Get A Hunch, Bet A Bunch

Some horses with interesting conditions grace the card tonight, when the track may still show the effects of midweek rain.

In the featured fifth race, Abitofanipintheair, who has chased much better, lacks speed, but she gained her only victory on a wet track. In the fourth, Messageforthenurse ran against males in Colorado. Inspector Green, off her best Emerald Downs form, looks like a galloping winner in the sixth. And, in the finale, Valhala Warrior put up a good Beyer as a beaten favorite in his local debut.

Here are today’s selections:

SECOND: $10 to win on HONKIN ON. Parlay any winnings to INSPECTOR GREEN in the sixth.

FOURTH: $10 to win on MESSAGEFORTHENURSE.

SIXTH: $20 to win on INSPECTOR GREEN and $5 exactas to HOWIES WILD ROSE, REGAL’S PRECIOUS and HARMONY IN BLUE ($15).

EIGHTH: $10 to win on VALHALA WARRIOR and $1 trifectas wheeling him to IN WINNING STYLE, KNIGHT IN KAPOWSIN and TENSION MOUNTS ($6).

Original bankroll: $2,000.

Friday’s result: Lost $80.

Present bankroll: $1,676.90.