been slackin for a bit blogwise, but not work wise

actually haven’t been able to put in some pre picks because I haven’t been able to study charts the night before so I just go to the track in the morning and start from there.

Made a small profit at Del Mar and Hastings last week but could’ve made so much more had I made the right bets. I’ll illustrate this later.

Anyways Curlin races tomorrow so I’ll have to tape USC’s first game

cheers

Been busy with the book promo tour and stuff but now I’m back and looks like the break was what I needed to get out of my Hastings Slump

Bankroll: 645.55
Wagered: 25.00
Returned: 62.50
Bets Hit: 1-3

R3: $5 on 1 to Win
R4: $10 on 1 to win RETURNED 62.50
R6: $10 on 7 to win

Total Bankroll now at 708.05

Wagered:35.00
Returned:93.50
Bets Hit: 2-2
Total Del Mar Profit July 25- Aug 2: 121.50
Total Wagered on Del Mar: 158.00
Total Returned: 279.50
ROI: 0.77

I could only make it to the track on the Saturday and I came late because I was hungover as shit from playing rockband until 4am. Yes I know, no better way to spend a Friday night.

Made only two bets but they both hit:

R5: $5 Win $10 Place on Ginobili 30.50 + 31.00 RETURNED

R9: $20 on low odds favorite Zenyatta in the G2 Hirsch 32.00 RETURNED

I’m assuming she was named after the Police Album Zenyatta Mondatta. As for the other horse; Ginobili had actually loss me money before finishing 2nd about a dozen times. Kind of like how the Spurs failed to cover the spread on several occasions for me this year. Still he was the most consistent runner so the Place backup seemed logical.

Zenyatta is hands down the best horse I’ve seen this year. She is perfect with 7 wins in 7 races and would probably give Curlin and Big Brown a challenge. Others seem to agree.

Anyways I also did a pick 3 experiment this weekend on Hastings and Del Mar, but I’m keeping those separate from my regular betting totals.

Even though this was the biggest weekend at Hastings, I did not put on single dollar on any of the races and I didn’t even attend Cup Day. Kinda of like the same reason why I won’t watch Dark Knight. I am just so anti-anything that is popular.

That is why my life sucks right, but hey at least I’m doing okay at Del Mar.

Apathy #1
Oh and Spaghetti Mouse won the BC Cup

long weekend here in BC, but I got lame plans on Sunday so I’ll only be able to ponybet on Saturday and Monday. So I’ll at least get to see Zenyatta race and see all the live stakes races at Hastings on BC Day

Anyways this weekend I plan on doing a pick 3 experiment at Del Mar and Hastings Park

Click on the photo below for Ron Cox’s Pick 3 strategy that earned him tons of cash

Here’s an excerpt

This was based on 139 Pic 3 in Nor-Cal and the payouts this was done in the early 90’s or late 80’s.

Conclusions AAA seldom occurs and pays nothing when it does
When two AA horses come in C comes in with them nearly as often as a B horse and pays 3x as much

Other Notes:

Races on BC day at Hastings also look pretty sweet. Big race is the BC Cup Classic which will feature Texas Wildcatter who raced in Kentucky against a couple Triple Crown Ponies. Very rare to see a horse like this in Van City. But you know what, who really cares, as a bet in low level claiming race and a bet on a big stakes race has the same impact on what I eat and whether or not I’ll be able to pay rent

Anyways hopefully I’ll get to a cpu in time for my pre-picks, in the meantime don’t forget to buy a Microsoft Zune this weekend or purchase My Horizontal Life or Stuff White People Like. If you don’t you hate babies and love war.

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all eyes this weekend will be on big brown and whether or not he’ll bounce back from his Belmont flop, however my focus will be on the 9th race at Del Mar tomorrow

Zenyatta will be racing in the G2 Hirsch Handicap and she has been one of my favs this year even though her odds pay nothing (paid 30 cents on the dollar last two races). She’s won all 6 races she’s been in, including two G1s. The G2 Hirsch handicap is probably just a prep and she won’t pay much but I’ll still bet on her. She also happens to be the half sister to Street Boss, hands down my favorite horse this year. Both share the same dad in Irishman Street Cry.

Female division for the Breeders Cup looks the deepest and horse fan dorks like me will be looking forward to an east coast / west coast match between her and last year’s Breeder’s Cup winner Ginger Punch. Just look at the sweet move Ginger Punch makes down the stretch during her last race (2nd video).

Zenyatta’s last G1 race

Ginger Punch in the Go for Wand Handicap

3 Days pony betting on Del Mar and I ain’t doing so bad. Although all my bets were on selected favorites so I’m not a pro yet. Brad Free actually had the same pre picks as me in Race 7 and Race 9 so I went with my second choices.

