Get A Hunch, Bet A Bunch

Are there any good slumps? Would you rather handicap poorly and toss off a loss or lose by feet, or even inches, and have to choose between pride in your judgment and the despair of defeat.

No way around it. Losing isn’t fun. Not cashing a ticket in two days is worse. At today’s interest races, quitting won’t make up the deficit before the end of the season.

That said, the racetrack at the moment seems biased toward closers. So let’s hear it for L.C. Lady Be Good.

Here are today’s selections:

FIRST: $5 daily doubles pairing L.C. LADY BE GOOD with A CHANCE TO KNIGHT and ARTIST SHE IS and wheel her to the rest of the second-race field ($22).

THIRD: $5 to win on SEVEN EXITS and $5 quinellas pairing him with MANHATTEN’S PRINCE and HOLY BUD ($10).

FIFTH: $5 quinella box of EXTREME EDGE, MONTANI and EL CABRIO ($15).

SIXTH: $5 quinellas pairing BENTON CITY BARON with MONSIER FRIJOLES, SPY SESSION and GROWING BOLD ($15).

NINTH: $10 to win on JACOB BROWN.

Original bankroll: $2,000.

Saturday’s result: Lost $51.

Present bankroll: $1,748.70.