Get A Hunch, Bet A Bunch

Can zigzagging become an art form? Five straight days with four winners have produced five days of losses. Last Saturday, sandwiching a second-place finish between pairs of winners prevented three winning Pick 3s. Sunday, choices ran 1-2-4, allowing a big trifecta to slip away.

With only three days left, it’s time to catch up or go bust. Bold August M.D. may be a cinch in today’s first race, Prairie Walker can’t find a better spot than the fifth and, in the eighth, Prosperous Smile has run well against males.

Here are today’s selections:

FIRST: $20 to win on BOLD AUGUST M.D. and a $5 daily double combining him with SAAM II.

FIFTH: $30 to win on PRAIRIE WALKER.

SIXTH: $10 to win on FS WIND CHARM and divide any winnings between AIN’T NO HOBBY in the seventh race and PROSPEROUS SMILE in the eighth.

NINTH: $10 to win on NIKALY.

TENTH: $1 trifecta box of CALSPUR, J.B.’S GONE, J J’s ROLLS and DEFENSE DRUMMER ($24).

Original bankroll: $2,000.

Sunday’s result: Lost $88.80.

Present bankroll: $1,457.50.

, DataTimes