Thursday July 19 Picks

Hello everyone,

WOW! Just when you think that Opening Day at Del Mar can't get better, it actually does! If feels like it was also breaking record day.

This time, 47,339 people were part of this crazy, fun and very crowed place. More than $14.2 million were bet yesterday, one million more than last year.

 The first race was won by women. Jockey Chantal Sutherland and trainer Kristin Mulhall took the first win at Del Mar, being this the first time for her to win on any Opening Day at this track. Congratulations to both!

   On the winning standings, only two jockeys got two winning races yesterday (Rafael Bejarano and Martin Garcia), the rest of the races was pretty wide open, giving bettors a couple of nice surprises on the payouts.

   As usual, before the races started, the place was full, specially the paddock area; somehow, the fans keep coming and coming and they were able to enjoy the races, win some money and a have couple of drinks.

   For it's 75th season, is looking great!

   Unfortunately, not only drunk people getting on fights and things getting lost were the only bad things that happened. PLAYFUL COUNCIL broke his front leg while running on the backstretch and had to be euthanized.

   Nonetheless, horse racing must goon for today, so here are your picks for the 8 races that will be going on in a couple of hours:

Race 1:  MR. ROSA, MY DIANE... include LOVE MY GIRL in your 'fectas.

Race 2: WILDCAT MOON, RESISTANT... include NO RACHMONES in your 'fectas.

Race 3:  SHE SPIRIT DI SU with STAR VESTA and STARSHIP FLARE.

Race 4: HE'S NOT TOO SHABY, OLD MAN LAKE.

Race 5: HEY I'M SOBBA, ROSSI RESERVE... keep an eye on MEMO TO KATHY.

Race 6: MISSDEALORNODELA, INDYCAT... include FIFTH COMMANDMENT in your 'fectas.

Race 7: SIZZINLG GOLD, MAGIC SCHOOL... include SEAN S in your 'fectas.

Race 8 NEVER SHEA NEVER, KVETCH... include AUNT GERT  in your 'fectas.

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