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Aug 27th 2011 POWER NUMBERS CRUSH TRAVERS STAKES
09/25/11
One of the most important races of the summer is the Travers Stakes. Often on the day of a huge Stakes race,one worth $1,000.000 purse, the best trainers and jockeys are present. Under these circumstances the Power number is a good play.
The Power picks for the Travers were 1-8-2-9. The 9-2 exacta paid $78 and the 9-2-8 tri paid $1,312.00. The#9 horse(Stay Thirsty) was the favorite going off at 2.4 to 1. The #2 horse(Rattlesnake Bridge) went off at 14.1 to 1, and the #8 horse(J.W.Blue) went off at 32.75 to 1. That is why the tri paid so well even though the favorite won.
Interesting in the Predict system there were 6 horses above the danger line and the back horse(the come from behind horse) was the #8 horse who came in 3rd beaten by less than 3 lengths.
This was one of the only years that we were shut out in the triple crown but we more than made up for it in the Travers.
