7/11: Hollywood Park ($514k C/O)
Enjoyed another fun day at Calder for Summit of Speed, with solid P4 return of $400+ a bonus. Caught the Belmont P4 for $2 as well ($135), but took agonizing anchor leg beat in Monmouth P5 when Banrock fell a neck short to oncoming winner Violon Sacre. Hollywood stakes hits were nice but couldn't negotiate P6 carry or late P4, and bulbous 2 day pot at Inglewood exceeds $514,000. Hope everybody banged a few out yesterday and did well!
HOLLYWOOD PARK
PRE-SCRATCHES
4th: CLM, 3+, 1m-T (P6, P3, DD, Super)
Short field but very good group. #6 Fire Break is the must-use and possible single try on narrowest of plays, with #4 Kris Silver the other obvious consideration..
5th: CLM/N2L, F&M-3, 7f (P3, DD, Super)
No less than 5 turn-backers here, and a couple of last out winners -- almost always preferable to those that won further back on the page. #9 Ten's Salty Sally, #1 So Hottie and #4 Simply Put are the three I'm using, with #3 Shatika's Dream, #5 Warren's Ruby and #6 Celebration considerations on a back-up play..
6th: MDN CLM, 3+, 6f (P4, P3, DD, Super)
#4 Nostalgic Bid has run 5 races that probably should have already produced a diploma, and that's always disconcerting when you want to single in a situation like this. Narrow plays have to lean on the Mandella trainee, but bigger ducats will look at #1 Battle Point, #5 Boomtown and #8 Peanut Butter Boy as possible upsetters..
7th: ALW/N1X, 3+, 6f (P3, DD, Super)
Good race with as many as 5 seriously eligible for laurels. Top individual for me is #6 Mensa Heat (7-2), but #1 Our Shorty, #7 Imco Spirit, #2 Scored and #4 Mesa Thunder, (in that order of preference), could impose..
8th: 66th Landaluce, 2yo-F, 6f (DD, Super)
Juvy fillies and though #1 Belleofthebridle (5-2) looks like she's close to #2 Dawnie Macho (2-1), I think Sadler will be tough to deny with the favored acquiree that aired in debut at Chicago with Catalano. #5 She'll Heir and #7 Swiss Wildcat will rally and stalk respectively if the top two duel and falter..
9th: Cal-MSW, 2yo, 5.5 (Super, Super High 5)
Kind of an ugly finish to monster carryover sextet with gaggle of Cal-bred suspects signed on. Of those that have run, #1 Tribal Wish, #2 Stormin Rae and #10 Woodmans Luck are the obvious 'most likelys', but a firster feels like right direction to look, so #5 Tahoe Yodeler and #8 Slammer Time should be employed..
P6 Play(s):
4: 4-6
5: 1-4-9
6: 4
7: 6-7 (1-2)
8: 2
9: 1-5 (2-8-10)
Main: 2x3x1x2x1x2 = 24 x $2 = $48
<$75 P4 Play:
6: 4
7: 1-2-4-6-7
8: 1-2
9: 1-2-5-8-10
1x5x2x5 = $50 $1 P4 Pays $72.90
Good luck!
Steve
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Last edited by Kasept : 07-11-2010 at 09:11 PM.
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