Churchill Downs Selections by John Gaver III: Thursday, September 21, 2017
The first “Twilight Thursday” program of the September Meet at Churchill Downs kicks off on Thursday, September 21 with an eight-race program on tap highlighted by the featured seventh on the card, a $53,000 entry-level allowance/$75,000 optional claiming affair for two-year-old fillies going six-furlongs on the main track.
The program also has a contentious maiden allowance heat for juvenile fillies going as the fourth race on the card in addition to a $20,545 carryover in the 20-cent Pick Six Jackpot and a $6,578 carryover in the $1 Super High Five.
Churchill will host live Thoroughbred racing over three weekends in September and October through Sunday, October 1 with racing on Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays. Post time is 12:45 P.M. (Eastern) with the exception of a pair of 5:00 P.M. “Twilight Thursday” programs and a 6:00 P.M. first post on Saturday, September 23.
The Green Sheet had three winners on Sunday’s 10-race program in Louisville and gave out a $266 trifecta in the third race on the card and a $229 superfecta in the sixth. Three days into the 11-day meet, The Sheet is hitting at a 29 percent strike rate; its top selections have finished in the money 58 percent of the time.
For the meet to date, The Sheet has a positive seven percent return on investment (ROI*), or a flat-bet profit of 14 cents for each two dollars wagered on its top selections.
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*Return on investment is calculated by placing a hypothetical $2 win wager on all top selections and dividing the net profit by the total amount wagered.
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