The weather was sloppy, the track was sloppy, and, frankly, my picking was sloppy today.
It wasn't quite a goose-egg, but I didn't cash a ticket of any kind on the Derby. Damned that Golden Soul!
Yes, I had an exacta with 16 over 3 or 5, but...
Yes, I had a superfecta with 16 over a series of numbers, but none of them was 4.
What I find interesting about the post-coverage is how little is being said about Golden Soul.
So, let me tell you this little bit: my analysis put Golden Soul 16th.
GS was the last horse into the race, with 7 points (right?) after a host of pretenders with 20 points dropped out -- early in the week when all these trainers and owners were wondering, one site indicating Golden Soul's team had committed to coming if eligible. Right on!
Before we talk about the Preakness, look at those payoffs today: Exacta $981; 50cent Trifecta $1731; $1 Superfecta $28,542! Yeah, serious change. If you had the 4 to place, a mere $38.60!
But who had Golden Soul?
A sign of the picks was no one hit the Super Hi 5 -- the top 5 in order. $303k carries over to somewhere...
As to the Preakness, Orb looked great today, outrunning the field from the third turn home and winning by a good margin (2+ lengths). A bunch of horses seemed to skip the Derby (seeing all the mud and all the horses bounce off each other at the start and in various spots, you could hardly blame them), but none looks a challenge in two weeks, if he has gas left. Surely the next four in the Derby, if healthy, should follow him to Baltimore.
And, yes, it was my worst day at the track, EVER, in terms of monetary losses AND total tickets not cashed -- five times I had the front end of a daily double, but...and one P3 I had first two, and...
Spilt milk.
Back to the drawing board. How to make money around Orb in two weeks.
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