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Now here's the 9th at DMR today, where the top sustained computer (tied) choice visually ran sustained. My contenders were the Sky Cape tandem horses plus the 4/5 favorite Gio Ponti. I did take a look at the foreign horse but decided he hadn't shown anything in a G2 and his last 3 races were sour.
I left Sky Cape in the computer but as the tandem winner marked him as a no bet for win. I used both of Gio's lines with the same results. Turf has been playing sustained esp. at 1 1/8 miles, so I put win bets on Madeo and Nownownow and walked away. I still don't find it easy to bet into a 4/5 favorite when no one else is close but the SP screen has been dominant.
I was happy with the $23.60 win mutuel - one of these days I'll play exactas properly.
I used the tandem lines for all contenders except Gio and did not use either of the tandem concepts - either giving all contenders the final beaten lengths of the tandem winner (zero) OR going back for another pace line. I felt the lines were representative as is and I don't like making up lines except in a couple of special situations.
I also upgraded the chances of my 2 bets slightly given the fact that both had been forced to steady early in the tandem races. The "Designated Place Horse" did place as the 4/5 fav and the other SP screen horses other than the tandem winner filled in the 1, 3, and 4 slots.
The exacta was 31.90, the tri 240.10 and the super 1203.80, but I'm just not comfortable branching out yet. Like "Capper" in the last phase of the Follow Ups, I'm trying to concentrate on win betting and profit.
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