Here are my first Daily Double picks. These are for Saturday, August 30 and unless otherwise specified, they are all $1 part wheels. I will try and keep track of the huge profit I make.
!st Race Woodbine: I don’t think she’ll be a price, but I like #8 Minkredible. Ramsammy loves the front end and there’s very little other speed in here. I’m also including #7 Sunset Pleasure, because David Clark is riding brilliantly, always does well on babies and will be able to watch Minkredible all the way,
2nd Race Woodbine. I like to load up in the second half of doubles, assuming I get the first winner, then I feel comfortable. I’ll take four horses here – #1 Jammo Jammo and Chantal Sutherland, # 2 Gospel Grinder, giving Ramsammy a chance to sweep the first two, # 3 Boardroom Beauty, and # 7 Return Ticket. I will be quite pissed if one of those four doesn’t win.
So the double numbers are 7 & 8 with 1,2,3,& 7
Woodbine late double, Race 9:
More of a guess than anything – #6 Jet Set Exec is the only horse with two races under his belt and Corey Fraser wins from time to time. #7 Smart Flight – basically any horse ridden by Chantal Sutherland is good enough for me; very nice works and trainer Catherine Day-Phillips is having a good year.
Race 10: Take # 1 Vespasian and McAleney because everything he rides for Asmussen is a go, #2 Wall Street Humour because he might decide not to quit one of these days, #8 Bearish because he’s shown an ability to come flying late and #9 Major Eddie G. because jockey Eurico Rosa da Silva has a lovely smile.
Late double at Woodbine: 6&7 with 1,2,8 &9
Saratoga Race One: Julien Leparoux is having a breakthrough session at the Spa and I like him on #1 Terrific Storm. I’m also using #5 Por Favor who seems to like the front end.
Race two: Taking four here – #1 Long Jump, even though I’m not a big fan of Channing Hill, #5 Storm Harbour – Coa is riding great and this horse already has three grass races, #6 Sol A Pino with my man Edgar Prado, and # 8 Sharif Al Medina who has an 83 Beyer on yielding turf.
So the first double at Saratoga is : 1&5 with 1, 5,6 & 8
So I’m spending $24
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