The Daily Bankroll Challenge

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

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2008 Racing Season

Saratoga Race Course Monday, Spetember 1, 2008 Total for the meet... $643.00

We start the 2008 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.

Yesterday...

RACE ONE... $2 exacta box... Shammi/Sacred Icon/Ya Think.
Ran WON-3-8.

RACES 1/2... $5 doubles.. R1/Shammi/Sacred Icon/Ya Think... R2/Big Flirt/Tufao/Mr Jolson.
Ran R1/WON-3-6... R2/5-6-scr.

RACE TWO... $5 WP on Big Flirt.
Ran 5th at 3-1.

...$2 exacta box... Big Flirt/Tufao/Mr Jolson.
Ran 5-6-scr.

RACES 2-3-4...$1 P3... R2/Big Flirt/Tufao/Mr Jolson.... R3/Hangingbyathread/Grasberg... R4/Theatrical Madam/River Fancy-There Are Rainbows/Americas Dreamin.
Ran R2/5-6-scr... R3/2-5... R4/3e-4e-9-10.

RACE THREE... $5 exacta box... Hangingbyathread/Grasberg.
Ran 2-5.

RACE FOUR... $10 WP on Theatrical Madam.
Ran 10th at 19-1.

...$2 exacta box... Theatrical Madam/River Fancy-There Are Rainbows/Americas Dreamin.
Ran 3e-4e-9-10.

RACE FIVE... $5 WP on Walkabout Winner.
Collected $37.25 on the WP [$9.40, 5.50].

RACES 6-11... $2 P6... R6/Critical/Gold Indy... R7/Secret Gypsy... R8/Mousse au Chocolat... R9/Ready's Echo/Nistle's Crunch... R10/Mine All Mine/Casanova Move... R11/Jeux de Danse/Factual Number/Just a Little Jet -- sub Croesus, Whateverwillbwillb, Fancy Footsteps, in that order and as needed by scratches.
Ran R6/3-6... R7/WON... R8/2nd... R9/3-4... R10/4-scr... R11/3-9-10.

RACE SIX... $5 WP on Critical.
Ran 6th at 4-1.

RACE EIGHT... $20 exacta box... Mousse au Chocolat/Blitzen Too.
Blitzen Too scratched.

RACE TEN... $5 WP on Mine All Mine.
Scratched.

Loss for the day... $84.75

Today

We're kickin' it up a notch - or three -- to see if we can make the magic happen on closing day...

RACES 1/2...$10 doubles... R1/Counterspy/Bartletts... R2/Gem For Hook/Pals first Lady/Vintage Tough.

RACE FIVE... $10 exacta box... Ofcr Sheila T Rex-Sweet Bama Breeze/Meese Rocks.
...$2 exacta box... Ofcr Sheila T Rex-Sweet Bama Breeze/Meese Rocks/Intoxicatingbeauty.

RACE SIX... $20 exacta box... Higher Incentive/Ardnavagh.
... $2 exacta box... Higher Incentive/Ardnavagh/Dressed to Win-Frozen Prospect.

RACE EIGHT... $50 exacta... Dynaforce over Palmilla.
... $10 exacta... Dynaforce over Dyna's Lassie.
...$2 exacta box... Dynaforce/Palmilla/Dyna's Lassie.

RACES 10/11... $20 doubles... R10/Munnings... R11/Paisano Creek/Skywire.

RACE ELEVEN... $20 WP on Paisano.
...$10 exacta box... Paisano Creek/Skywire.
...$2 exacta box... Paisano Creek/Skywire/Just a Warning.

All turf wagers are turf only

Total bet...$244.00

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