Mar
2
Bettersweetmoment
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I love horses like BETTERSWEETMOMENT. Professional win machines that go out and give their best every time out. BETTERSWEETMOMENT started her career running in a $12,500 maiden claimer at Golden Gate. She won her first four starts (Golden Gate, Hollywood Park, Santa Anita), the first two times for Steve Miyadi and the next two for Art Sherman. He lost her to John Sadler, who won a race with her. And now Steve Knapp has rattled off three straight with her at this meet, accounting for one third of his training victories. I put the knock on Knapp yesterday but he’s done a great job with this filly, who is now eight for 11 lifetime and racked up nearly $200,000 in earnings.
It was also a good gambling race for me. On my Premium Play selections I suggested a Win Bet on ‘MOMENT ($15.60) as well as keying her on two $24 trifecta tickets. Bingo. The tri came back $918, and that was after hitting the 4th race tri for $191 on a $28 investment (after scratch of Clan Chief). Four top choice winners, returning $33.60 in mutuels…all in all a very good day.
Two winners for Aaron Gryder (fourth in the jockey standings with 25) and two for Victor Espinoza (47), who trails leading man Garrett Gomez by 11.
PHAR TO WIN rebounded with an easy front-running victory in the 3rd race. He is one tough customer when he can dictate the pace.
Six-way shake for DEL MAR CAT, who won on the drop and was taken by Jenine Sahadi. My guess is that she was claimed as a broodmare. Knapp reached in for suspicous dropper NATIONAL HONOR in the 4th…can’t like this claim a little bit.
The Pick Six pool swelled to over $900,000 ($796,798 bet chasing the $115,000 carryover) and there were 34 winning tickets worth nearly $15,000. My two suggested P6 “singles” finished second (GOLDEN WAGER in 4th and TWO DIMENSIONAL in 8th). They both ran well but were second best.
The Orange County Register will become the latest major Southern California paper to due away with racing selections we learned today. Jerry Antonucci’s graded handicap, and the consensus box featuring myself, Jeff Siegel and Larry Weinbaum will discontinue after Sunday. Sports editors continue to slash racing coverage despite horse racing being a $15 billion a year gambling industry. No interest? You’ve got to be kidding me. Yes, the ontrack crowds are small, but handle has never been higher due to phone and computer betting accounts. If you live in the Orange Country area, please make your voice heard by calling sports editor Greg Gibson (714) 796-7000 (switchboard)Â or emailing him at ggibson@ocregister.com. Tell your friends that they can continue to get my handicap online at an extremely reasonable price.
This is precisely the reason I started this website…I didn’t want my income to be dependent on a dying newspaper industry, which can’t seem to get out of its own way. I have my opinions on why the papers are losing readership (liberal bias, agenda-driven, etc.) but we’ll save that for another day.
Nine races tomorrow with a regular 1:00 post. Eleven races on Big Cap Day (noon post) with huge fields and great gambling opportunities.
To view a Free Sample of today’s Premium Plays, click on the link below: Premium Plays for Mar. 1
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