Race 5 - # 3 Mesquite Dancer (Final Odds 0.50*) - "A" Selection
Race 6 - # 7 Bananappeal (11.10) - No Selection
Race 7 - # 7 Stipend (2.90) - "B" Selection
Race 8 - The San Francisco Mile - # 11 Alert Bay (3.70) - "C" Selection
Race 9 - # 10 Air Nashoba (89.10) - No Selection
Race 10 - # 6 Winning Causeway (1.60*) - "A" Selection
We used six of the nine runners in the Race 6 field, and yet still managed to miss the winner. In our defense, it had taken Bananappeal eleven tries to get his first victory, and he had to drop to the Maiden $8k level in order to graduate; so it was fair to wonder if he could compete at this level. Still, Bananappeal's form does look much better if you focus only on his races on the synthetic; plus he did have that sharp work over this track this past Sunday. So perhaps we should have given stronger consideration to Bananappeal's chances.
But Air Nashoba? If you had Air Nashoba in the top spot on any of your tickets, for any wager, te salut. I hope you profited well from that decision.
Anyway, I think our biggest sin was trying too hard to beat the favorites in the opening and closing legs of the sequence. Trying to beat legitimate favorites is a good way to burn through your bankroll, and singling Mesquite Dancer and Winning Causeway in their respective contests would have gone a long way towards increasing our chances of collecting instead of contributing.
Oh well; onto the next race.
Meanwhile, those who had the correct Golden Pick Six sequence of 3 / 7 / 7 / 11 / 10 / 6 were rewarded with a payout of $22,499.64 for their twenty cent wager. May God bless them as they spend their winnings.
Peace and Love,
Jimbo
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