By a NOSE

This time, the nose was in our favor!
The Diana Hdcp, broadcast on ESPN, featured the Grade 1 veteran Angara from Britain. Lady of Venice was the 6/5 fave even though she had only won a Grade 3 race last out!
I put Angara on top of the 3,4, and 6 and I got shut out of the safety exacta...NO MATTER:

8th Race, Next Post 5:49 Off: 5:12

1 1/8 Miles. (Turf) 3 Year Olds And Up Stakes Purse: $500,000

# Horse Jockey Weight Win Place Show 2 Angara (GB) Jara F 120 9.60 4.10 3.10 4 Sweet Talker Dominguez R A 120 4.80 3.40 3 Argentina (IRE) Prado E S 118 3.40 Times in 5ths: :234 :474 1:121 1:362 1:491 Times in 100ths: :23.95 :47.94 1:12.22 1:36.58 1:49.20

Winning Trainer: Mott William I - Owner: Sangster Family Stable

$2 Exacta (2-4) Paid $41.60

We've been hitting more exactas lately by looking for legit longshots to come in second.

The Beatings Continue

After filling the account past the requisite $4oo mark for the third time, we took aim at the Friday twilight Belmont and Hollywood cards.
I was unimpressed with the favorite in the second preferring the 1,2, and 4 to the 5 so I put those three over the 5...
the 5 WAS unimpressive and the 1,4,2 came in as follows!:

1	Lady Jove	13.80	8.10	5.30
4	Her Royal Nibs		10.20	4.90
2	Stellar Maiden			2.80

Wager Type	Winning Number	Pool	Paid
Double	1-1	229741	65.50
Exacta	1-4	271716	94.50
Quinella	1-4	24052	52.50
Trifecta	1-4-2	214011	356.50

So a nice exacta and triple was cleanly avoided.

Insult to injury occurred in the feature in which we bet the triple with various keys, one of which was the 2-8-9. The 8 drifted out a few lanes in the stretch so the jockey of the 9 checks his horse and does and Oscar-worthy acting job as if he were just run over.
The 8 was dq-ed!

2	Society Hostess (Gomez, Garrett K. )	120	L B	2	2	7-2 1/2	6-2 1/2	-	3-2	1-1/4	4.10
8 DQ	Gilded Gold (Castellano, Javier )	124	L	8	1	1-1/2	1-1/2	-	1-1/2	3-1 1/4	1.20*
9	Lemon Drop Gal (Desormeaux, Kent J. )	120	L B	9	4	2-1 1/2	2-1 1/2	-	2-1 1/2	2-1 1/4	6.10

Exacta

2-9

314703

67.00

Trifecta

2-9-8

239418

175.50

Things only got worse at Hollywood.
You have to stick with the COMPETENT trainers and (at H'wood) jockeys.