Wagered:40.00
Returned:74.00
Bets Hit: 2-4
Total Del Mar Profit July 25-26: 39.50
Total Wagered on Del Mar: 123.00
Total Returned: 186.00
ROI: 0.51 (gross)

R1: Passed, got to a computer too late
R3: $10 win on 5
Bad bet odds were too low and buddy came in 3rd
R4: $10 win on 7 RETURNED 42.00
3-1 for a favorite was good for me, #7 World War closed in for the win paying 8.40
R6: $10 win on 9
I actually went against my pre pick #7 Guns on the Table and went with my second pick #9 Concerto’s Thunder who came in second. Should’ve backed up the 7-1 with a place as that paid 7.00
R8: $10 win on 1 (G1 Sprint Bing Crosby Handicap) RETURNED 32.00
Okay I never saw #2 Barbeque Eddie run before, but I remembered #1 Street Boss’s last two races at Hollywood. Anyways this was perhaps one of the best races I’ve seen as Street Boss comes out of nowhere on a horrible wide turn to win. He’s sick!!!!

While watching this video I recommend listening to this in the background

straight thuggin,

wasn’t feeling too many of the races on this card, and also the workers were having a huge labor vote on this day. Was off site, so all of these bets were made online

Bankroll: 645.55
Wagered: 20.00
Returned: 0
Bets Hit: 0-3

R3: $4 on 1 to win
22-1 shot, finished in 4th
R4: $6 1,6,3 Tri Box
result 7-6-2
R7: $10 3,5 EX Box
result 3-4-5, Win odds were too low so I took my two prepicks, but Daymaker squeaked in for 2nd place

Bankroll June 27-July 27: 625.55

Hopefully the Hastings Slump will be over soon

Okay I have done terrible the last couple of Sundays, but this time I’m not hungover so there is no execuse. I did however just randomly flipped over my bookshelf last night

Anyways how I do today will determine what I eat for the week. Enjoy

or

Del Mar

Budget for card: $50

R1: #1 Delta Storm min 8/5
R3: #5 Forest Melody min 2-1, if not use in EX
R4; #7 World War min 3-1
R6: #7 Guns on the Table min 3-1 (going with the pros on this one
R8: G1 Sprint going with #1 Street Boss or #2 Barbecue Eddie. Will
take lowest odds. Seeing how food is on the line, maybe I should go with Barbecue Eddie, he did run well in Dubai earlier this year

Hastings Park

Budget: $50

R3: Taking a chance on #1 Market Bell or #6 Fisherman’s Friend min 4-1
R4: EX and TRI Bets on #6 Puerto Montt #1 Legally Mine & #3 Fire Boss
R6: Betting against the heavy favorite #4 When in Rome
R7: Feature race, there are two horses from the same stable here that
earned me some loot (#4 Damaker & 2 Mozambique) but I’ll put emotion
on the side and take a chance on#5 Juvee Hall or #3 Irish Delta

Bankroll: 636.90
Wagered: 42.00
Returned: 50.65
Bets Hit 2-4

Very weak profit considering I hit half of my bets, proving that I should go for value.

Bets

R2: $3 EX 1,4 $2 Ex 4,1 RETURNED 19.65
Result 1-4-5 with an exacta payout of 13.10

R3: $5 WIN 3
Had to bet on #3 Foxy Like A Cat for losing his jockey twice in previous races. He didn’t do bad coming in 2nd. Should’ve backed this up wiht a place bet which would’ve paid 7.60

R5: Ex Box 6,4,5, 10 $12 total
Result 6-3-9

R7: $20 WP on 3 RETURNED 31.00
Man the odds were at 2-1 when I made this bet, but at the last minute someone made a huge bet making my Win payout 3.50 and the place 2.70.

Will stick to probably 4 $10 Win bets tomorrow, until I’m out of my slump

total bankroll for Hastings now sits at 645.55

Wow I made $13 today, OH JOY

crazy day at Del Mar, with all of the Wins paying over 10.00. And man I got a lot of regrets

Wagered:55.00
Returned:31.50
Bets Hit: 1-5
Total Del Mar Profit July 25-26: 5.50

R1-R3 $12 Pick 3
R1: 3,4,5 R2: 6,5 R3: 4,5
Only one I hit here was the 5 in R2

R2-R3 $8 Daily Double
R2: 6,5 R3:4,5
See above. This was a forced bet that I shouldn’t have made. Until i’m out of my slump I’ll stick with Win bets

R5: $5 Win on 4 Return 31.50
#4 Dr J.J. hit paying 12.60.

R7: $20 Exactor Box 6, 2
Result was 9-2-1. WTF? #6 Speight the Halo started off well then got scarred down the stretch.

R9: $10 Win on 10

My other pick to win #2 Sky Mesa won paying out 17.60. In my pre-picks I even said she was the best horse, but was afraid of her 1st start on turf. Next Time I’ll avoid races with top notch surface flip floppers.

Biggest regret is not even putting $2 on #3 Weekend Escape in R8. Had this horse as a RLS in my pre race picks and he paid 49.20. Next time if one of my RLS over 10-1, I’ll at least put $2.

Back tomorrow, I’ll probably stick to 5 $10 win bets and bet $2 on any of my RLS’s that are over 10-1