5/10/2025

(Katlama, WA) Larry the SportsCat has been hired on as our official prognosticator and will be making picks each race day at Emerald Downs. Larry claims to be the best “Pawfessional” in the game today. His selections and advice should be taken as pure entertainment and with a grain of salt.

Larry will make some focused bets on a few of the races, he is doing a minimum 3 race Show parlay and will have his thoughts on the big races like that one in Kentucky.

Larry reminds you to never, ever bet more than you can afford to lose and ALWAYS check your tickets. Get in the habit of running your tickets through a SAM machine before you throw them out especially if you are betting multiple tracks, horses and different kinds of bets.

You never know when a horse has been scratched, been declared on a non-starter or other things that could have happened if you weren’t able to see the race.

Let’s get to Day 3!

Current Season Totals (Thru 2 days)
Total Bets: $479
Total Return: $749.84
Total Profit or Loss: +$270.84

Emerald Downs Bets

1st Race $2 Daily Double
1st Race 2 (Another Ten) and 5 (Parker’s Fifteen)
2nd Race ALL (1-8) Total Bet: $32
Result

3rd Race $25 Win-Place Show
7 Pedal to the Metal Total Bet: $75
Result

4th Race $1 Trifecta
1 (Dirt Road Red) 6 (A View From Above) with 1 (Dirt Road Red) 2 (Sanger) 3 (Smilin Goodbye) 6 (A View From Above) with ALL
Total Bet: $30
Result

Larry’s $40 Parlay

4th Race (6) A View From Above Bet $40
5th Race (7) Willing to Burn Bet 
8th Race (2) Pour on the Cole Bet

Daily Totals
Total Bet: $177
Total Return: 
Total Loss: 

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May 3, 2025

Larry’s Kentucky Derby Bets

$25 Win-Place-Show on #8 Journalism  Total Bet: $75
$1 Trifecta 8 (Journalism) with 1 (Citizen Bull)/2 (Neoequos)/3 (Final Gambit)/18 (Sovereignty) with All  Total Bet: $68
$2 Exacta Box 1(Citizen Bull)/2 (Neoequos)/3 (Final Gambit)/8 (Journalism)/14 (Tiztastic)/18 (Sovereignty) Total Bet: $84
$10 Win Bets 5 (Amercian Promise), 11 (Flying Mohawk), 19 (Chunk of Gold), 20 (Owen Almighty) Total Bet: $40

Total Kentucky Derby Wager is $267.

Overall Results were a loss but got close. Did cash in $156.23 which gave me a loss of $110.77 on the Derby. Cashed the $25 place and show on Journalism and hit the $2 exacta but wasn’t enough to get me out of the hole.

Emerald Downs Bets

1st Race 50-cent Pick 4
5 (West Coast Bull) with 2 (Pass the Crown) 4 (Pakas Secret) 6 (Travel the Map) with 5 (Ruby N Ray) 6 (Calmcoolcollected) 7 (Goin South) 8 (Smile Don’t Wink) with 2 (Earthly Tiger) 3( Benny Buckets) 6 (Hot Journey) 8 (Laura’s Kidough)  Total Bet: $24
Result WIN! Return: $19.10 actually losing $4.90 on the bet : (

5th Race $25 W-P-S 
#3 Coconut Dreams
Total Bet $75
Result Loss! -$75

6th Race $25 W-P-S
5 Company’s Dream
  Total Bet $75
Result Loss! -$75

Larry’s $40 Show Parlay

1st race 5 (West Coast Bull) Bet $40
3rd Race 7 (Goin’ South) Bet $45 
Kentucky Derby 8 (Journalism) $53
7th Race 7 Moonlight Grey $98
Result WIN! $122.50 Profit: 82.50

Daily Totals
Total Bet: $214 (Emerald Bets Only)
Total Return: $141.60
Total Loss: -$72.40

Season Totals
Total Bets: $479
Total Return: $749.84
Total Profit or Loss: +$270.84

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Opening Day April 27, 2025

4th Race $25 W-P-S
#3 La Popis Total Bet $75
Result WIN! Return: $258 Profit: $183

5th Race $25 W-P-S
#6 Sweetling  Total Bet $75
Result LOSS!: Return -$75

7th Race $25 W-P-S #7 Dominate Total Bet $75
Result Win! Return: $98.50 Profit: $23,50

$40 Show Parlay

2nd Race #5 (Bold Encounter) Bet $40; Win $58.40
3rd Race #3 (JT’s Watch) Bet $58; Win $89.32
4th Race #3 (La Popis) Bet $89; Win $154
7th Race #7 (Dominate) Bet $154; Win $251.02

Result WIN!: $251.74 Profit: $201.74

Daily Totals
Total Bet: $265
Total Return: $608.24
Total Profit: $343.24

 

www.elisportsnetwork.com

By paulb

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