Race 6 - The Goldikova - # 5 Zindaya (Final Odds 1.00*) - "A" Selection
Race 7 - # 11 Beach Bum (5.20) - No Selection
Race 8 - # 10 Bad Ju Ju (4.90) - "B" Selection
Race 9 - # 4 Ward 'n Jerry (12.20) - No Selection
In addition to the winner in the second leg, Trainer Bob Baffert also had the Show horse, # 4 First Degree Burn (19.60). As both Beach Bum and First Degree Burn were first time starters, we may have to wait for a few of the runners in this field to come back before we can fully evaluate this win; that is, did Beach Bum, who crossed under the wire more than five lengths in front of Place horse # 10 Royal Mo (3.40), give an exceptional performance; or did he simply catch a weak group of competitors?
Or maybe we don't have to wait. After all, Beach Bum ran the seven furlong distance of Race 7 in a final time of 1:22.83. That was quicker than the final time of 1:23.11 posted by four year old filly Bad Ju Ju while winning the seven furlong OC 40k/N1X that immediately followed. Beach Bum was sired by Arch (who sired Blame, among others) out of a Storm Cat mare; so the breeding is there. So maybe we got to see the debut of a future three year old champion today. Which would be a nice thing to look back upon, as very little went right for us today.
Oh well; onto the next race.
Meanwhile, those who had the correct Pick Four sequence of 5 / 11 / 10 / 4 were rewarded with a payout of $1,272.60 for their fifty cent wager. May God bless them as they spend their winnings.
Peace and Love,
Jimbo
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