Where We Are Today: Our Picks for March 16, 2022

 


Join us today, as we look into our crystal ball, and see what Zoltar has in store for us! The good news is Gulfstream and Fair Grounds are open today, so there is less chance of us violating Rule #1.... We did OK, despite that, but those wrong picks take a lot of wins to make up for it. We even have a horse that hit the board in the Breeders Cup running today. So, here we go!

THOROUGHBRED 401K

DATE OF INCEPTION: 2/27/22

VALUE AT INCEPTION: $60

VALUE AT START OF DAY: 136.35 (+127.3%)

WINS: 39 OF 55 (70.9%). 

TODAY'S PICKS:

Gulfstream Park, 7th Race, American Heroine, Bet $5 - WON, PAID $6.00 (20%)

Fair Grounds, 4th Race, Dallas Volunteer, Bet $10 - LOST. Was driven wide by the second place horse in the stretch turn, took forever to recover. 

FairGrounds, 7th Race, Clariere, Bet $20, Audrey's Joy, Bet $10 - WON BOTH, PAID $32.00 (6.7%)

Fair Grounds, 8th Race, Brion, Bet $5.  - LOST. Good 5F, but it's 5 1/2F......

Fair Grounds, 9th Race, Charge the Line, Bet $10. - LOST. Changed my bet. First choice finished 2nd.  Just full of bad ideas today..


TODAY'S RESULTS:

PICKS: 3-3 (50%), BET $55, WON $38 (-44.7%)

OVERALL 42-61 (68.9%)

VALUE AT END OF DAY: 114.35 (+90.6%).


mr

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