Haskell Invitational Grade 1 3+ 1,000,000
 

My father took me to Monmouth Park when I was about 14 years old.
I had fun, The first win bet I remember was a horse named Alias Smith Jones
Later I went every year to Haskell Day, I have many souveniers and programs
My Haskell Hat collection is something my dad proudly handed down to me.

Today a group of fine 3-year-old horses have headed down highway 9
They were Born To Run

Hooray for my home state New Jersey
I am many miles away now. Living my dreams throughout the southwest
But I still am a singing "Tramps like us baby we were born to run"

The 2017 Haskell

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The field
 

1 2 3 4

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5 6 7
 

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Bets
 

My look - pre scratches and by the morning line

I will make win bets on the 6 and 2
and do a 3 horse box 3 6 2

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Hello Bill,

Thank you for posting this race.

Although I am not a Matcher per se, I find this race interesting from a matching view point.


If you believe in timeline last race everybody else is running for second.

IWC and battle of midway should contribute to a lively early pace.

Thank you,

Paul

I've just received an email from betfair offering me a full refund if I bet on a horse in the Haskell and it loses!
OK, form downloaded!
Busy with kids right now, as per my usual for the weekend, but this race is due to go at 10:47 pm uk time so I should be good to go ny them. Will post selection.

It does have the potential for lots of early and they are my favourite!

ny them?

By then!

This is looking like a lively betting event this side of the pond. Over £43k matched already on this race with hours to go.
Since I'm on a free bet, I've decided to go for price here.
The imponderable is whether or not 3 can put in a dominant early performance and go wire to wire or whether it faces enough competition from the other early types.
I'm taking 5 McCraken to pounce late. I'm also on at just over 8.5/1. Hopefully if it wins this is higher than the tote return.

Good skill to one & all!

Mth
 

I will go with 3-4

Bob

Matchable. No need to leads. Fastest last pace belongs to the 3. Fits the race shape. Not too bad in odds around 2-1.

3WP 50/50
Pook

Pass as I don't like this race.
Mitch44

I thought I as in there for a moment!
Oh well, never mind. None of us able to find that one....

Decided to bet it the last minute:

COMPLETED: 5b16a-eed89 MTH #12 $4 Win 6, 7 none $8.00 $40.80 + $32.80
Benn playing good prices today so why not, really didn't like and thought it came up tough. This was really luck & a SWAG.
Mitch 44

Mitch you pulled it out of the bag at the last moment. Good call. I indicated WP on my bet on the 3. I didn't do that. Win only. Still a loss,

Pook

Dave I didn't realize that that was the 5 on the inside of the 7. That was close! Too bad.

Pook

I looked at this in RDSS much earlier and couldn't really get it down to 2 or 3 horses. At last minute took a stab, I was going to pass it.L2 was a throw out and he needed last .Has won twice before. Used line 3 and he came up last on BLBL I figured he hadn't disgraced himself yet.

BLBL can't be bet blindly, you have to analyze the horses chart. With 3 yr olds all of them . With older I usually analyze the top 4. Pure luck on this one.

Yea Mitch Wonderful Job, Thank you for jumping in at the wire, and what a score !!!

FANTASTIC my friend

( saved us from the peanut gallery)

Myself I could not have been more wrong
I nailed the last 3 finishers,,, No problem :)
I hope I have another Haskel hat coming

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Thanks Pook, nice hit Mitch, well done on finding that one.

Thanks for posting this race Bill. As I wasn't on with my own money it lessened the blow somewhat.
Still a good learning experience. Interesting to watch how #1 Irish War Cry ran out of steam in the stretch after facing other E competition. Harder to judge the performance of Timeline after a bad start to be fair.

Thanks.

On my Pick 4 ticket, I bet "ALL" on the Haskell because with this lackluster crop of 3YOs there doesn't seem to be much separation. (Unfortunately, I was knocked out in an earlier leg.) At post time for the Haskell, I dialed back my bet amount and played Girvin because of his odds and the fact he looked as capable as any of the others. I was down $45 at the time and he got me back in the black. I would prefer to be "good" but I'll take "lucky." :D

Seeing this made me smile. "Born to Run" is one of my favorite Bruce times.

See you in two weeks, Bill.

Nice pick Mick, congrats.
Mitch44

Thanks, Mitch. Sorry you won't be at Saratoga. I'd buy you that steak dinner I owe you. :D

Thanks Mick perhaps next year. I already had things I was committed to, there's always another time.
Mitch