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2004 Racing Season

Saratoga Race Course Thursday, September 2, 2004 Total for the meet... $492.60

We started the 2004 Saratoga thoroughbred race meet with a mythical bankroll of $1000. Each day we'll use this space to record our mythical best bets and calculate the accumulated wins and losses.

Complete archive of 2004 daily Best Bets picks and plays pages.

Yesterday...

Just goes to show that handicapping and wagering are two different aspects of the game as the picks were solid -- we went 5-9 on the picks page with three double digit winners -- but we just couldn't get it done over here. Went 4-6 in our P6 play. And our top pick won the nightcap at 5-1 but we couldn't fill out our super.

RACE 1/2... $5 double... R1/Mixed Up... R2/Forest Rhythm.
Ran R1/6th... R2/2nd.

RACE 4-9... $2 P6... R4/Brilliant Success... R5/Proud Accolade... R6/Trounce/Albert E/Harmony Hall... R7/King's Drama-Third Half/Cottage... R8/Fait Accompli/Leedle Dee... R9/Peter's Puddles/Takeh.
Ran R4/7th... R5/Won... R6/2-5-6... R7/Won-2... R8/Won-2... R9/Won-7.

RACE SIX... $4 exacta box... Trounce/Albert E.
Ran 5-6.

RACE NINE... $1 super... Peter's Puddles/Takeh over Peter's Puddles/Takeh over Cryptovinsky/Mikethemoondog/Ninety Nine Mack over Cryptovinsky/Mikethemoondog/Ninety Nine Mack, sub Yougonow if scratch in third and fourth spots.
Ran 1-7/1-7/5-6-8/5-6-8.

Loss for the day... $73.00

Today

RACE 1-2... $2 doubles... R1/Fabulous Peak/Elyon... R2/Cranky Pants/Franklin Street.

RACE SIX... $5 WP on Sign of Love.
...$1 tri box... Sign of Love/Exaggerate This/Heir To The Throne/Erudite, sub Owns the Place if scratch.

RACE NINE... $1 tri box... Louie the Slew/Restigouche/Raise a Glass/Professor Maxwell.
...$1 super... Louie the Slew/Restigouche over Louie the Slew/Restigouche over Raise a Glass/Professor Maxwell/Yougonow over Raise a Glass/Professor Maxwell/Yougonow.

All turf wagers are turf only

Total bet...$78.00

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