6 Furlongs | Open | 3 Year Olds And Up | MAIDEN CLAIMING ( $12,500 ) | Purse: $16,000

Not sure what to make of SARATOGA SWING and that absurd 7/5 morning line on the drop from specials. Bullet work be damned, if Grassman Tagg cuts this guy back for the drop and keeps him on the dirt I'm thinking he's given up on the horse. Ramon could get this one home but I see red flags waving.

You get twofers with the Galluscio entry and a shot with the drop, a troubled trip, and the slide sideways from Slow Bred company for one of them.

SUCCESSFUL CLOSER got mugged at the break in the debut race. Toss it. The Contessa barn has shown signs of life lately and this beast drops a ton off the lights-out 35.1 speed tab. Worth a cover even with Baby Lezcano aboard.

I'm off my game due to lack of funds.

P3: 4/7-8/10

P3: 4-6/7/10

SUCCESSFUL CLOSER committed suicide in the opening quarter.

SARATOGA SWING was a bad cover on my part with Grassman Tagg throwing the horse away on the drop.

I'm still catching a ride with my 34 bucks and I'll get through all 9 contests but I was hoping to do better.

I hate lying in bed at bed at night while my wife beats me with sticks and bats for being a bad boy.

Do not ever stop laughing. Things will become better.

Tom had the wrong horse in front till the wire. No similarity with the silks, that I could see. Take a look.

It was a bizarre mistake, but it was Friday's Race 7 not Thursday. The silks aren't even close and the only similarity was that it was the same jockey, Irad Ortiz. He called the eventual winner (Close to the Vest) as Much Fanfare all the way around the track until a few strides before the wire. Much Fanfare had run about 90 minutes prior in race 4.