Race 6 - # 7 Velvet Mesquite (Final Odds 1.20*) - "A" Selection
Race 7 - The Paseana - # 4 Golden Production (9.40) - No Selection
Race 8 - # 9 Ready for More (2.50*) - "C" Selection
Race 9 - # 6 Vegas Bound (16.00) - No Selection
While her margin of victory was less than a length, Velvet Mesquite won with such ease that it seems so wrong in retrospect to have not used her as a single "A". We did use a single "A" in the second leg, the Paseana: # 6 Stanwyck (2.30), who had every chance you could ask for to pass Golden Production in the stretch; but the winner would not be denied.
Jockey Mike Smith hustled Ready for More right out of the gate for an easy wire-to-wire victory in Race 8. Meanwhile, # 5 Tripski (3.70), one of our two "A" selections, showed none of the early speed that he had displayed his last time out and finished sixth, a half length behind our other "A" selection, # 3 Pure Loyalty (2.60). Finally, Vegas Bound, the most experienced runner in the finale, proved that the eighth time's the charm, winning the last leg easily, crossing the wire more than a half dozen lengths in front of Place horse (and "A" selection) # 4 Moscato Girl (0.80*).
So we could only get one "A" selection home; and even that victory is somewhat bittersweet, as it was a race that in retrospect we spread too wide. So not a good day for the home team, as our Late Pick Four play results in a Net Loss of $66.
Oh well; onto the next race.
Meanwhile, those who played the correct Pick Four sequence of 7 / 4 / 9 / 6 (which, incidentally, was given out on air by TVG's Paul LoDuca) were rewarded with a payout of $1,015.55 for their fifty cent wager. May God bless them as they spend their winnings.
Peace and Love,
Jimbo
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