Happy Birthday Kim!
It was a mixed bag of emotions today, especially for Kim. She was so happy to be celebrating her birthday - and mostly her birthday weekend - in Houston with Cameron (and the rest of the family), but today was our day to head home. And to add to the downside of her day she woke up feeling nauseous. She put that all aside for a last visit with Cameron, as they watched his favorite show, "PJ Masks" here.......
Before we headed out to the airport I had gone online and made my selections for Woodbine's Sunday card. The trip was uneventful except that Kim not only did not improve but continued to feel worse and worse throughout the day. By the time we got home she went right to bed and was only up for a minute or two the rest of the day. As for the racing, I'd passed the first three, then ran fifth, 2nd, and 3rd with my first tree picks. My choice in the Classy N' Smart Stakes scratched leaving me with one final chance to close the day, the week, and the month with a win. I liked Jacks Escarpment in spite of the fact that he was one of about half a dozen who wanted the lead. BUT.....he had the rail, he had the top rider in Eurico DaSilva and more importantly when DaSilva rides for Nicholas Gonzalez it's a Woodbne 40% Club play. He broke sharply and quickly was out in front by two lengths. The rest of the front runners decided to let him go on with it and they paid for it as he went wire to wire at a nice 2/1 price. My double investment got me back $30 and I made the losses very minimal for the day.
This closes out September (I'll count the Wednesday Sept 30 card as part of October since it's part of a new racing week). My totals for six months are solid for this handicapping project. If my winners only paid a little better my ROI would be higher, but I'm content with it, especially my big numbers in my Woodbine ROI returns.
"Road To The Breeders' Cup"
April - through - September Results
787 Selections - 277 WINS
35.2% Win Average / $1.87 ROI
Woodbine Only Results
205 Selections / 64 WINS
31.2% Win Average / $2.10 ROI
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