Race 6 - # 5 Dixie Pistol (Final Odds 1.30*) - "A" Selection
Race 7 - The Golden Nugget - # 4 Runaway Ghost (0.90*) - "A" Selection
Race 8 - # 1 One Eyed Mama (1.70*) - "A" Selection
Race 9 - # 8 Top Drawer (3.00) - "C" Selection
The backup ticket does its job, as it recoups most of the initial investment. Interestingly enough, thinking more highly of Top Drawer in the nightcap and promoting him from a "C" Selection to a "B" Selection would have been a better handicapping move; but based upon the final results, it would have increased the cost of the play without increasing the return of the payout. So any improvement to be made in Saturday's play would have had to have been in narrowing the focus onto one of the winning Post Time Favorites in the earlier three legs.
For the record, here are the $0.50 Will Pays for the other four runners to which I would have cashed in the finale:
# 2 Pete’s Slew (1.40*) - $20.35 Finish: 5th
# 3 Hot Market (6.30) - $76.00 Finish: 2nd
# 5 Academic Code (10.10) - $197.55 Finish: 7th
# 6 Super C Me (6.00) - $82.50 Finish: 4th
Since # 2 Pete’s Slew and # 6 Super C Me would have allowed me to cash my one dollar “ALL A Selections” ticket in addition to the big ticket, payouts for those two runners would have been trebled.
But that's what might have been. What actually came to be was a correct Late Pick Four sequence of 5 / 4 / 1 / 8 which paid $33.95 for a fifty cent wager. Since my initial investment was $45.00, I cash at a loss of eleven dollars and five cents; and while that certainly beats not cashing at all, it definitely wasn’t what I had in mind when I placed my wagers.
Oh well; onto the next race.
Peace and Love,
Jimbo
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