Analyst · 2-9 on settled picks
“I don want to pick Forte but I going to go ahead and pick Forte here I just don think he done anything wrong”
Arcangelo won the 2023 Belmont Stakes at 7-1 odds; Forte finished second as the 2-1 favorite (CBS Sports / NPR). (Forte 2nd behind Arcangelo)
“I will have a superfected ticket, which is single to forte on top with Archangelo hit show and Angel of Empire in the second, third and four spots for five bucks.”
The 2023 Belmont Stakes order of finish was: 1st Arcangelo, 2nd Forte, 3rd Tapit Trice, 4th Angel of Empire/Hit Show dead heat; the superfecta ticket had Forte on top (1st) which did not hit (Action Network / CBS Sports). (Actual order: Arcangelo-Forte-Tapit Trice-Angel of Empire(t)/Hit Show(t))
“five mark but rock me in the sixth for me is a stone cold single”
No publicly available result found for Race 6 (allowance undercard) at Belmont Park on June 9, 2023, or for a horse named Rockne; no gradeable data found.
“And my best bet on the Saturday card is actually in the last race,”
Spirit of St Louis won an allowance turf race at Belmont Park on June 10, 2023, rallying five wide in the stretch to draw clear (Equibase / NYRA).
“So the two horse red run six to one on the morning line in the grade two Brooklyn, the sixth race on Saturday, I think is awfully live.”
Next won the Grade 2 Brooklyn Stakes at Belmont Park on June 10, 2023 by 2.25 lengths; Red Run finished third (NYRA / Paulick Report). (Red Run finished 3rd)
“I'm going to play a cold 3-1 exacta, mage over national treasure.”
The 2023 Preakness Stakes finishing order was National Treasure 1st, Blazing Sevens 2nd, Mage 3rd; the Mage-over-National Treasure exacta did not hit (Action Network).
“but my topic is gonna be the four merlaza six to one i love it”
Taxed won the 2023 Black-Eyed Susan Stakes at 11-1, with Hoosier Philly 2nd and Faiza 3rd; Merlaza did not win (Baltimore Sun). (Taxed won by ~1¾ lengths)
“I'm going to put a win bet in here on the five horse”
Rock the Boat won Pimlico Race 1 on Friday May 19, 2023; Evan Harlan did not win (OTB Pimlico results May 19 2023). (Evan Harlan did not finish first)
“So I'll take Gunning the number six horse in the ninth race at six to one.”
Cheetara won Pimlico Race 9 on Saturday May 20, 2023; Gunning did not win (HorseRacingNation Pimlico May 20 2023 entries/results). (Cheetara won, Gunning finished as also-ran)
“I'm going to go to the eight horse mage on top.”
Mage, ridden by Javier Castellano, won the 149th Kentucky Derby on May 6, 2023 at Churchill Downs, paying 15-1 odds (CBS Sports).
“That's going to be a win bet for me.”
No gradeable data found for 'Smoking Tea' in Race 3 at Churchill Downs on May 5, 2023; no public horse racing database results returned for this horse name on that date.
“So I going to play Matt Turay over Goodnight Olive there”
No horse named Matt Turea appears in Churchill Downs Race 4 results on May 6, 2023; the race (Derby City Distaff) was won by Matareya with Goodnight Olive finishing third — pick cannot be graded (HorseRacingNation).
“I'm going to go to the seven-horse Fort Bragg.”
Fort Bragg finished second in the 2023 Pat Day Mile at Churchill Downs on May 6, 2023, beaten by a neck by General Jim (Churchill Downs official news).
“10 to one on the 10 horse, flashy gem in the 10th race here.”
Flashy Gem finished seventh in Churchill Downs Race 10 (Edgewood Stakes) on May 5, 2023; Heavenly Sunday won the race (HorseRacingNation).