Get A Hunch, Bet A Bunch

Because starter allowance races offer horsemen a good place to hide an unclassified horse, handicappers have to guess where horses would fit if entered for a current claiming price. The task becomes trickier when, as in tonight’s fifth race, entrants may have started for the specified price within a very long time frame.

Can Spokane Charlie keep on improving? Has Beaver Pelt, who has towroped cheaper company twice running, regained the soundness or form that saw him win for $20,000 16 months ago? What about Sir Tiger K., a once-cheap sprinter who has won 6 of 9 here this year? And, can Gettin Western capitalize on a fast pace?

Three wins two days running could have ended the slump, but some key horses ran second and losing exactas wiped out Sunday profits.

Here are today’s selections:

FIRST: $2 doubles boxing BLACK JACK BUD and ELKO CAT with SHAKA ROCK and PRAIRIE WALKER.

FIFTH: $5 to win, $5 to place on GETTIN WESTERN.

SIXTH: $10 to win on T R COUNTRY BOY. Parlay winnings to OUR AMERICAN in the seventh.

SEVENTH: $10 to win on OUR AMERICAN.

Original bankroll: $2,000.

Sunday’s result: Lost $7.80.

Present bankroll: $1,598.60. , DataTimes