Get A Hunch, Bet A Bunch

Sometimes it’s hard to cover all your tracks. A one-two finish by longshots Touchment and Seven Exits in Saturday’s last race flattered the handicapping, but wounded the pocketbook because there were no exacta bets to support the trifecta picks.

The bottom line? Skunked for the day. The message? It’s often harder to manage money than pick winners.

Offspring of Clever Wake almost always handle mud, so Wake Up Sassy Boy and Sassy Wake deserve strong looks in today’s third and seventh races. Our Dave might be a lock in the nightcap.

Here are today’s selections:

FIRST: $10 to win on WHO’S DANCER.

FIFTH: $5 quinella baseball of CLEVER PURSUIT, REGAL’S PRECIOUS and GAME AND PRETTY ($15).

SEVENTH: $10 to win on TROODON TILLY, $5 quinellas pairing her with SASSY WAKE and GHIN CARD ($10).

EIGHTH: $10 to win on OUR DAVE, $5 quinellas pairing him with TENSION MOUNTS, GRAY COURAGE and TIM’S MOUSSE ($15) and $1 trifectas with every combination of those three ($6).

Original bankroll: $2,000.

Saturday’s result: Lost $92.

Present bankroll: $2,203.80.

, DataTimes