9/26/21 Remington Park All-Stakes Pick Four - Results

Race 9 - The Ricks Memorial - # 4 Golden Curl (Final Odds 2.20*) - "B" Selection

Race 10 - The David M Vance - # 8 Greeley and Ben (1.50*) - "A" Selection

Race 11 - The Oklahoma Derby - # 3 Warrant (3.20) - "B" Selection

Race 12 - The Remington Green - # 3 Spooky Channel (2.60*) - "A" Selection

Not much to say regarding Sunday's sequence in Oklahoma, as all four events ran true to form, with three races being won by the Post Time Favorite, and the other winner paying just $8.40 on top.  Fortunately I didn't outsmart myself when placing my wagers, and I therefore was able to collect.

For the record, here are the $0.50 Will Pays for the other five runners to which I would have cashed in the nightcap:

# 1 Sunlit Song (4.40) - $157.65 Finish: 2nd

# 5 Tut's Revenge (3.60) - $112.80 Finish: 3rd

# 10 Don'task Don'ttell (10.00) - $262.75 Finish: 6th

# 11 Megacity (4.10) - $128.20 Finish: 7th

# 12 Spirit Animal (15.90) - $498.30 Finish: 5th

But that's what might have been.  What actually came to be was a correct All-Stakes Pick Four sequence of  4 / 8 / 3 / 3  which paid $69.20 for a fifty cent wager.  That makes for a profit of $3.20 on my initial $66 investment; or approximate odds of 0.05-1.  Which sure ain't much; but I guarantee you that you'll never see me turn my nose up at profit.

I hope you all had it with me.  May God bless us as we spend our winnings.

Onto the next race!

Peace and Love,

Jimbo

9/26/21 Remington Park All-Stakes Pick Four - Preview

"Nothing is more expensive than a missed opportunity." - H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

It's Oklahoma Derby Day at Remington Park, and the good people at Oklahoma City have once again put together a monster card featuring eight stakes, including a couple of the Graded variety.  So with that as introduction let's just get to it, as I take a run at the All-Stakes Pick Four at Remington Park.

RACE 9 - (F) The Ricks Memorial $60k - Eight and a Half Furlongs Turf

A’s

# 5 Valentines Day (Morning Line 8-1)

B's

# 4 Golden Curl (ML 4-1)

# 6 Island Hideaway (GB) (ML 6-1)

C's

# 1 Klayton's Kandy (ML 5-1)
# 2 Good Fight (ML 15-1)

# 7 Brandons Babe (ML 8-1)

# 8 Zamzam (ML 20-1)

# 9 Martz's Mae (ML 20-1)

Scratch # 3 Curlin's Journey (ML 8-5)

Needless to say, the scratch of the 8-5 Morning Line Favorite certainly changes the complexion of this contest; even is said Morning Line Favorite did perform quite poorly in the 2020 edition of this event.

Valentines Day has been having some difficulty finding the Winner's Circle of late.  But Valentines Day certainly loves this turf course, and Valentines Day is getting some class relief off her recent efforts.

Golden Curl closed quite well in her last start out at Del Mar, and could be the one running best late.  Island Hideaway (GB), making her 2021 debut, looks to have been working well for this event.  The backup "C" Selections are the rest of the field.

RACE 10 - The David M Vance $150k - Six Furlongs Dirt

A’s

# 8 Greeley and Ben (ML 3-1)

B's

# 3 Nitrous (ML 4-1)

C's

# 1 Empire of Gold (ML 6-1)

# 2 Bybee (ML 15-1)

# 4 Long Range Toddy (ML 8-1)

# 5 Welder (ML 7-2)

# 6 Mr Money Bags (ML 8-1)

# 7 It Makes Sense (ML 15-1)

# 9 Share the Upside (ML 8-1)

Greeley and Ben, winner of his last eight in a row, looks much the best here, and a good case could be made for making Greeley and Ben a big ticket single.  But I've included Nitrous on the main ticket because I think Nitrous needed that last race off the layoff, and Nitrous certainly fits well here on class.  The backup "C" Selections are everyone else.

RACE 11 - The Oklahoma Derby (Grade 3) - Nine Furlongs Dirt

A's

# 7 Mr. Wireless (ML 3-1)

B's

# 1 Super Stock (ML 7-2)

# 3 Warrant (ML 5-2)

C's

# 2 Flash of Mischief (ML 8-1)

# 4 Parrot Head (ML 20-1)
# 5 Team Merchants (ML 6-1)

# 6 Defeater (ML 12-1)

# 8 Dial in for Lute (ML 15-1)

Mr. Wireless, winner of four of his last five, including a pair of Grade 3 events, looks well meant here.  Super Stock, winner of the Grade 1 Arkansas Derby back in April, seems to enjoy the nine furlong distance.

Warrant, trained by Brad Cox, couldn't catch up to Mr. Wireless last time out in the Grade 3 West Virginia Derby; perhaps Warrant will fare better with the change of venue.  The backup "C" Selections are the rest of the field.

