Bauer's Bets: Fast & Firm at Tampa, Wednesday's Play of the Day

THORTON (7), in Race 5, is the bet of the day. He drops into $5,000 Non-winnners of a race in six months, from open company $10,000 rivals. He ran well that day, his first try on a dry dirt track in almost a year. Trainer Gerald Bennett is locked in a close race for the trainer's title with Kathleen O'Connell and has this one in a good spot to add to his tally. Red-hot jock Samy Camacho retains the mount. THE BET: $10 to win on THORTON (7) and a $2 exacta box with BANCO DINERO (5) and GEAR JAMMER (6).  5,6,7   Total bet $22  GOOD LUCK