3/24/19 Sunland Park All-Stakes Pick Four - Results

Race 8 - The Harry Henson - # 6 Escape Clause (Final Odds 0.60*) - "A" Selection
Race 9 - The Sunland Park Oaks - # 7 Chasing Yesterday (0.05*) - "A" Selection
Race 10 - The Bill Thomas Memorial - # 9 All Out Blitz (2.60) - "B" Selection
Race 11 - The Sunland Park Derby - # 5 Cutting Humor (2.30) - "B" Selection

What to take away from the Sunland Park Derby?  Well, the Todd Pletcher trained Cutting Humor rebounded well from his disappointing effort in the Southwest.  # 2 Anothertwistafate (3.50) showed that he can compete at this level on real dirt, crossing under the wire just a neck behind Cutting Humor.  Meanwhile, yet another favored Bob Baffert runner on the Kentucky Derby trail disappointed; as # 1 Mucho Gusto (0.90*) was about a half dozen lengths back when the Win photo was being snapped.

Still, Sunday wasn't a total loss for Baffert, as Chasing Yesterday won the Sunland Park Oaks by daylight.  Likewise, Sunday wasn't a total loss for me; though the net result wasn't good.

For the record, here are the $0.50 Will Pays for the other two runners to which I would have cashed in the Sunland Park Derby:

# 1 Mucho Gusto (0.90*) - $7.60 Finish: 3rd
# 2 Anothertwistafate (3.50) - $25.55 Finish: 2nd

But that's what might have been.  What actually came to be was a correct Late Pick Four sequence of  6 / 7 / 9 / 5  which paid $18.75 for a fifty cent wager; an amount which is somewhat less than my initial investment of $29.50.  Granted, cashing at a loss definitely beats not cashing at all; but it's certainly not what I had in mind when I placed my bets.

Oh well; onto the next race.

Peace and Love,

Jimbo