Opening Day at Del Mar
Posted on 21. Jul, 2010 at 8:00 am by SKI in Gambling, Horse Racing, Other Sports, The Fermenter
With the Hollywood Park meet finished it’s time to set our eyes on Del Mar, and with a good looking 10 race card my eyes are wide open. Of the 10 races I have found a 3 race section that I’m in love with and my picks will be set around only those 3 races. So let’s get off on the right foot with a solid win to start the meet.
Pick 3
Races 6-8
Race 6: The first leg of the pick 3 is a tough Optional Claimer going a mile over the turf, but why I like this race to start off my tickets is I plan on beating the favorites and getting some price right out of the gate. My top choice is the 7 Bran Jammas who’s morning line odds of 5-1 is the perfect kind of horse to play. He has won 2 straight going this distance over turf and even though his 83 and 82 beyers don’t look that great he ran much better than those numbers. The other angle that I love with him is Del Mar is known for being very friendly to horses that close from behind and with what I expect to be a hot pace out front he will have a great chance to mow them down late. The other Horse I’ll being playing is the 3 Enumclaw Girl. She is one of the horses that will be up on the lead and I’m hoping that jockey Rafael Bejarano won’t have her dueling with the other 2 speed horses and has her sitting right behind them ready to pounce when the time comes.
Race 7: The 7th is a interesting looking maiden special with a bunch of so-so looking horses. The 3 Mama Bouche and 5 Go On Babe are the two favorites who both happened to be trained by the same trainer Bob Baffert who is known for having really good young horses. I’d be a fool not to play them both, but the one that I’m most interested in is the 4 Vindicated Ghost. She is a first time starter out of the monster Vindication sire and with some decent morning works and a 15-1 morning line I’d rather take a shot with her that with some of the other horses.
Race 8: My pick 3′s will end with the Oceanside Stakes going a mile over the turf. There are 3 horses that I will play, but 1 that I will play more. The 3 Twirling Candy looks like he can be an absolute monster and if you don’t believe me go back to my May 10th picks where I isoed him saying I thought he would crush and he went out and won by 7 3/4 lengths. The only reason why I’m not jumping all over this horse for a huge win bet is that it’s his first time going long and his first time running on turf so logic tells me not to trust him 100%, because of that I will also play 2 other horses the 6 Macias and the 7 Domonation. Macias is a stakes winning horse who loves turf the only problem is that he loves being on the lead and Twirling Candy is just to fast for him so look for Macias to be right behind Twirling Candy and if the distance and surface are to much for him he will be right there. The other horse Domonation is also trying turf for the first time, but that shouldn’t be a problem since he is bred to love the grass. I’ve played Domonation almost every time he has ran so I know he can compete with these 2 horses and with his running style of being a closer fits in great at Del Mar and if Twirling and Macias get into a speed duel look for Domonation to come clean them up late.
For these 3 races I will play 2 separate tickets. The numbers are the number the horse is entered as.
3,7/3,4,5/3,6,7- Cost $18 per ticket but I’ll play it for $2. Total $36
7/3,4,5/3,7- Cost $6 per ticket but I’ll play it for $5. Total $30
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