After crushing last week's NYRA-in-the-news exacta of Bridge to Nowhere and Wheelsareoffthebus, colleague David Grening padded his rapidly growing retirement nest egg - or at least made up for the recent stock market correction - by tabbing Downtown Hottie (2nd, $25.80).
Demonstrating his horse-picking prowess, Grening noted the filly's connections - trainer Leroy Jolley and jockey Kent Desormeaux - were the only Hall Of Famers in the field, on a day when the 2010 HOF inductees were announced.
Grening immediately signed a lucrative deal to pen "Hunch Betting 101," which will be an eagerly awaited addition to the DRF Press family of how-to handicapping books.
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