RACE 12 - The Remington Green $100k - Nine Furlongs Turf

A’s

# 3 Spooky Channel (ML 7-2)

B's

# 1 Sunlit Song (ML 6-1)

# 5 Tut's Revenge (ML 9-2)

# 10 Don'task Don'ttell (ML 8-1)

# 11 Megacity (ML 5-1)

# 12 Spirit Animal (ML 8-1)

C's

# 4 Guided Missile (ML 30-1)

# 6 Popular Kid (ML 12-1)

# 7 Carlea's Dream (ML 15-1)

# 8 Fred'stwirlincandy (ML 20-1)

# 9 Singapore Flash (ML 12-1)

Scratch # 2 Box Seat (ML 30-1)

Spooky Channel took the Place last time out in the $125k Kentucky Downs TVG Preview Turf Cup last time out, and Spooky Channel could move up with the cutback in distance.  Sunlit Song is the defending champ for this event, and Sunlit Song tends to do well at today's distance.

Tut's Revenge and Megacity project to be the ones leading the field early; should one stumble the other may get loose on the front end.  Don'task Don'ttell could get a nice pressing trip and first run at the early leaders.

Spirit Animal could be the one running best late.  The backup "C" Selections are the rest of the field.

OK, that's the analysis.  Playing my tickets in modified Crist fashion, I get:

All A Entries

$1.00 P4: 5 with 8 with 7 with 3 $1.00

All A Entries with All B Entries

$0.50 P4: 4,5,6 with 3,8 with 1,3,7 with 1,3,5,10,11,12 $54.00

A's with One C

$0.50 P4: 1,2,7,8,9 with 8 with 7 with 3 $2.50

$0.50 P4: 5 with 1,2,4,5,6,7,9 with 7 with 3 $3.50

$0.50 P4: 5 with 8 with 2,4,5,6,8 with 3 $2.50

$0.50 P4: 5 with 8 with 7 with 4,6,7,8,9 $2.50

Total: $66.00

Post Time for Race 9 is 8:04 EDT / 5:04 PDT.  Good luck to all.

Peace and Love,

Jimbo

And We're Back!

Be it ever so humble, there's no place like home.  And so I'm back.  And while this place is definitely humble, it is also much easier to manage than the other site.  Hopefully all the problems that led to the initial move are now a thing of the past, and I'll be hanging out here again for a long time to come.

Hopefully.

Peace and Love,

Jimbo

We've Moved!

Jimbo on Thoroughbreds can now be found at the following location:

https://jimbomatthews.wixsite.com/website

Thanks for visiting, and I hope to see you at the new place!

Onto the next race!

Peace and Love,

Jimbo

6/26/21 Pleasanton Late Pick Four - Results

Race 6 - # 6 Time to Zoom (Final Odds 9.20) - "A" Selection

Race 7 - # 4 Blood Red Moon (7.20) - via DQ* - "B" Selection

Race 8 - The She's A Tiger - # 5 Miss Stormy D (0.50*) - "A" Selection

Race 9 - # 1 My Sunshine (1.70*) - "A" Selection

* In Race 7, "C" Selection # 5 Awesome Dude (4.40) crossed under the wire first by a nose; but Awesome Dude was disqualified and placed 2nd for bumping "B" Selection # 4 Blood Red Moon (0.50*) at the top of the stretch and, in a unanimous ruling, costing Blood Red Moon a better placing.

There are few ways better to begin a sequence than to get home an "A" Selection that pays twenty dollars to Win.  And there's certainly nothing wrong with continuing a sequence by having your "B" Selection get put up over your "C" Selection by DQ after losing the photo by a nose (even though I still would have cashed, as I did get my "A" Selections home in each of the other three legs).  So give credit where you will; a little talent, a little luck, a little help from the good Lord above; the bottom line is that Saturday was a day for me to collect instead of contribute.

For the record, here are the $0.50 Will Pays for the other three runners to which I would have cashed in the nightcap:

# 2 One Eyed Robin (5.20) - $728.20 Finish: 4th

# 3 Known (4.90) - $438.00 Finish: 6th

# 6 Desert Dude (2.60) - $327.80 Finish: 3rd

But that's what might have been.  What actually came to be was a correct Late Pick Four sequence of  6 / 4 / 5 / 1  which paid $315.25 for a fifty cent wager.  That makes for a profit of $271.75 on my initial $43.50 investment; or approximate odds of 6.25-1.

I hope you all had it with me.  May God bless us as we spend our winnings.

Onto the next race!

Peace and Love,

Jimbo

6/26/21 Pleasanton Late Pick Four - Preview

“Success seems to be connected with action.  Successful people keep moving.  They make mistakes, but they don’t quit.” - Conrad Hilton

It's recently come to my attention that Google has been deleting certain posts from this blog; most recently my post detailing the results of last Saturday's Late Pick Four at Santa Anita.  I was advised that the posts were in violation of "community guidelines;" though I know not which community guidelines, as Google did not say.  So, I submitted a request to have the posts reinstated; and they were.  Yay!

