Race Day

Today is yet another first in the story of In Over My Head’s comeback: he is picked to win. The oddsmakers set him off as the 7-2 morning line favorite and Mike Paradise has also picked him to be the winner tonight. We will see how much money the betting public puts down on him tonight, but it is kind of fun to be viewed by others as the one to beat.

This was close to the case last week as well, but the race didn’t go at all as we had hoped. A simple summary: didn’t get off the gate great, shuffled to last, finally found some open racetrack in the stretch and flew home faster than anyone else in the race. All too similar to the week before. He finished 5th and got us his first check in a long time (a cool $375…less driver and trainer fees!), but we were disappointed. Luckily for us, he came out of the race very well, which allowed us to get him back in this week. There is no better way to get a disappointing race off your mind than to just enter in another race.

Tonight, we will gather the same group we had two weeks ago to head down to the track: Danny, Kacy, Laura, her grandparents and myself. One change for the evening is that Danny will be warming Mo up…something that hasn’t happened since his Windy City Pace win nearly 2 years ago. Maybe that will be the little bit of extra luck we need to make that elusive trip back to the winners circle.

Very few things are more unpredictable than horse racing and sometimes nights when you are the favorite can end up being the most disappointing. However, once in awhile things just break in your favor and why not tonight?

Let’s go Mo!