Fair Grounds Blog

Just like the horses we bet on, sometimes a change of venue can help a handicapper, too.

There are some habits I have a hard time breaking even though I know they're bad for me.

It's the most highly anticipated Thursday afternoon allowance in recent memory, if you don't count the first time it was carded a week ago.

Well at least we picked the winner on top.

Had some technical difficulties after the Turf, and no, it wasn't because I threw my laptop out of the press box window in disgust.

We wouldn't haver minded a longer price in the one race we spread the most in, but who are we to complain about having the fourth choice in the win pool to kick off the Pick Four?

Check that--that 4 is scratched in here so we've got a $36 ticket.

Here's that Pick Four promised earlier:

Race 8: 1,2,4,6,11,13,14

Race 9: 3 

Race 10: 1,4,5

Race 11: 1,2,6,10 

We played the chalk exacta and after being briefly interrupted by Break Up, Louisiana Champions Day returned to its regularly scheduled programming with another heavy favorite coming through.

The 68-1 second-longest-shot on the board comes through. How would you have come up with that one?