The Tickets
With Jessica and I both bullish on the Arkansas Derby, it only makes sense that we would combine our efforts in the hopes of hitting the tri.
We’re playing Gayego w/ Colonel John and Z Fortune w/ ALL and Gayego w/ ALL w/ Colonel John and Z Fortune.
We’ll also back those tickets up by playing Colonel John and Z Fortune on top with Gayego keyed in the second and third spots. We’re betting $60 each on getting Gayego plus at least CJ or Z Fortune to hit the board, but when two people share an opinion on a 20-to-1 horse you gotta hammer it, right?
19 w/ 6, 10 w/ ALL ($36); 19 w/ ALL w/ 6, 10 ($36); 6, 10 w/ 19 w/ 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 16, 18 ($24); 6, 10 w/ 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 16, 18 w/ 19 ($24)
We’re tossing Big Brown.
Appetizer
There’s 33 races scheduled between now and 7 p.m. Saturday, but to hell with patience. I’m heavily invested in #8 Baladeva in here.
He took money sprinting on the turf at Gulfstream and got into trouble when hitting the gate, but still came home in a snappy :11.40.
Baird sticks around, Ward can fire second start, and he gets a drop in class. There’s some negatives, but 2-to-1 is fair value on this one to me, and he’s 5-to-2 now. Let’s get this pick four single home!
Well, that sucked.
Record Handle Recorded
– Through the Oregon wagering hub, and this in a year of upsets and disruptions across ADWs:
Wagering through the Oregon Racing Commission hub system jumped 17.4% in 2007, according to data compiled by the state regulatory agency.
A record total of $1,573,680,475 was processed through Oregon hubs in 2007, up from $1,340,375,866 recorded in 2006.
– Doubts about the times for Dubai World Cup races run after the Godolphin Mile have been raised by the Racing Post, whose clockers came up with discrepancies of almost a second in five races, including the Duty Free, in which Jay Peg was credited with a track record:
Jay Peg was recorded as having set a track best of 1min 46.20sec, beating the time of 1min 46.48sec set by Wolf Whistle in January 2005, despite winning trainer Herman Brown saying immediately after the race: “I didn’t think they went that fast.”
Emirates Racing Authority has removed fractional times for the races from its web site and is conducting an inquiry.
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