Saturday, May 21, 2016

Burns Park Loop

I walked the Burns Park Loop this morning in 1:40:01. By the way, someone has added an estimated quarter of mile to the loop. They put a bridge in over a particularly muddy area and carved the trail a little deeper into the woods on the basketball-court side of the new bridge.

PROFESSOR PETE'S PREAKNESS STAKES DEAD SOLID LOCK OF LATE THIS AFTERNOON*

Bet the following:
$10 exacta box with Nyquist (3) and Exaggerator (5). Cost: $20. Estimated payoffs: 3-5, $40; 5-3, $60
$5 trifecta with Nyquist and Exaggerator boxed for first and second over Uncle Lino (2), Collected (7), Abiding Star (9), and Fellowship (10). Cost: $40. Estimated payoffs: $150-$225
$1 superfecta boxing Nyquist, Exaggerator, Collected, and Fellowship. Cost: $24. Estimated payoffs: $300-$5,000
*After approximately thirty years of Preakness Stakes handicapping and betting, I have cashed one ticket (in 1995)

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