Ouch

Bad beats hurt. Bad handicapping decisions hurt. We had both on Saturday.

Redaspen was wheeling back in two weeks to stretch out from 9 to 12 furlongs. We knew she'd give an honest effort, we didn't think it would be enough to win, and we had multiple plays with her in 2nd and 3rd. She won, impressively.

We thought My Rachel would back up after leading. She did. We thought she'd back up off the ticket. We were wrong, she held off our 3rd choice, Herboriste, for 4th.

If we get a break on either end of the ticket, we cash. Get breaks on both ends and we're cashing 3 tickets.

Ouch.