The first Jockey7 wager (carded as race 11) on Wednesday at Kentucky Downs looks a lot like any other race at this unique track – that is, difficult. The Jockey7 allows horseplayers to bet on individual jockeys and their mounts, and will span the last seven races (4-10) each day. Win-place-show, exacta, and trifecta wagering will be held on the Jockey7, which consists of 13 jockeys and their assigned mounts, plus a “field” as a 14th entry. Results are based on a points system for top-four finishes (25-12-9-5). For more details on the wager, click here. The Jockey7 differs from something like a pick six or other multi-race wagers, so anyone hoping to make a monster score probably is misguided. With vertical wagering only – win/place/show, exacta, and trifecta – there clearly are limits to what a bettor can expect to make, especially since no one seems to know how big any of these pools might get. The Kentucky Downs morning line for Wednesday has the field, the No. 14 or “all others” entry, as a lukewarm 5-2 favorite. That’s probably because you get multiple riders in the field and only two of the individually listed jockeys (Robby Albarado and Jose Valdivia Jr.) have as many as six mounts during the seven-race sequence. Barring a personal preference for a certain jockey and backing that rider blindly, probably the best way to attack this bet is to make selections of horses in each race, then figure out which jockey has the best chance to collect the most points based on those picks. Going strictly on my 1-2-3 picks in the DRF selectors’ box, I tallied up the points that the jockeys would earn if all those picks came in. I have Tyler Gaffalione on two winners (My Impression in race 6 and Run Time in race 10), and you’d have to think that 50 points (25 for each winner) will be enough (or very close) to win the Jockey7. So I will use Gaffalione (No. 4) in some part-wheels with some of the other jockeys who are on live mounts, including Robby Albarado (No. 1), Brian Hernandez Jr. (No. 7), Feargal Lynch (No. 10), and the field (No. 14), which includes Julio Garcia, among many others. Here are my plays: * An exacta part-wheel using 4 first and second with 1, 7, 10, 14. * A trifecta part-wheel using 4 first and second with those same numbers. Let’s hope the pools are big enough to make this a worthwhile (and profitable) endeavor for the winners.