We finished the week with a nice win at Santa Anita. Darling Dodie a first time starter went off at 7/1 and paid $16.00 for her efforts. I didn't get to see the race, but did read the recap and it looked like Corey Nakatani set her up perfectly. Interesting note on that maiden race, all three finishers were first time starters! We handicapped four races for the week, playing $2 to win on each race, we invested $8.00 and returned $16.00, not a bad start for the week.
Today we have three big races at Aqueduct, and I like the favorites in each of them: Hansen, It's Tricky and Caleb Posse. I'll be handicapping the Battaglia Memorial over at Turfway Park for 3YO. that analysis will be at horseplayersassociation.org under Weekend Handicapping.
One last note, I want to leave you all with a quote from Mark Cramer,
In Search of the Steady Horse
In search of this ideal, we must reckon with certain realities of horse racing:
1. No horse wins all races.
2. Dependable horses that win most races yield an unplayably low average mutual.
3. The closet thing to a truly "consistent" horse is one that loses all its races.
Have a great weekend, and see you on Monday.
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