Get A Hunch, Bet A Bunch

There’ll be wet, and maybe sticky, going tonight for sure, so it’s appropriate that a couple mud-loving runners from Playfair’s past may visit the winner’s circle.

In the seventh race, the Rocking Chair, a gateful of horses at least 8 years of age will sprint over the Playfair Course. Starters will include Gotta Go Charlie, who has placed in a Playfair Mile. More to the point, he has won five of 11 career starts in the mud. Likewise, Order Up Molly, one of eight fine mares in the feature, can classify as a mud-lover. In her only two local starts, as a 2-year-old in 1995, she placed in the Juvenile Hers Stakes and the Spokane Futurity, both on wet tracks.

For what it’s worth, horses on or close to the pace won all six local races in the mud on Saturday.

The Breeders’ Cup card generated four winning picks and three seconds, but nary a winning ticket. With four race days to go, it’s time to take some risks.

Here are today’s selections:

THIRD: $20 to win on MACKEE’S DREAM and $5 exactas pairing him with VAMP’S VAMP, MESSAGEFORTHENURSE and J.B.’s BULETTE ($15.)

SIXTH: $20 to win on CHAR’S DOLLAR and $5 exactas pairing her with HARMONY IN BLUE, GEE OH DEE and EXCLUSIVE TABOO ($15).

SEVENTH: $10 to win on GOTTA GO CHARLIE.

EIGHTH: $5 exactas pairing OLDER UP MOLLY with BRICKS’N STICKS, ROLLS BELLE and MS. MAC MURPHY both ways ($30).

NINTH: $10 to win on C T’S A CHARMER and $1 trifectas wheeling her to BACK ALY KID, ARTIC WAY and GARRISON FINISH ($6).

Original bankroll: $2,000.

Saturday’s result: Lost $174.

Present bankroll: $1,206.70.

, DataTimes