Allmyxsliventexas, a winner of six of his seven starts at this meet, including a start-to-finish tally last week, looks to add another photo to the scrapbook in Saturday night’s featured $6,700 Open Pace.
The main event will go as the fourth on a 13-race card presented by Watch and Wager LLC with first post set for 4:50 p.m.
Allmyxsliventexas is an eight-year-old Hi Ho Silverheels homebred who competes for Wayne and Rod Knittel, hails from the Bob Johnson shedrow and will be handled once again by Nick Roland while doing his work from the outside slot in the field of six.
The hard-hitting performer has had his picture taken following 45 of his 140 lifetime appearances, he’s looking to add to a $256,000 bank account and set his 1:50 career mark at Hoosier Park three years ago.
Allmyxsliventexas kicked off this meeting with five straight trips to the charmed enclosure, with the richest of those scores coming in the December 11 Dave Goldschmidt Pace. He suffered his first setback at the stand when he he was hung the mile on January 31 and tired.
The Knittel colorbearer returned to his winning ways last week, blasting off the gate for Roland and going on to a coast-to-coast decision, tossing in a :27 final quarter to seal the deal as the odds-on choice in a 1:53 mile.
Taking him on this weekend, from the rail out: Proof with Cordarius Stewart; Intrigued Again, Tony Kerwood; Royale Big Guy, who will have the services of Mooney Svendsen; Hoo Nein A, Gerry Longo; and Buddys Hope, to be handled by Jacob Cutting.
Reduced takeout rate produces sweet payoff
On the surface, last Saturday night’s 20-cent Pick 4 payoff of $230 doesn’t seem like anything out of the ordinary, but a closer look at the numbers reveals the true value of a reduced takeout wager.
The 20-cent Pick 4 is one of three bets offered here each night with a reduced 16 percent takeout, the others being the early and late 20-cent Pick 5.
Last Saturday’s Late Pick 4 consisted of two winning favourites, including the 3-5 Allmyxsliventexas in the Open Pace, a second choice and a 6-1 shot. The $2 win parlay on these four would result in a return of $330, which means the $230 return for the 20-cent Pick 4 ticket was seven times what the parlay would have yielded.
By the way, in addition to the lower rate, the 20-cent Pick 4 comes with a $25,000-guaranteed gross pool, making it even sweeter.
Getting back to Allmyxsliventexas, both he and Silverhill Volo returned to the head of their respective pacing and trotting divisions with decisive victories.
Both of these performers had started the meet with five straight victories, including a win by Allmyxsliventeas in the Dave Goldschmidt and Silverhill Volo in the Joe Lighthill, but had suffered defeats in their previous outings while encountering tough trips.
There were no such issues last weekend, however, as Nick Roland took Allmyxsliventas coast-to-coast and Chip Lackey did the same thing with Silverhill Volo as they re-established their top rankings.
(Cal Expo)