Slash Sports

This will be the final post for SLASH SPORTS. After extensive negotiations, the Partners of SLASH SPORTS have decided to sell our entire operation to a major sports betting operator. It has been a 40 year blast and have enjoyed all the great comments and friends we have met. LET THE HORSE BE WITH YOU.

Saturday was HASKELL STAKES DAY at MONMOUTH but before we headed there there was a BEST BET at SARATOGA. In the SANFORD STAKES it was WIT an impressive winner. At MONMOUTH our clients received the entire 14 race card and were successful with 11 winners. Our 1st BEST BET was THE CRITICAL WAY a heavily bet winner. DR POST was our longshot winner in the MONMOUTH CUP and TRIBHUVAN was a wire to wire winner in the UNITED NATIONS. We released HOT ROD CHARLIE as a BEST BET in the HASKELL STAKES. He won a photo but was disqualified for clipping heels and having a horse go down. Ending the day at DEL MAR where we released ROYAL SHIP in the SAN DIEGO STAKES, who ran 3rd.

Thursday was the opening of SARATOGA, summer racing on the East Coast. We usually wait before jumping in but GOLDEN PAL was running in a later race and was an easy winner for our clients. We also released 2 selections at ARLINGTON, with both horses catching small fields. PITAMAN was a leader from the start and won by 2. LASTEN IMPRESSION took over midway and blew away the short field to win by 12. We'll jump into the full card at SARATOGA on Friday, review the opening of DEL MAR and prepare for MONMOUTH'S stakes races on Saturday.

Friday was a challenging day as weather played havoc with our selections. At BELMONT our release of LOVE AND THUNDER was a scratch. At GULFSTREAM we released ALONZO who was a winner but our underneath plays scratched. At ARLINGTON our release of PH FACTOR ran 3rd. We also released a PICK 3 selection at ELLIS PARK, 2 PICK 3 selections at PRAIRIE MEADOWS and a PICK 4 at LONE STAR. Each wager was hampered by weather as we connected on 2 out of 3 legs on the PICK 3's and 3 out of 4 legs on the PICK 4.

We begin our racing week at FINGER LAKES with QUALITY STONES away well, set the pace, kicked clear to win by 2. On to DELAWARE PARK with BEST CAUSE stalking the early pace, made a bid four wide, drew clear to win by 6. Our final selection of PAPA JIMMY was a scratch.