I thought I was toast with Mage breaking slow and trailing the early going. I'm amazed to get the place and exacta. Still like the prospects of this one—imagine what it can do with a disciplined run.
Problem is,
did indeed go off a strong second choice, and you can't make any money on them running 1-2 heavily favored.
12-horse field, and that godforsaken
busted my chance of making money deeper. The
I liked ran well to finish in the super, and the
was my other defensive play.
Lost more on this than the Arkansas race, just shy of 50% ROI. I managed to Dutch the place and cold exacta bets pretty well, just didn't bet enough there to cover the deeper verticals.
