Up and Down.....Winning and Losing
January 4
After the glorious results of New Year's Day when I cashed on five of seven with a profit of $75, I had Wednesday off from the races - which worked out well because it was Kim and my 26th wedding anniversary. We went out to PF Chang's with Brad and celebrated our 9,490th day of marriage together :) Kim was the one who added them up - not me! I had high expectations to continue the winning on Thursday when racing resumed........
But such was not to be the case as AGAIN I was shut out - 0-for-7 including two seconds, one at 7/1 that would have made the day. So, with that day out of the way I felt pretty sure I'd have a winning day to "even" out the results. I won the first two races - but didn't have a bet on either one. I knew what this probably meant - no wins with money on the line - and sure enough I went through five more races without cashing a ticket. WOW..... finally it was time for my sixth and final race of the day, but it was my "BEST" of the day.
Right One had graded stakes wins on his resume, but had struggled in finding the winner's circle throughout 2012. After his last start he was moved to the Todd Pletcher barn. And there's one thing I have noticed consistently as a pretty strong angle with Pletcher runners. When a horse makes it's first start for his barn they are typically ready to run lights out. And that figures.....if you had a client hand over the care of his multi-million dollar assets, wouldn't you want to demonstrate immediately that you knew what you were doing and that they had made a wise decision? Sure enough, Right One was ready to run a big race. He sat off the pace to the far turn, accelerated to run by the leaders and then once clear opened up on the field. A deep closer was getting to him as the wire neared but it was too little, too late. Tomorrow is Marshua's River Stakes Day, but I'll be home because our daughter Julie is visiting for the weekend :)
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