the gate to be the widest in a row of four battling for the early lead before pulling ahead and never looking back. Summer Exclusive didn't win in the manner that we had thought that he would; but better to have the right horse for the wrong reason than the wrong horse for the right reason.
We had hit the "ALL" button for the finale, so if we got one of the three we covered in Race 8 home we would collect. We had figured one of our cover three, # 4 Atta Boy Pete (6.90) to be the early leader; and we were correct, as Atta Boy Pete lead the charge down the hill until being passed by another of our trio, # 9 Strong Wind (3.20) who was in front of the pack as they entered the stretch. But Strong Wind tired, and relinquished the lead inside the sixteenth pole to the third in our triple coverage, # 7 Ain't No Other (2.70*); who in turn was passed just before the wire by # 2 A Toast to You (18.90) who won by half a length, killing our Late Pick Four play.
Oh well; onto the next race.
For the record, Race 9, the last leg of sequence, proved to be not nearly as difficult for the public to decipher as it had been for us; as the Post Time Favorite, # 5 Water Issues (1.90*) and the public's second choice, # 9 She's Flush (2.30) filled out the Exacta in that order. Incidentally, if you took the three horses that we named in our analysis and boxed them with the Post Time Favorite, you were rewarded with a Superfecta that paid $41.33 for a dime.
As for the Late Pick Four, those who played the correct sequence of 1 / 9 / 2 / 5 were rewarded with a payout of $255.20 for their fifty cent wager. May God bless them as they spend their winnings.
Peace and Love,
Jimbo
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