Saratoga opening day

[rdalert447]

Clement has had a great meet. Guy is tough to beat right now.

-$953

 

[fiftycint]

5th Scherzando is on my watch list....I'll be playing this one

 

[rdalert447]

Race 2
$20 win #6 Coppa Girl 7/2
$2 exbx 6/1,2,4,5
Cox horse is drifting up late, sitting at 5-1. I missed one of his drifters the other day. Not again. Guy is a supreme juicer.

Risk $36, -$953 meet

 

[rdalert447]

Abysmal bets, abysmal racing.

-$989 for meet

 

[rdalert447]

Hoping these prices loosen up a bit….

Race 3
$20 win #5 Sagamore Mischief 12-1
$1 P3 5/1,5/ALL
Taking another swing with NJ based trainer Timothy Hills. His horse ran decent the other day, just not good enough. Sharp trainer so hoping he showed up in this last week with SOMETHING.

Risk $40, -$989 for meet

 

[rdalert447]

Perfect trip, was looking great at head of stretch, 6 finds another gear, Hills horse doesn’t get by. Runs second to………fvcking De Paz.
Par for the course this meet.

-$1029

 

[rdalert447]

Race 5
$20 win #5 Vaunted 10-1
$2 exbx 5/1,2,6
$2 DD 5/2,4
$1 P3 5/4/ALL
$1 P3 5/ALL/2
Rye rain has one big price on meet, looking for a second. Both starts here have been great efforts, being ignored due to the move to turf. I happen to like the move.

 

[rdalert447]

Race 5
$20 win #5 Vaunted 10-1
$2 exbx 5/1,2,6
$2 DD 5/2,4
$1 P3 5/4/ALL
$1 P3 5/ALL/2
Rye rain has one big price on meet, looking for a second. Both starts here have been great efforts, being ignored due to the move to turf. I happen to like the move.

All three of my “underneath” horses filled out the triple. On top horse? Nowhere to be seen. Each race is a different form of torture.

-$1087 for meet

 

[rdalert447]

5th Scherzando is on my watch list....I'll be playing this one

Nice call. I know you had that exacta with Bond on top.

 

[jjgold]

Approx 5 races left

 

[rdalert447]

Race 6
$20 win #4 Dianesretiring 8-1
$2 exbx 4/2,8,9
Baker has had a meet like mine. Awful. He can turn it around with a 2-year-old winner. Or even sweep an exacta. He’s too good to go out with a whimper.

$32 risk

 

[rdalert447]

Approx 5 races left

Turned into a bloodbath

 

[rdalert447]

Race 7
$20 win #4 Snowy Evening 8-1
$2 exbx 2-4
.50c tri 2,4/ALL/2,4
$1 P3 2,4/3,4,7/9,10
In Donk’s last few starts he he has a place at 52-1 and a winner at 9-1. Seems like a barn that is warming up. I’ll stay on.

Risk $46, -$1119 for meet

 

[rdalert447]

Nipped at wire. Torture.

 

[rdalert447]

Race 8
$20 win #7 Fast Buck Freddy 12-1
$2 exbx 4-7
.50 c tri 4,7/ALL/4,7
$1 P4 4,7/9,10/1
$1 P3 7/ALL/1
Abreu horse takes a big step up from MSW to allowance company, but he won easily last out so might be in better form than some in here. Abreu has let me down so far, but he can make amends by sweeping this exacta.

Risk $46, -$1165 for meet

 

[fiftycint]

Nice call. I know you had that exacta with Bond on top.

Yeah but I REALLY needed that win.....boxed 8 9 10 in 8th....just got back from Monmouth great time there

 

[rdalert447]

Race 8
$20 win #7 Fast Buck Freddy 12-1
$2 exbx 4-7
.50 c tri 4,7/ALL/4,7
$1 P4 4,7/9,10/1
$1 P3 7/ALL/1
Abreu horse takes a big step up from MSW to allowance company, but he won easily last out so might be in better form than some in here. Abreu has let me down so far, but he can make amends by sweeping this exacta.

Risk $46, -$1165 for meet

Late scratch of the 4 knocked the risk down to $33. 7 didn’t lift a hoof.

-$1198 for meet

 

[fiftycint]

Ok heading back out to the bar....In the finale at The Great Spa #12 Sparanga for the great Kelly Breen ....betting with my heart here....that one of the truly nice guys in this sport filled with scum can win this
May the horse be with you.....Harvey Pack

 

[rdalert447]

Race 9
$20 win #9 Off the Clock 12-1
$2 exbx 9-10
.50c tri 9,10/ALL/9,10
$1 P3 9,10/1/8,10
Going with Midwest shipper Hamm. Don’t know if he can compete here. Just know when he shows up at Tampa he kicks everyone’s ass.

 

[rdalert447]

Waiving the white flag on a comeback. Saratoga got me this year. Never felt confident, never felt comfortable. Actually feel lucky to only be down in the -$1300 range. Played these just for action on the last two races of the meet.

Race 10
$20 win #1 Just Steel 10-1
$2 DD 1/1,4, 10
Rooting for old man Lukas. At his age, never know which meet will be the Hall of Famer’s last.

Race 11
$20 win #4 Bastion 20-1
$2 Exbx 4-10
.50c tri 4,10/ALL/4,10
Talk about an old time trainer that has fallen on hard times. Albertrani used to train for all the rich Saudis, now can only muster 4 or 5 starters per meet. Another good guy to root for.

Risk $70, -$1235 for meet

If both lose, final figure will be -$1305.
Yuck