I chsed the late Pick 5 at Churchill yesterday and did fairly good overall but only hit four of the five races , so...I DID NOT WIN THE $2237 IT PAID ON THE .50 CENT WAGER.
On the day, I gave you 20 horses to consider over the final five races. Out of those, I had four winners, three places and three shows, for a 50% "in the money" rate. I filled 10 of the 15 possible "payable" slots for 66.6%.
Here's how it went, race by race.
RACE 7 -- I hit the win, place and show spots with HIMIKO (1-1), RISING SEAS and AVIE's SAMURI. It was a good way to start the sequence and the trifecta paid $18.40 on the $1 wager. That made a little profit on the $12 wager.
RACE 8 -- Once again, I had the win, place and show with GAM'S MISSION (8-1), FLOWN, AND MUNNYFOR RO. That was a considerably better tri, paying $355.80 on the $1 box wager of four horses for $12 bucks
RACE 9 -- I gave out the first and seccond place finishers with CRYSTAL BALL (3/5) and MARKET RUNNER. I "singled" CRYSTAL BALL in the PICK 5 and got a run for my money, barely winning after a long stretch duel. That was more anxiety than I needed out of a 3/5 odds-on favorrite...
RACE 10 -- The bomb dropped herre, with 25-1 LADY EDITH getting to the wire first. I didn't have her. I did get NAVRATILOVA up for third, but, GOIN GOOD stumbling out of the gate and running dead last for most of the race didn't help me one bit. I wouldn't expect such out of Brad Cox and Florent Geroux usually. It crashed the Pick 5.
RACE 11 -- MUCHACHA (2-1) was the best out of these optional claimer in the finale, and I gave you that one. I couldn't get anything else home in the top three, though.
So, I dropped $96 on the failed Pick 5, but put $60 total in trifecta boxes and that brought back a profit of $314.20 on those. I'll gladly accept a $218 profit on the day. Sometimes, the trifecta box can be your best buddy at the track and it proved to be Saturday.
I had mentioned watching Luis Saez yesterday in New York. He went 2-9 in his rides yesterday at Belmont, but did win the Peter Pan on (3/2) Promise Keeper -- this prep race for the Belmont Stakes gave Todd Pletcher a winner and definitely one to consider for the final leg of the Triple Crown .
He was still full of run after winning the one turn, 1-1/8th mile race and ran away from Nova Rags in the stretch to win by two lengths. That means Saez may need to think a bit about whether he wants to remain on Essential Quality (who is skipping the Preakness) for Brad Cox or stay on Promise Keeper in the Belmont.
We'll give it a go next Saturday.
paulie
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