Race 6 - # 6 Thermal Nermal (Final Odds 4.80) - "C" Selection
Race 7 - The Lazaro Barrera - # 7 Top Fortitude (30.10) - No Selection
Race 8 - # 8 Yes She's Unusual (6.90) - "A" Selection
Race 9 - # 5 Classy Ava (1.80) - "A" Selection
Kobe's Back (0.70*) didn't break well in today's Laz Barrera, perhaps still feeling the psychological sting from banging into the starting gate at Aqueduct in The Bay Shore Stakes. But the slow start was no excuse for the three year old colt not winning today, as Kobe's Back had the entire length of the stretch to get by the leaders, but simply could not. My hope is my good buddy T was watching the card today, as a horse with a Morning Line of 6-1 going to post at 30-1, which is what Top Fortitude did today, would have been right up his alley.
While I don't know if my buddy T had Top Fortitude, I do know that handicapper Ellis Starr did, as he gave out Top Fortitude on the SantaAnita.com website (among other places) as a runner that "can post the upset and win this year's Lazaro Barrera Stakes." So congrats to Ellis Starr; and also huge congrats to Jockey Kayla Stra, who picks up her first North American Graded Stakes victory.
As for us, Top Fortitude's upset win leaves us holding a Pick Four ticket with three winners; which, as you all know, pays just as much as a Pick Four ticket with no winners.
Oh well; onto the next race.
Meanwhile, those who had the correct Late Pick Four sequence of 6 / 7 / 8 / 5 were rewarded with a $2,520.90 payout for their fifty cent wager. May God bless them as they spend their winnings.
Peace and Love,
Jimbo
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