Race 6 - # 2 Candy Pink (Final Odds 6.10) - "B" Selection
Race 7 - # 5 Giant Mark (3.20) - "C" Selection
Race 8 - # 2 Dixie Pistol (4.20) - "B" Selection
Race 9 - # 3 Fair Advantage (3.30) - No Selection
Did Giant Mark deserve greater consideration from me in the second leg of the sequence? Giant Mark had failed to hit the board last time out against $6.25k N2X Claimers and was moving up Sunday to open (no conditions) $8k Claimers. But Giant Mark was switching from turf (where he is a lifetime oh-for-three) to synthetic (where he was three-for-nineteen heading into Monday's action. In addition, Giant Mark was switching to a barn that has been enjoying success with runners going first off the claim. So perhaps more consideration should have been given to placing Giant Mark on the big ticket.
As for Fair Advantage, who on Monday was victorious on the Golden Gate main track for the first time in his ninth attempt, I would credit his victory to the contest's pace shape, which set up well for his closing abilities; an eventuality that perhaps should have been foreseen.
Oh well; onto the next race.
Meanwhile, those who had the correct Late Pick Four sequence of 2 / 5 / 2 / 3 were rewarded with a payout of $462.55 for their fifty cent wager. May God bless them as they spend their winnings.
Peace and Love,
Jimbo
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