the new deT work out feature allows us to determine the best work out since last race. i played 21 races yesterday and there were 4 bombs as a result of this new feature.

woodbine 3, the 3, arami's factor, had a 98 best work out since last race, 8 points above the next highest and 12 points above the chalky fave, the 4. the 3 had an a+ rating and won and went wire to wire and paid $13.60. the x with 4 paid $14.75.

now for a couple of real bombs both of which were at del mar. r9, the top 3 work out horses were the 4 at 103, the 2 at 101 and the 6 at 98. 4 was a fts. both the 2 and 6 were 1 1 a+ and the 4 was a c+. the 8 was also a 1 1 but an f. 2 ways to play this. the conservative way is box all 3 for a total cost of $6 for a $1 x and a $1 tri. the payouts were $54.20 for the x and $169.20 for the tri. the other way would have been to play 2,6/2,6/4 cutting the cost to $2 for both the x and the tri. with the low cost playing both is certainly feasible. of course you may have wanted to include the 8 being a 1 1 and not a balo. then the cost would rise but not signifigantly.

del mar, r11, the top 3 best work out horses were the 9 at 101 and the 2 and 7 tied at 97 for second. the 1, 9 and 6 were all 1 1's with the 6 being a balo. even though the 9 was an f he was not a balo and had by far the lowest al of around 3/5. along with the 8, the 9 had an early speed edge and was top in psr and cpwr. to me the play was the 9/1,2,6,7,8 for both the x and tri. if you're scared off by the 9's f rating play the reverse as well-1,2,6,7,8/9 x and 1,2,6,7,8/9/1,2,6,7,8 tri. the 9 won and paid a chalky $4.40 but the 2 placed and paid a whopping $44.80. the 6 showed and paid $3.80. the $1 x paid $144.60! the $1 tri paid $505.60! a simple 3 horse box of the 3 best work out horses, the 2,7 and 9 would have hit the x as well.

saratoga 7, on the last day of the current meeting, the top 4 work out horses were the 2 at 95, the 3 and 9 tied at 94 and the 10 at 91. the 10's work out was only 4 days ago which to me makes it even better. the 9's work out was also very recent, being within 5 days. the 3 was getting the meet's leading jockey, irad ortiz. but the 3 had incredibly low recent speed figures. still, it had irad and that usually means something. the 11 was a 1 1 f and a balo. the 3 was a 1 1 a+. and the 10 was a 2 2 a+. i came up with a 2.3.9.10 and 11 tri and sf box. the tri for .50 cents and the sf for .20 cents. the 3 almost unbelievably completely ran out and finished 2nd to last after being eased. the tri paid $157.75 and the sf paid $264 x 2=$528!

just an awesome new feature!