WagerMate likes…

So I’ll box the same 4 horses in an exacta as I did for the Kentucky Derby.

The finish order of 5-1-11-14 means the $12 exacta I played turned into $168.10.

I was impressed that Lookin At Lee could do so well from post position 1.

WagerMate’s picks…

I’ll box those in an exacta.

I made 22 win bets.  I miscounted in the last blog entry — the figures show that 21 horses had an ROI over 25% — and Masochistic turned into the 22nd bet because of a scratch in the sixth race yesterday.  The winning bets were on Champagne Room, Finest City, and Tourist.  That’s $115.40 back on the $44 worth of win bets.

Only two of the exacta bets paid off, returning $57.60 on the 13 bets of $6 each (total of $78 spent).

For the weekend, that’s a profit of $51.00 on $122 bet.

Three points:

1. This would have been a lot worse without $69.20 from Champagne Room, so you could say we had some good luck.
2. Champagne Room was the 11th most popular horse out of 12 in the race, so WagerMate deserves some credit for making it a contender.
3. This was done without a shred of manual handicapping.  I still think you should add your own work to WagerMate’s ideas.

WagerMate likes a mix of favorites and long shots for the Breeders’ Cup races this year. I’ll place $2 win bets on every horse that WagerMate says has an ROI over 25% — that’s 7 horses on Friday, and 12 horses on Saturday.

I’ll also place $1 exacta box bets on the top 3 picks in each race.

Here are the Friday picks…

These are WagerMate’s contenders for Saturday…

Have Fun!

13-2-10-1 — with Creator paying $34.80 to win, and Destin paying $9.40 to place.

Didn’t see that coming…

WagerMate is more enthusiastic about Suddenbreakingnews than I am…

…but as a show of faith, I’ll make a small win bet on 4.

I’ll box 4, 5, and 11 for the exacta.

For the superfecta, I will bet 4, 5, 11 over 4, 5, 11 over  1, 3, 4, 5, 10, 11 over  1, 3, 4, 5, 10, 11.

5-1-3-11 — so, no tickets to cash.

WagerMate likes Nyquist…

…but I won’t make any win bets.

My exacta bet: 3 over 2, 5, 11.

My superfecta bet: 3 over 1, 2, 5, 11 over 1, 2, 5, 7, 11 over 1, 2, 5, 7, 11.

Have fun!

The two favorites, Nyquist and Exaggerator, came in first & second: 13-11-5-14, so we missed on the win bet, but made a little profit on the exacta.

The $24 exacta ticket paid $30.60.

WagerMate likes Outwork…

…but I think it make sense to include Nyquist in most of our betting.

I’ll bet on 9 & 15 to win, figuring there’s no value in Nyquist.

I’ll bet 9,13,15 over 9,11,13,14,15 in the exacta.

Good luck!

Won $107.50 on bets of $108.00 for an ROI of… 0%.  Didn’t have a great weekend except for the $95.70 exacta in Race 9.  A couple of WagerMate’s recommended bets were canceled due to scratches.

Here’s the positive spin: by blindly following WagerMate, I broke even (lets not quibble about the 50 cents) — imagine how well you can do if you do some actual study & handicapping.

WagerMate likes a lot of long shots for the Breeder’s Cup races again. I’ll place $2 win bets on every horse that WagerMate says has an ROI over 25% — that’s 7 horses on Friday, and 15 horses on Saturday.

I’ll also place $1 exacta box bets on the top 3 picks in each race.

Here are the Friday picks…

Here’s what WagerMate thinks about Saturday…

Hope you enjoy the weekend!

5-6-7-1

So the $9.00 superfecta bet paid $28.50.

Not bad, but, betting the exacta may have worked out better — I was hoping for long shots in the third and fourth spots.

WagerMate’s pick for the Belmont Stakes is American Pharoah… just like everyone else.

I’ll try a superfecta: 5 over 1,6,8 over All over All.

WagerMate was right about American Pharoah (but, so was everyone else).

WagerMate and I were wrong about Firing Line.  On to Belmont….

WagerMate likes the same three horses it liked in the Kentucky Derby, in the same order:

I feel obliged to bet them in the trifecta this time.

I don’t like American Pharoah as much as WagerMate does; I still like Firing Line, so I’ll bet it to win.

I’ll also bet a superfecta 1/2/8 over 1/2/8 over 1/2/8 over All.

18-10-8-15

So a $1 exacta bet paid $36.30; not bad.

Did I recommend betting WagerMate’s top 3 picks in the trifecta???  No?  50 cents woulda turned into $50.50.  Happy to have to the top 3 picks in order, but really, these were not long shots, so I can’t claim this was magical.