Hondo reeled in his fourth straight winner Friday night, bagging a beauty with the Marlins to slash the accounts payable to 555 brocks.
Saturday: Mr. Aitch will go with Wachamacallit over whatsisname for the Cubs — 10 units on the Cardinals. Also, he expects the Nats’ bats to make some noise against Burnett — 10 units on Roark.
As for the Derby, Mr. Aitch will back Ride on Curlin with a two-unit win wager, and play a one-unit exacta box with Ride on Curlin, Medal Count and Intense Holiday. The guest Derby selector for today is a guy who doesn’t horse around around horses, colleague Phil Mushnick. As an upstanding citizen of HondoNation, Phil is asserting his equal-time rights in order to announce he has a very strong hunch about Candy Boy. Do with that what you will.
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Chris Christie reportedly used state helicopters four-to-five times more often in 2013 than he did in his first year in office. Who can blame him, with all those nasty traffic jams that suddenly spring up in New Jersey? … Singer Edie Brickell and Paul “Slugger” Simon released a song in which they sing about how they don’t really know each other. That’s not true, they know she’s a head and a half taller than he is, has a huge reach advantage and is not to be messed with ever again … Emailer Kevin Boyle says there are now “51 ways to leave your lover,” the latest being: “Take Edie to court, sport.”