Kempton Wednesday

[dodie]

Being a sucker for free stuff, especially of the TG variety, and given the fact that I can bet through my Twinspires acct., here\'re my selections:

R1 - Haakima over Extracurricluar exacta, small reverse.  Penang Princess and Songfull ITM for the trifecta.
R2  - Highly Regal over Hucking Hero x-ta, small reverse.
R3 - Any of 7 can win.  Play Woodlark Island and Rebel Woman to win, playing WI a bit more heavily.
R4 - Wait for Light to win.
R5 - Pick\'em, Meknog Miss, Sermon\'s Mount, Guilin, Good buy Dubai, an/or Strikemaster.
R6 - Pick\'em, play Super Frank to bounce outta da $, though.

Race 2 is my Best Bet, R1 2nd Best, Woodlark Island 3rd best in the 3rd, probably best to skip the rest, except a couple of quid on the 2 longest prices in the 5th.

[dodie]

3rd race - woodlark island, get\'s loose as they\'re loading, sprints at least 6f, stops just short of slamming into a fence, caught by a \"lad\" on foot, walked about 2f back around the track, they put the jock in the \"official\'s Range Rover, drive the jock around the other way on the track, the kid sprints 50 yards across the 2 turf courses, manages to get back to the gate, finally get him loaded.  You know who goes to the lead, in a 7f race, on poly track, in England for God\'s sake, holds on, amazingly to in a photo for second.  I have a nice saver exacta, with the winner . . . and . . . they take at least 20 minutes to come up with the results . . . as they look at the photo . . . and . . .

[dodie]

Loses place by a short nose.

[dodie]

Wait a GD minute.  Twinspires shows the result 7 3  9(my horse, Woodlark Island)
but the payoffs only show an exacta payoff of 7-9 of $89 for a buck.  Just checked my acct., and I hit it.  I    am   so   confused   by   English   racing . . .

[dodie]

Only thing I can figure is since both the 2nd and 3rd horses pay a \"place\" \"dividend\" ( I hate the way the Brit announcers, even in this country, say \"dividend\" instead of payoff) the 9 must\'ve nosed out the 3, but they list the finishers in Numerical order (i.e., 3, then 9) because they both pay the place, and yet the higher numbered horse, the 9 actually came in second.  what the eff ever . . . I\'m up for the meet at Kempton!!