The Handicappers went after the final four races on opening day at Churchill Downs Sunday and fared pretty well overall. Let's look at the numbers.
SCOTT HARRIS provided 16 horses that he felt might return a payout. Of those, seven did. 44% return on the day for the Scottster. Out of those, he had two winner, three places and two shows. His Best Bet of the Day also came through in McCracken. Scott also provided an exacta in the sequence that returned $172.70 in the seventh race. On the day, give Scott 26 points
ARCHIE KAREL served up 16 horses as well. Only five of Archie's pick returned money. 31% for the Cubs fan. No winners for Arch, four seconds and a third. His Value Play of the Day did hit in the 10th. race in Clever Girl which paid $19.20.
Archie ends up with 19 points.
PAULIE only had 14 horses enter the gate because of a couple scratches. six of those made the tote board for a 43% in the money percentage. Paulie provided three winners, two places and a show. He had two exactas...one paying $110.20 and also the late pick three for $332.05. His jockey of the day, Brian Hernandez, Jr., also won one race in the sequence. PAULIE bests the boys with 28 points.
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In the total standings, Scott increased his lead over Archie 136-114. It should be noted that Paulie, serving as moderator and not participating in the overall points race...has beaten the Handicappers the last two weeks.
Go Paulie, go Paulie...GO Paulie!
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Some other notes of interest:
-- Paulie's selections in races 8,9, and 10 would have cost you $24 to bet if you had put them in a 50 cent late Pick Three. Your return was $332.05. Here's the stupid part. Paulie played a 50 cent late Pick Four that cost $72. He did not include his top pick in the 10th race in the sequence...trying to save a little money. He hit the first three races, thanks to Scott's wise pick of Mythical Tale in the seventh. Unfortunately, he didn't play the Pick 3 that was in races 7-9.
The Pick four...for 50 cents paid $8010.90. Sometimes, you just need to bite the bullet and put down the extra $24 it would have cost to include a horse, in this case.
-- If you had combined Scott and Paulie's picks in the four race sequence, it would have been a bit pricey...$525 to be exact...but you would have won the $8010.90. That's the equivalent of putting $525 to win on a 14-1 shot...
-- The guys provided four winners for you and none of them went off lower than 6-1 odds. That's some nice handicapping.
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Breeders Cup is getting close! This weekend! As I have done the past several years...I'll post my picks here the day before the Friday and Saturday races. In past years, Sonya has also joined me...we'll see if we can get her to do it again. I'll also extend an offer to Scott and Archie to list their selections here as well.
We'll handicap how ever many races the guys want for Breeders Cup Saturday on our Saturday morning show that starts at noon on WCHQ 100.9 FM and streaming live on the Internet at www.crescenthillradio.com. You can also go back and listen to previous broadcasts at:
LINK: HANDICAPPING HEROES 10/30/16 broadcast
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