Sunday SA 4

7)  American  The two top choices with Prat and Rispoli are both coming off the shelf and facing older going long for the first time?  No value, yet volatility a plenty, so will add Dougie's Nyquist off the fence getting four pounds and a recency edge.

8)  50K starter and you could buy the entire field for $50,000.  5,6,7,9

9)Deep 1x, two bends green lots of ways to go, taking a leap as a single with TIME TO SHINE.  Second out Glatt charge took no money in her debut and the boy appeared less than interested dropping this $170K Not This Time filly to last.  In fairness she carried a lot of condition and was a tad green down the backside.  Blinkers off, solid morning drills since should finish well and be a nice price.

10)  Maiden bottom claimer with more chaos that trump and his band of misfits.  Could not find the speed, so   3,4,5,8   bbb

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 Weak attempts back-to-back days with no real excuses, better ticket construction, always the game especially for small tickets seriously lacking.

Saturday, Lexington, leg one late four saw Just a Touch coming off a 1X in New Orleans where he ran off the page.  Justify colt would have won the Ben Ali two races later for fun.  Why run here?   Leg two was the twelve panel Elkorn, the longer the race the harder to 'cap.  Frankie moves way early and gets nailed late by under rated Ignacio's stayer.  The graded Ben Ali was next with the weakest field for a graded stakes at Keeneland in memory, only two stakeswinners one at Waterford, one in Bossier city.  Ugh.  Last I played a pair of retreads, never profitable especially at under 3-1.  A forgettable exercise.

Later, Saturday evening I had the pleasure of sharing an unintentional, first-time phone call with perhaps the best clocker in the country.  We talked works, of course, yet more time on trainers, a bunch on this year's derby, yet mostly memories, Forego, "Bid, "Slew etc.  Most enjoyable til I dropped the ball at the one yard line.

Arcada's Sunday opener was the American, quite familiar with conditions only variable the configuration, saw it was way out.  Couldn't eliminate the rail entrant, quickly tossed the two horse, then put a quarter size circle on Georgie's millionaire frontrunner.  How I bet a ticket without this one I cannot explain?  Sadly, once Mikey got to the clubhouse turn clear, I was confident he would last, shocked he was not on my ticket.

Next leg held to form, yet 35-1 charge held clear at the quarter before running out of gas, first blinks.

My single ensued, bet small exotics inner race, green again, swing and a miss.

Some pain ensued, last leg. Posted difficulties with finding the pace.  Winner in bottom maiden penultimate work :24, sub :36 will win 99% of time.  played on ticket yer should have been a circled single the size of a dinner plate.  Disappointing cerebral failure evident.  Onward and upward feel confident I have the derby exacta. bbb