5/17: Belmont ($47k C/O)

[Kasept]

Can't figure out how Saturday could have been a much better day for players, fans and racing in general... Pimlico card had more than enough quirky results to make the mutuels zing, and the 134th Preakness will turn out to be one that all enthusiasts will fondly recall. Anyone that hoped for historic and exciting got all that and more.

The best part of Rachel Alexandra's win is that it quashes the wild-eyed, ill-informed zealots who gleefully seek to destroy the game due to their inability to comprehend what the horseplayer, fan and industry stakeholder all love about it: the fact that it induces genuine and unfettered emotion.

The types that spew vitriol at racing and eagerly claim the sport is dying, which unfortunately includes some within the sport itself, are jealous misanthropes who seek validation for their own sad lives. Because they are completely desensitized to experiences like the thrall of Baltimore Saturday, or too frightened to feel the despair of Louisville a year ago, they try to diminish the experience for those intrepid enough to brave racing's natural highs and lows. Too bad for them. They don't know what they're missing.

Window work went well too Saturday, catching some excellent 'Best Value' runners including $40.20 Motown Shuffle in the ALW 5th and $28.40 No Advantage in the Schaefer. Offered up the Preakness triple as well, with Musket/Mine inversed behind Rachel on top. Hit 3 of the 4 Pick 4's Friday-Saturday, but lost money on the short-priced sequences. Hope you did well on the Black-Eyed Susan-Preakness Weekend... Belmont carryover to try today.


BELMONT PARK


POST-SCRATCHES


5th: MSW, F&M-3+, 7f-T (P6, P3, DD)

Most Likely: #4 More to the Story 3-1 6th
Best Value: #7 Strike the Bell 10-1 WON
Next Best: #10 Miss Catalyst 2-1 4th


6th: MDN CLM, 3yo-F, 8.5f-T (G/S, P3, DD)

Most Likely: #2 SCR
Best Value: #8 Proud Diva 8-1 7th
Next Best: #4 Selene's Delight 12-1 2nd


7th: MSW, 3+, 1m (P4, P3, DD)

Most Likely: #6 Allrightsreserved 3-1 2nd
Best Value: #7 Country Trick 10-1 6th
Next Best: #2 Empirior 9-2 3rd
Exotics Use: #1a Eye on Jacob 5-2 WON


8th: Lure, 3+, 7f-T (P3, DD)

Most Likely: #2 Prince Rahy 5-2 3rd
Best Value: #4 SCR
Next Best: #6 Ballast 4-1 2nd
Super Add: #7 Our Friend Harvey 3-1 WON


9th: CLM/N1Y, 3+, 9f-T (DD, Super)

Most Likely: #2 Optimer 2-1 2nd
Best Value: #6 Thunder Minister 10-1 4th
Next Best: #7 Bon Marie 3-1 3rd
Super Add: #1 (POE) Akebono 8-1 5th


10th: 31st Mount Vernon, NYB F&M-3+, 8.5f-T (Super)

Most Likely: #6 I Lost My Choo 2-1 WON
Best Value: #7 You Go West Girl 4-1 3rd
Next Best: #3 Love Cove 5-1 5th
Super Add: #4 Chestoria 6-1 6th


<$300 P6 Play:

5: 4-7-10
6: 4-8
7: 1-2-6-7
8: 2
9: 2-6-7
10: 6-7

3x2x4x1x3x2 = 144 x $2 = $288


<$75 P4 Play:

7: 1-2-6-7
8: 2
9: 1-2-6-7
10: 3-4-6-7

4x1x4x4 = $64


Good luck!
Steve