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.