But then the posts were deleted again by Google; again, with no explanation as to why, other than because they violated "community guidelines."  Perhaps the community has grown tired of reading about me trashing my tickets instead of cashing them?  Determined to find out, I wrote to Google's Blogger support.  As of this writing, I have received no reply.

Needless to say, I don't write blog posts just to have someone else delete them.  Also needless to say, I don't contact help and support just to be ignored.  So expect sometime in the coming days for this blog to have a new address.

So with that out of the way we can turn now to the more important subject of horse racing in Northern California, where Saturday's featured race is the $75k She's A Tiger, a two turn route for fillies and mares.  I'll be taking a look at that contest below, as I take a run at The Late Pick Four at Pleasanton.

RACE 6 - Clm $8k N2L - Six Furlongs Dirt

A’s

# 6 Time to Zoom (Morning Line 10-1)

B’s

# 5 Unusual Mischief (ML 15-1)

# 7 Lastbesthope (ML 15-1)

C's

# 2 Juggles (ML 7-2)

# 3 Runaway Kristin (ML 3-1)

# 4 Gregs City Zip (ML 9-2)

Scratch # 1 Theluteismine (ML 8-5)

The scratch of the 8-5 Morning Line Favorite has certainly changed the complexion of this contest.  Time to Zoom is young enough and lightly raced enough that improvement is likely.  Time to Zoom is also out of a Closing Argument mare, so Time to Zoom may do well in his first try on real dirt.

Unusual Mischief ran well in his one prior try on dirt.  Lastbesthope is by Haynesfield, winner of the 2010 Suburban and 2010 Jockey Club Gold Cup at Belmont Park; so it's fair to presume that Lastbesthope has solid dirt breeding.  The backup "C" Selections are everyone else.

RACE 7 - Clm $16k N2L - Eight and a Third Furlongs Dirt

A’s

# 7 Single Barrel (ML 7-2)

B’s

# 1 Big City Bane (ML 5-1)

# 4 Blood Red Moon (ML 20-1)

C's

# 2 Roaring Tiger (ML 2-1)
# 3 I Will Yeah (Ire) (ML 6-1)

# 5 Awesome Dude (ML 8-1)

# 6 Balius (ML 3-1)

Single Barrel has run well in the past over this dirt track, and Single Barrel could improve going second off the layoff. Big City Bane took the Place at this approximate class level last time out, albeit on the turf.

Blood Red Moon took the Show at this approximate class level last time out, albeit on the synthetic.  The backup "C" Selections are the rest of the field.

RACE 8 - (F) The She's A Tiger $75k - Eight and a Half Furlongs Dirt

A’s

# 5 Miss Stormy D (ML 5-2)

B's

# 3 Clockstrikestwelve (ML 3-1)

C's

# 1 Tiz Fake News (ML 10-1)
# 2 Time Voyage (Ire) (ML 6-1)

# 7 Blue Diva (ML 6-1)

Scratch # 4 Northwest Factor (ML 7-2) and # 6 Wise Rachel (ML 6-1)

Multiple Graded Stakes Placed Miss Stormy D looks classiest here.  Clockstrikestwelve has won in the past off a freshening.  The backup "C" Selections are everyone else.

RACE 9 - Clm $4k B - Eight and a Third Furlongs Dirt

A’s

# 1 My Sunshine (ML 15-1)

B's

# 2 One Eyed Robin (ML 7-2)

# 3 Known (ML 10-1)

# 6 Desert Dude (ML 8-1)

C's

# 4 Little John (ML 4-1)

# 5 Southeast Asia (ML 9-2)

# 7 Aigle (ML 8-1)

Scratch # 8 Journey to Run (ML 5-2)

This contest is restricted to runners which have either:

1) Not won a race since April 1; OR

2) Which have never won four races.

So as long as an entrant has fewer than four career Wins, then they're eligible to run in this race.  If a runner has four career Wins or more, then none of those Wins could have come after March 31, 2021.  For the record Southeast Asia is the only runner in this field with more than three career victories.

So, like the first leg, this contest sees the scratch of the Morning Line Favorite.  My Sunshine is a reclaim by Trainer Reid France, for whom My Sunshine ran quite well earlier this year.  One Eyed Robin, a winner off the layoff back in May, could rebound off his most recent effort.

Known and Desert Dude are both prior winners over this dirt track.  The backup "C" Selections are the rest of the field.

OK, that's the analysis.  Playing my tickets in modified Crist fashion, I get:

All A Entries

$1.00 P4: 6 with 7 with 5 with 1 $1.00

All A Entries with All B Entries

$0.50 P4: 5,6,7 with 1,4,7 with 3,5 with 1,2,3,6 $36.00

A's with One C

$0.50 P4: 2,3,4 with 7 with 5 with 1 $1.50

$0.50 P4: 6 with 2,3,5,6 with 5 with 1 $2.00

$0.50 P4: 6 with 7 with 1,2,7 with 1 $1.50

$0.50 P4: 6 with 7 with 5 with 4,5,7 $1.50

Total: $43.50

Post Time for Race 6 is 8:15 EDT / 5:15 PDT.  Good luck to all.

Peace and Love,

Jimbo