Race 6 - # 5 Betty Jean (Final Odds 7.80) - "C" Selection
Race 7 - # 7 Chris and Dave (6.80) - "C" Selection
Race 8 - # 6 Trevor's Call (16.30) - "B" Selection
Race 9 - # 7 Tasmin (1.50*) - "B" Selection & "C" Selection*
* - # 11 Saucy Time, a "C" Selection, was a late scratch from Race 9. I therefore received Post Time Favorite Tasmin in her place.
In the opening leg, Betty Jean got under the wire three quarters of a length in front of "A" Selection and Place finisher # 1 Undivided (4.00*); while the second leg saw Chris and Dave beat "B" Selection and Place finisher # 6 Vangilder (3.80) to the line by half a length.
In retrospect I should have given greater consideration to Betty Jean, as her early speed predicted that she would be forwardly placed. Additionally, Betty Jean had finished in the money at this class level in two of her previous three starts.
But making a case for Chris and Dave is much more difficult, seeing that he had finished out of the money in each of his three prior starts since re-joining the barn of Trainer Frederico Villafranco, crossing under the wire a combined thirty-seven and a quarter lengths behind the winner in those three events. And that's before one considers that the connections were so anxious to get rid of Chris and Dave that they were offering him up for sale in an Optional Claiming contest where the conditions allowed him to run tag free (note that there were no takers at the claiming box). So, while the main ticket contained the next two winners in the sequence, missing the first half of the series made Saturday a day for me to contribute instead of collect.
Oh well; onto the next race.
Meanwhile, those who had the correct Primetime Pick Four sequence of 5 / 7 / 6 / 7 were rewarded with a payout of $2,511.30 for their fifty cent wager. May God bless them as they spend their winnings.
Peace and Love,
Jimbo
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