An early Pick 5, a late Pick 4, and a fifth race that appears to have misplaced its adult supervision. Early Pick 5, Races 1 through 5 | 50¢ base | $240 R1: 2,3,5,6,7 R2: 5,8,9 R3: 1,2,4,8 - Oh man! Beat by a 36-1 shot! Our 2 finished 2nd - If your gonna lose . . . . R4: 1,4,7,8 R5: 1,9 Late Pick 4, Races 6 through 9 | 50¢ base | $96 R6: 2,7,8,10 R7: 4,5,8,9 R8: 2,3,6 R9: 7,9,11,13 Total ticket investment: $336 Possible R5 hedges: If we’re alive into the final leg of the Pick

Exactas all day. Three horses per race, preferably arriving together and in a financially useful order. R1: 8,7,4 $48.60 Exacta - Boom! R2: 1,5,4 $18.70 Exacta - Boom! R3: 1,4,7 $9.90 Exacta - eh, better than a poke in the eye R4: 7,1,4 The 1 scracted so we didnt play this one R5: 9,8,6 Whiff R6: 3,4,5 $3.30 - Like kissing your sister R7: 1,3,4 No Cigar R8: 4,8,6 $16.20 Exacta - Meh, but ok. R9: 8,2,1 1st and 3rd R1,2,3 Pick 3 $196.20 - we didnt play it, but you co

An early Pick 5 and a Pick 4 starting in R5. Because apparently one opportunity to question our judgment wasn’t enough. Early Pick 5, Races 1–5 | 50¢ base | $192 R1: 1,2,3,5 R2: 2,3,4,5 R3: 2,3 R4: 2,5,6 R5: 1,3,4,5 Pick 5 $264 - The 1,4 or 5 would have paid almost double that or more - but hey we'll take it! Pick 4, Races 5–8 | 50¢ base | $56 R5: 1,3,4,5 R6: 1,11 R7: 3,7 R8: 4,5,6,8,10,11,12 Total investment: $248 These are our tickets. Additional horses mentioned below are

Two Pick 4s, a few opinions, and absolutely no promise of responsible behavior from the racing gods. Early Pick 5, Races 1-5 | $.50 base | $270 R1: 6,8,9 R2: 2,3,4,5 R3: 1,2,3,5,6 R4: 1,2,6 R5: 2,9,10 Pick 5 $260.15 - Our saver pick came in - the other two would have paid better Late Pick 4, Races 6–9 | $1 base | $72 R6: 2,3,5 R7: 1,2,4,5,7,8 R8: 1,4,5,7 - 1 scratched R9: 2 Total investment: $342 These are the tickets we’re playing. We’ve included a few additional horses belo

Early Pick 5 — Races 1–5 | 50¢ base R1: 1, 6, 7, 9 R2: 2, 4, 7, 9 R3: 3, 6 R4: 3, 4, 6 R5: 2, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11 . . . middle leg bummer, played only two in that one those can be tough, but even if I did add another it wouldnt have been the #1 Ticket cost shown: $288 Late Pick 5 — Races 6–10 | 50¢ base | $192 R6: 8, 9 R7: 1, 3, 6 R8: 7, 9 R9: 1, 4, 7, 8 R10: 2, 4, 5, 8 . . . middle leg bummer again, beat by the favorite and although we was an obvious choice - we wanted to try to

Belmont Race 5 — Late Pick 4, Leg 1 Using: 1, 2, 7, 9 #1 Ancient World gets class relief for Linda Rice and should land a stalking trip behind the early argument. Yes, we’re using the favorite. We question chalk; we don’t file a restraining order against it. #2 Tenebris offers tactical versatility and consistency, occasionally we let someone with a steady employment history onto the ticket. #7 Apollo Code is the closer we want if Bootleg Runner and Graywing turn the opening f