20/20 Hindsight

Ah, what could have been. Two of the early pick-four winners at Saratoga (Mel's Gold, $21.4; and Straight Romance, $32.4) were Monster Movers. Congrats to Andy Serling for picking the latter ("Welcome to the party, pal!"). Third race winner was one of only two previous starters and trained by Steve Asmussen--Shaun up! The 'all' button would have sufficed for the long shot winner in the six-horse steeplechase race. Pick-four payout: $$78, 316, roughly half of the pool.

This is not an exotic that I, typically, bet. And, I never play steeples. Might have to reconsider. Whew!