Get A Hunch, Bet A Bunch

Tonight’s the night when several horses, with a race under their belts, could make amends for disappointing first starts.

Tuff N Stuff, done early on Sept. 6, had several spring races at Emerald Downs that would make him a good winner of tonight’s third race. Snug Gulls, in the sixth, was close to a blistering pace Aug. 30 and should flash the form that made her win three straight here in March. Ice Hill Princess, in the seventh, failed to break alertly in her debut. Finally, draw a line through Shipping Bill’s last start. He switches to the fine veteran rider Frank Best and should show speed in the finale.

In the featured fifth, BUBBLING SLEW looks like a cinch and, therefore, looks like a poor risk.

Here are today’s selections:

FIRST: $5 doubles pairing WATERTOWN with ALY MACKEE and $2 doubles pairing him, SIR HOUSTON and FULL CRESENT with OLYMPIC LARK and SIR HOUSTON and FULL CRESENT to ALY MACKEE ($10).

THIRD: $10 to win on RUFF N STUFF and $5 exactas to SENSATIONAL KNIGHT and ROUGHOUSER ($10).

SIXTH: $10 to win on ARCTIC JAZZ and exactas pairing her and SNUG GULLS both ways.

SEVENTH: $10 to win on ICE HILL PRINCESS.

EIGHTH: $1 trifecta box of SHIPPING BILL, LASTING DIVIDEND, PLAY BOY PLAY and SPLENDORINTHEGATES ($24).

Original bankroll: $2,000.

Saturday’s result: Lost $45.00.

Present bankroll: $1,835.90.

, DataTimes