Race 7 - # 10 Finest City (Final Odds 0.70*) - "A" Selection
Race 8 - The Del Mar Mile Handicap - # 10 Avanzare (6.70) - "A" Selection
Race 9 - # 4 Gloryzapper (0.90*) - "B" Selection
Race 10 - # 3 With a Twist (3.30) - "A" Selection
We used four runners in the Opening Leg of the sequence just to find the 7-10 Favorite; certainly not our finest job of handicapping (see what I did there?). We similarly used five runners in the third leg of the sequence just to find the 9-10 Favorite; but at least that contest gave us the thrill of just missing by half a length with one of our "C" Selections, # 6 Josephine's Moment (29.40), with whom we still would have cashed, as we brought home "A's" in the other three legs.
Oh, and speaking of that third leg, it looks as if we were the only ones who were curious as to how # 2 Tatum's Gold would run. I say that because apparently everyone else wagering knew that she wouldn't, as she was heavily un-bet from her Morning Line of 4-1 up to Final Odds of 22-1.
For the record, here are the $0.50 Will Pays for the other runners to which we were alive in the finale:
# 4 An Unusual Group (6.50) - $200.10 Finish: 4th
# 6 Redressthebalance (Ire) (3.00*) - $101.20 Finish: 6th
# 9 Aunty Pearl (4.60) - $135.00 Finish: 3rd
But that's what might have been. The actual winning Pick Four sequence of 10 / 10 / 4 / 3 paid $92.15 for a fifty cent wager, making for the ridiculously tiny approximate odds of 3-20 on our $80 investment. For the record, that's only slightly better than if we had just put the whole eighty bucks on Finest City to Show. Still, tiny as our profit may be, it is still profit; and speaking as someone who has on occasion cashed at a loss, and on even more occasions not cashed at all, I will gladly take it.
I hope you all had it with me. May God bless us as we spend our winnings.
Onto the next race!
Peace and Love,
Jimbo
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