MODESTI'S PICKS COLLECT ON EXACTA.Byline: Daily News From the better-lucky-than-good file: Bettors who followed Staff Writer Kevin Modesti's Kentucky Derby Kentucky Derby One of the classic U.S. Thoroughbred horse races. It was established in 1875 and run annually on the first Saturday in May at Churchill Downs track in Louisville, Ky. With the Preakness and the Belmont Stakes, it makes up U.S. racing's coveted Triple Crown. selections in Saturday's Daily News would have cashed the $61.80 exacta ex·act·a n. A method of betting, as on a horserace, in which the bettor must correctly pick those finishing in the first and second places in precisely that sequence. Also called perfecta. - even though he didn't select Grindstone grindstone or grind common metaphor for industriousness. [Pop. Culture: Misc.] See : Industriousness . Recommended were exactas linking Cavonnier with Prince of Thieves, In Contention, Zarb's Magic and Editor's Note Editor's Note (foaled in 1993 in Kentucky) is an American thoroughbred Stallion racehorse. He was sired by 1992 U.S. Champion 2 YO Colt Forty Niner, who in turn was a son of Champion sire Mr. Prospector and out of the mare, Beware Of The Cat. Trained by D. . Exacta bets with Editor's Note on top of Cavonnier would have hit, though only because Editor's Note was coupled in the wagering with Grindstone, both being owned by William T. Young's Overbrook Farm. Wrong horse, right result. |
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