Thursday's Racing Results
Published by BG on Thursday, January 05, 2006 at 8:09 AM.
Thursday's Racing Results
· Race 1 - #4 Bronx Cheer didn't menace. I put together a wacky trifecta with Bronx Cheer locked into second place too, and found three of the four horses I had in that trifecta hitting the board for a $407 payout on the $1 tri. Net loss of $14 ($5 to win on #4, $9 trifecta miss)
· Race 2 - Liked #2 Preceptor a great deal here, and said I'd play anywhere north of 5/2. Got him at 7/2 for a $5 win ticket. Didn't play #8 Bluff for the win, as I thought he was an underlay at 2/1. Bluff won, paying $6.60 on the win. You can't second guess yourself if you think it's a bad bet (I did) even if it wins. Net loss of $5 (win on Preceptor).
· Race 3 - I put a single $2 win bet on a longshot in this Maiden race. Lost $2.
· Race 5 - I had $4 to win on #2 Imagebylamplight, who I liked a little bit at his closing price of 9/1. Missed. Also had $5 to win on #1 Kisses For Kara, who I said I'd play at 7/2 or better. I played her at 2/1 and regret it. Then I put together two $12 trifecta tickets, ignoring #8 Kickn Chickn on top and I didn't buy a win ticket on him either. And he did go off better than 9/2 (5/1). Net loss of $33 on this race, and I'm kicking my own chicken in regret.
· Race 6 - I liked a lot of horses in this race, but only played #1 Sacred Feather on a win ticket (off odds of 3/2). Bad play by me, and it missed. I ended up building a $4 trifecta ticket that hit for $37.60, and took the two horses I liked on the front leg of two $2 Daily Double ticket singled with the favorite in the next. Had to sweat that out. Net gain of $28.60.
· Race 7 - My Daily Double pick was #6 Montecastillo, who ran exactly the race I figured he would. Lurked midpack, then blew everyone away in the stretch. I cashed the Daily Double winner for $35.60. I also had a $5 win ticket at even money for Montecastillo, which paid out $10.50. I missed on $6 worth of win tickets on a horse named On The Fan, who I liked enough at his off odds of 14/1 to take a look. No worries. Net gain of $31.10.
· Race 8 - The horses I really liked here, #1 Great Plains and #7 Davids Expectation, both went off at odds that were patently unattractive. Didn't want to play them, but for some reason I felt like putting together a skinny superfecta for $8 (which I hit three parts of), and an $8 trifecta (which I hit one leg of). I look back at this shit and get embarrassed. Net loss $16.
· Race 9 - No wagers made. I liked #1 County Trial and #2 Andiamo, but not at the prices being offered. #7 Chispazo was a horse that intrigued me too, but 4/1 was way too skinny to let me take a look. Andiamo won by a nose over a horse I thought was overrated and inconsistent, so I'm not heartbroken about missing a bet here.
Net loss for the card was $11.30. I pushed $89 through the windows, and since takeout is roughly 20% (the track's cut before the pools are divvied up amongst the winners), my acceptable loss/break-even number was $17.80, which means I did fairly well today. Had I not been a retard with the wacky exotic bets (not including the $4 trifecta I hit, which was a good bet for that race) and had I not ignored Kickn Chickn, it would have been a much better day. I love that I didn't play win tickets in races eight and nine, as the value just wasn't there, but I can't give myself kudos for discipline when I'm playing $8 superfectas now, can I? Regardless, good day and one I'll try to improve upon for Saturday.
· Race 1 - #4 Bronx Cheer didn't menace. I put together a wacky trifecta with Bronx Cheer locked into second place too, and found three of the four horses I had in that trifecta hitting the board for a $407 payout on the $1 tri. Net loss of $14 ($5 to win on #4, $9 trifecta miss)
· Race 2 - Liked #2 Preceptor a great deal here, and said I'd play anywhere north of 5/2. Got him at 7/2 for a $5 win ticket. Didn't play #8 Bluff for the win, as I thought he was an underlay at 2/1. Bluff won, paying $6.60 on the win. You can't second guess yourself if you think it's a bad bet (I did) even if it wins. Net loss of $5 (win on Preceptor).
· Race 3 - I put a single $2 win bet on a longshot in this Maiden race. Lost $2.
· Race 5 - I had $4 to win on #2 Imagebylamplight, who I liked a little bit at his closing price of 9/1. Missed. Also had $5 to win on #1 Kisses For Kara, who I said I'd play at 7/2 or better. I played her at 2/1 and regret it. Then I put together two $12 trifecta tickets, ignoring #8 Kickn Chickn on top and I didn't buy a win ticket on him either. And he did go off better than 9/2 (5/1). Net loss of $33 on this race, and I'm kicking my own chicken in regret.
· Race 6 - I liked a lot of horses in this race, but only played #1 Sacred Feather on a win ticket (off odds of 3/2). Bad play by me, and it missed. I ended up building a $4 trifecta ticket that hit for $37.60, and took the two horses I liked on the front leg of two $2 Daily Double ticket singled with the favorite in the next. Had to sweat that out. Net gain of $28.60.
· Race 7 - My Daily Double pick was #6 Montecastillo, who ran exactly the race I figured he would. Lurked midpack, then blew everyone away in the stretch. I cashed the Daily Double winner for $35.60. I also had a $5 win ticket at even money for Montecastillo, which paid out $10.50. I missed on $6 worth of win tickets on a horse named On The Fan, who I liked enough at his off odds of 14/1 to take a look. No worries. Net gain of $31.10.
· Race 8 - The horses I really liked here, #1 Great Plains and #7 Davids Expectation, both went off at odds that were patently unattractive. Didn't want to play them, but for some reason I felt like putting together a skinny superfecta for $8 (which I hit three parts of), and an $8 trifecta (which I hit one leg of). I look back at this shit and get embarrassed. Net loss $16.
· Race 9 - No wagers made. I liked #1 County Trial and #2 Andiamo, but not at the prices being offered. #7 Chispazo was a horse that intrigued me too, but 4/1 was way too skinny to let me take a look. Andiamo won by a nose over a horse I thought was overrated and inconsistent, so I'm not heartbroken about missing a bet here.
Net loss for the card was $11.30. I pushed $89 through the windows, and since takeout is roughly 20% (the track's cut before the pools are divvied up amongst the winners), my acceptable loss/break-even number was $17.80, which means I did fairly well today. Had I not been a retard with the wacky exotic bets (not including the $4 trifecta I hit, which was a good bet for that race) and had I not ignored Kickn Chickn, it would have been a much better day. I love that I didn't play win tickets in races eight and nine, as the value just wasn't there, but I can't give myself kudos for discipline when I'm playing $8 superfectas now, can I? Regardless, good day and one I'll try to improve upon for Saturday.
