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 Thursday, August 28, 2008 Total for the meet... $743.75

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...

We managed a small profit -- but for the second time in a week we went 4-for-6 in the P6, coming up just short of at least scoring the conso. And for the countless number of times this season we again had an exacta play come back 1st and 3rd...

RACE TWO... $4 quinella... Solutionist/Thats a Good Thing.
Ran WON-5.

RACE 5-10...$2 P6... R5/Majestic Blue/Mayor Marv... R6/Stream of Gold-Leo... R7/Freedom Rings-Dancing Daisy/Our Golden Dream [sub Grace's Valentine if scratch]... R8/Rewrite... R9/Formidable/He Struck It Rich... R10/Howdyamissthisone/Piazza Di Spagna/Unflagging.
Ran R5/WON-3... R6/WON... R7/WON-7... R8/5th... R9/2-scr... R10/WON-2-4.

RACE FIVE... $4 exacta box... Majestic Blue/Mayor Marv.
Ran WON-3.

RACE EIGHT... $5 exacta box... Rewrite/Latitude Forty.
Ran 5-8.

...$1 exacta box... Rewrite/Latitude Forty/Love Cove.
Ran 3-5-8.

RACE TEN... $2 exacta box... Howdyamissthisone/Piazza Di Spagna/Unflagging.
Collected $75.00 on the ex box.

Profit for the day... $11.00

Today

RACES 1/2... $2 doubles... R1/Hurricane Annie/Caesar Beware... R2/Smokin Pistol/Millysglo-Irish Mama/Mona From Deltona.

RACE TWO... $2 exacta box... Smokin Pistol/Millysglo-Irish Mama/Mona From Deltona.

RACE THREE... $5 WP on Seeking Eldorado.
...$1 exacta box... Seeking Eldorado/Coronation Day/JT Moore.

RACE SIX...$2 exacta box... Glacken Queen-Megalicious/Remedy/Southern Oaks.

RACE SEVEN... $5 WP on Dressed to Win.

RACE EIGHT... $10 exacta box... Look at Him/High Action.

All turf wagers are turf only

Total bet...$82

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