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Friday’s Churchill Downs Pick 6 – $200,000 guaranteed pool
Degree of Difficulty: Moderate (6/10)
Possible Singles: Plum Pretty (6th race), Mucho Macho Man (9th race)
Best Bet: Gung Ho (10th race)
Live Longshot: Summer Applause (11th race)
Jarrod Horak’s Kentucky Oaks Day Pick 6 Tickets – Friday, May 4, 2012
Race 6 – G2 La Troienne, 8.5f
Primary - #4 Plum Pretty
Secondary – #2 St. John’s River
Race 7 – G3 Eight Belles
Primary – #2 Small Kitchen, #7 Contested
Secondary – #3 Good Deed, #4 Xunlei
Race 8 – Edgewood, 8.5T
Primary – #2 Run A Risk, #3 Stephanie’s Kitten
Secondary – #1 More Than Love
Race 9 – G2 Alysheba, 8.5f
Primary - #4 Mucho Macho Man
Secondary – #1 Nates Mineshaft, #2 Successful Dan
Race 10 – G2 American Turf, 8.5T
Primary – #2 Gung Ho, #3 Star Channel, #11 Flashy Dresser
Secondary – #1 Coalport, #13 Silver Max, #14 Howe Great
Today’s Churchill Downs play at HorseRacingNation.com
Race 11 – G1 Kentucky Oaks, 9f
Primary – #3 Summer Applause, #2 Grace Hall
Secondary – #8 Jemima’s Pearl
Friday Pick 6 Tickets
Note that the Standard Ticket shows how much it would cost if you used all of the contenders on one ticket. The multiple Primary/Secondary ticket strategy saves money and allows you to put your strong handicapping opinions to the test.
I made the same mistake as you Jarod. I took Summer Applause but didn’t box it with the horse that beat it, Believe you can. I couldn’t take Grace Hall to win. I immediately spotted it in third. As usual, my super was upside down.
No regrets with Summer Applause. She projected a nice trip behind multiple speed types in the paper race but not nearly as much pace as expected. Believe You Can and Broadway’s Alibi controlled the race and happy to see Rosie get the job done even if I did not bet her!