BANKROLL BEATDOWN
Tim Wilkin and Anthony Affrunti each was given a mythical $2,000 to spend as he sees fit during the Saratoga season.
Tim Wilkin
First of all, Happy Alabama day to you all. The Long Island rumor mill was working overtime on Friday. Word on the street was that the Spa was going to be invaded by none other than Otis himself on Saturday. Packing up the Blue Baloo for a little weekend getaway. Why he would be coming up here, I have no idea. Perhaps the mysterious Leopold has convinced the unmotivated Otis that he needs to get out of the house. One can only watch so many reruns of “Saved By the Bell” and eat so many cheese doodles and bowls of Cap’n Crunch cereal. Methinks the real reason for Otis coming to the Spa is that he has found a retired arithmetic teacher up here who is willing to teach our tough little friend how to manage his bankroll. I’m willing to guess that he is hundreds, if not thousands, of dollars off on his totals. Otis may have gotten these vile ideas to cheat by attending Biff Tannen’s Pleasure Paradise Casino & Hotel on his last visit to Hill Valley, the last time he was in California. May have had an audience with Biff himself to fine-tune his swindling tactics. They are working very nicely for Otis this summer. Wonder how he sleeps at night knowing he is duping the fine folks that read his drivel day after day after day. Otis. My man.
For today, $20 win Maria’s Gift (4th), $40 exacta Malathaat over Crazy Beautiful (10th).
Total bets: $60 Friday’s results: I didn’t get to play. Our third race wager was turf only and the race was moved to the dirt. In the seventh, Breaking Downs stayed in the barn, so that win and exacta bet came back. All told, $70 goes back in the wallet. Winnings: $0 Bankroll: $929.50
Anthony Affrunti
We never had the amount of rain down here on Long Island like Saratoga has had in the past few days. Saw a bunch of pictures on the world wide web from people on the backside showing the flooding, and Friday’s track was further proof. There was no re-creation of “The Perfect Storm” down here. All dry for now, but that will change. Somebody has to let the Willard Scott wannabe know just because it rains in Saratoga, it doesn’t mean the rest of the world gets it too. Truth be told, the real Willard
Scott created and played the original Ronald Mcdonald in ads for the famous burger joint. That seems to be a much better fit for our friend Wilkin, as he can play the clown role pretty well. It comes naturally. As for his complaining about the mysterious Leopold, he is still on his southern tour and likely enjoying it in the Sunshine State as I haven’t heard from him in a few days. Good for him. Had to laugh at Wilkin’s diatribe the other day about running second all the time in his picks. Apparently, if second place counted, he’d be rich like Richard Branson with all his long shots picked. Only comparison between him and Branson is that both are in outer space. One was physically, the other mentally. I’ll leave that to you to figure out. Poor fella is grasping at straws now. Paper straws.
For today, let’s get daring and play a $40 double with Lead Guitar (3rd) and Know It All Red (4th). We’ll skip to the seventh race and play $40 to win and place on firster Cogburn, who runs for a trainer who works them slow, and has been firing bullets in the a.m.
Total bets: $120 Friday’s results: Made one simple play and it almost worked. Had the lead in the stretch with City Magic in the first race, but got run down by our second pick. The $40 to win was lost, but we hit the $40 to place at least, which returned $110, so it’s something.
Winnings: $30 Bankroll: $1,751.10