May 22

Kick Off The Week With 2-for-4 Day

The Thursday card had only four selections that I had confidence in wagering on.  One of which was in the opener in a 2-year-old Maiden Special sprint.  Rousanne was out of the Steve Asmussen barn with Rosie Napravnik onboard.  When she rides one of his horses, the numbers over the last two springs shows a win 48% of the time!  With two sharp works I thought she was a standout.  She was sent off at a miserly 1/5 and went wire-to-wire, but to be fair, it was NOT easy. 

She was only clear in the final fifty yards, but hey, I'll take the win to kick off the week.  I had a pick in the 3rd, but the weather took all the turf races off the inner course and so I lost my pick.  In the 5th and 6th I had two minimal investments......Nellie Frances was a gigantic 19/1 and ran to her odds (6th_ and then I had Let's Go Ben who ran third in the off-the-turf sprint.  But the "Bet of the Day" came in the last selection of the day, the 8th.  I had won earlier in the meet with Highroller Dave, and he was back today in a Starter Allowance seven furlong sprint.  Several statistics pointed him out....the Tom Amoss barn was off to a 34% start; they were winning 32% with Rosie Napravnik riding; 33% with runners making their second startof the meet, and finally 37% with runners coming off a win. He trailed early and I thought I'd made a mistake, but then he blew by the field easily to score! 

Best of all, even though he only paid $4.00 I had tripled the bet!  50% and a clear profit for the day to kick off the week!