So I finally won some money at Santa Anita Park. I suppose it helped that the favorites came in.
In the first and second race, I won a daily double. I would have won an exacta, but I forgot my rule about skipping the trifectas. For the second race, I picked a winner.
Things went downhill in the 3rd and 4th race. My box exacta didn't have a chance as a longshot won the 3rd race. For the 4th race I had trouble when another longshot won.
Things perked up in the 5th thru 7th race when I followed Bejarano's coattails as he won 3 in a row. I picked up an exacta in the 5th and a daily double in the 6th/7th. Also, in the 7th, I went with a longshot for show, Thermal Nermal with Talamo. I figured why not go with a longshot when a top jockey is riding.
For the 8th race, I came away with nothing, but then I only went with one bet.
It felt good walking away with a little money after having spent the last few trips to Santa Anita Park a little lighter in the pocket.
I once again got the Racing Daily Form. Did it help me pick horses or was I just lucky? There is a lot of stats in that Form. For a guy like me, it is fun just staring at all the stats. For a couple races, it actually made it very difficult to make a decision. You have a situation sometimes where it seems that all the horses in a race have raced the exact same distance at the exact same time. So confusing. And considering I like making a Daily Double bet, I seriously couldn't even place a Daily Double bet a couple times, because I just couldn't make a quick enough decision about the 2nd half the bet. I suppose that might be why I should show up even earlier at the track . . .
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