12/30: Aqueduct (4th-9th)

[the_fat_man]

Originally Posted by Kasept

Mandatory year end payout at AQU today with uncertainty for New Year's Day still hanging over S. Ozone Park...


AQUEDUCT


4th: NYB-MSW, 2yo-F, 6f (P6, P3, .10 Super)

Best Value: #3 STAID 9-2 5th
Most Likely: #6 Quixotic Lassie 3-1 WON
Next Best: #2 Crane Bay 7-2 3rd
Exotics Add: #9 Chicks Are Better 12-1 2nd

I don't know if you're aware of this or not but

Chicks Are Better would've won the race if Hill didn't inexplicably switch the whip and CHANGE TO A NEW SET of GOGGLES a few strides before the wire, losing significantly enough momentum for the winner to go by. It was bad enough the horse didn't change leads but he only had a few more strides to the finish.