Get A Hunch, Bet A Bunch

Conditions win races. A horse entered in a race suiting it perfectly after chasing better-qualified stock, is said to be “getting the conditions.” Today’s fifth race is restricted to non-winners of three races. King of Komedy has two recent starts in which he ran fourth to Sensational Knight and fifth to Finnish Royalty. Hint: Each of those horses has won more races than today’s entire field.

Secretsophar, who began his career by hurdling the backstretch rail on Playfair Mile day in 1955, can win the first race, if he doesn’t bolt. Artic Way, with solid Beyers in Northern California, jumps off the page in the seventh.

Here are today’s selections:

FIRST: $10 to win on SECRETSOPHAR.

FOURTH: $10 to win on RIVER BROKER and $5 quinellas pairing him with FUNNYMONEY HABIT and MINER’S BASIN ($10).

FIFTH: $20 to win on KING OF KOMEDY.

SIXTH: $10 to win on AIN’T NO HOBBY.

SEVENTH: $30 to win on ARTIC WAY.

NINTH: $1 trifectas wheeling FRESH PACK to ROUGHOUSER, PEACHO LEEN, MAC A’WAR and ROCKET’S GUN ($12).

Original bankroll: $2,000.

Sunday’s result: Lost $61.

Present bankroll: $1,845.90.

, DataTimes