The Daily Bankroll Challenge

by Seth Merrow Matching wits--and a mythical bankroll--with the top handicappers

www.equidaily.com

2007 Racing Season

Saratoga Race Course Saturday, August 18, 2007 Total for the meet... $737.95

We start the 2007 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 2007 daily Best Bets picks and plays pages.

Yesterday...

For the second day in a row we barely missed on the P4. We dropped the first leg when our top pick ran second -- but since we were playing so lightly we probably should have added our second pick in [the eventual winner]. It was a decent $383.50/$2 P4 with our top pick winning the last three after that near-miss...

RACE 1/2... $5 double... R1/Al Basha... R2/Zito entry.
Ran R1/WON... R2/2nd.

...$2 double... R1/Al Basha... R2/British Columbia.
Ran R1/WON... R2/4th.

RACE FIVE... $2 exacta box... More Than a Feelin/Bees.
Ran 3-6.

RACE 6-9... $1 P4... R6/Sashay Renee... R7/Subtitles/Dragon Fi... R8/Sharp Susan... R9/Whateverwillbwillb/Survived/Innovator/Fortynine Below.
Ran R6/2nd... R7/WON-3... R8/WON... R9/WON-5-6-scr.

Loss for the day... $17.00

Today

RACE ONE... $2 exacta box... Mount Wilton/Nerve.

RACE !/2... $4 double... R1/Mount Wilton... R2/Wall Street Humor-Hedgefund Investor.

RACE THREE... $3 WP... Huge City.

RACE FIVE... $3 WP... Just Hoping.

RACE SEVEN... $5 WPS... Nationbuilder.

RACE 7-10... $1 P4... R7/Nationbuilder... R8/J'ray/Factual Contender... R9/Lady Joanne... R10/Irish Ace/It's Magical/.

RACE EIGHT... $5 exacta box... J'ray/Factual Contender.

RACE TEN... $2 exacta box... Irish Ace/It's Magical.

All turf wagers are turf only

Total bet...$53

If we are interested in both halves of an entry -- in event of a scratch -- it is noted that way [in other words, both halve are named]. If only one-half of the entry is named, then we prefer that half and will move to our next pick listed [rather than the other half of the entry] in event of a scratch.

Archives of daily Best Bets picks and plays pages: 2006 ... 2005 ... 2004 ... 2003

AOL USERs -- or anyone who feels they're experiencing problems receiving this page in a timely fashion each morning, please bookmark, if the Best Bets archive page. We believe that going through the archive page to receive our daily picks should solve the problem presented by AOL's caching process.

Note to novices: Check out our track terminology page for definitions of track and wagering terms.

Note: Pages on this site are labelled with the equidaily.com logo. Some links are for information only and lead to pages at other sites. equidaily.com is responsible only for the pages on this site. equidaily.com assumes no responsibility for errors or omissions. Always check with official sources to verify info.

E-mail any questions, comments, or suggestions: