Monday result: A night of favorites. Thanks to a scratch and a carryover, we hit for $1 and only lost $2.40. All the right horses, but bad combinations. I really should have hit this for $3-4 and turned a profit. As we always say, structuring the ticket (a factor of money management) is just as important as the handicapping.

$1 play: 27/39/14/147 = $24

Analysis:

Just not all that confident in this one.

Race 8: Maiden pacers. (2) Thisonesforjunior is solid and (7) Bewareofthediva gets Noble. The (1) Ava Marie Cam and the (6) A Legend At Last could spoil the ticket here.

Race 9: (3) SJ’s Manawa Sam gets my call with Noble, even though Stahl chose off. (9) M B Winner K drops and gets trotting master Don McKirgan.

Race 10: Looks to be a two horse race between the nice sophomore (4) Lee A Bryant and (1) Crown Time Rambo, whose recent lines are impressive.

Race 11: (1) Panskrit, on paper, is clearly the best. But he has let us down in the past and we must back ourselves up. (4) Wow Power got a good tightener in his last and (7) Shannons Boy Scout drops to the level of his last win and gets fresh hands.