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Re: Where are the TG guys hanging out on track these days? - 3 years ago
NoCarolinaTony Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Hi All, > > Looking for the usual guys that come closing week, > but I can’t find anyone? > Want to say hello etc! > > NCTONY Looking to be there, tomorrow (Saturday) . . . looking forward . . . Catby Topcat - Ask the Experts
Re: Backyard for Alabama '21 - 3 years ago
It ain't over, yet. The years I'm not up sometime Labor Day weekend, there's either (a) a monsoon, OR (b) my funeral. Gatoby Topcat - Ask the Experts
Re: TGPS EXTRA Special Seminar-- sending to all TG members - 3 years ago
TGJeff Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Today, in lieu of a Race of the Week, we're > emailing the TGPS EXTRA seminar to ALL Thoro-Graph > members. This seminar is usually reserved for TGPS > EXTRA members only. > The seminar is hosted by Vic Stauffer, Oaklawn > Park's track announcer, as he covers the Alabama > from Saratogaby Topcat - Ask the Experts
Re: Back In The Saddle, Again - 3 years ago
Could be Friday, if that's the only day of the week without rain . . . updates, as they occur . . .by Topcat - Ask the Experts
Re: Back In The Saddle, Again - 3 years ago
belmont3 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > And in a few short days, a contingent of hard > drinking (but not performance enhancing) > T-generates will abandon the Gateway Arch with > their coolers of Bud Lite (no White claws allowed) > following the words of Mr. Greeley (Horace not the > horse), > > > =Horse&refno=1372752&aby Topcat - Ask the Experts
Back In The Saddle, Again - 3 years ago
Looking forward to the closing stages of this Spa session . ..by Topcat - Ask the Experts
Back In The Saddle, Again - 3 years ago
Entering the optimum period for Spa speculations . . . let the games begin in earnest.by Topcat - Ask the Experts
As The '19 Spa Season Lurches To Its Conclusion . . . - 5 years ago
things aren't all bad: youtu.be/fn1JUCFobBMby Topcat - Ask the Experts
Re: NYRA race of the week Fourstardave - 5 years ago
There's a certain style of turf horse aboard which JL can shine -- even at the Spa. But Dr. Edgar doesn't quite fit the dream profile.by Topcat - Ask the Experts
Re: Nicely Nicely - 5 years ago
Didn't see that one -- but Lane is the beau-ideal modern-day stage N. Detroit.by Topcat - Ask the Experts
Re: NYRA race of the week Fourstardave - 5 years ago
Pre-Lasix, yeah. I'm not telling anyone anything new here, but: Different game, now. Saturday's was a powerhouse effort -- but I'd expect a measure of regression, now -- however slight.by Topcat - Ask the Experts
Re: Backyard Brawl - 5 years ago
Could not make it. Crappy logistics. Have far better chance this pending weekend -- and the weather is supposed to be God-like, with the rain blowing away after Thursday . . . one time . . .by Topcat - Ask the Experts
Re: Raise The Takeout...Brilliant! - 5 years ago
Boscar Obarra Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Though you might like to know CHDN hits all time > highs today , 130 up from 75 when I spoke of it in > JAN 2018 > > A bit of a rocky path , but they do execute. I was told by a very smart man that CD was a screaming buy, fifty years ago. You can only imagine.by Topcat - Ask the Experts
Re: Larry Collmus - 5 years ago
Larry's far-superior to Anybody Horrible. Collmus' bad luck is that he followed The Greatest, Ever.by Topcat - Ask the Experts
Re: Backyard Brawl - 5 years ago
Weather looks quasi-reasonable, but anything over 80 is problematic, and the current cyclical spin we're in leaves the region vulnerable to pesky mid-afternoon shower activity, which can play hell with one's best-laid plans. Hope to make it sometime this weekend. Gatoby Topcat - Ask the Experts
Re: Monmouth Park Seating - 5 years ago
Mstrlucky74 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Dad and I are changing it up and going to Monmouth > Park(we've never been) instead of Saratoga. We > will be going up the morning of 8/3 and staying > overnight. > I don't know the layout so looking for a little > help. Ideally we would like somewhere with a table > and close to thby Topcat - Ask the Experts
Re: DRF RIP? - 5 years ago
. . . and haven't been, essentially, since the early '90s, when California tracks first began to print their own individual track programs . . .by Topcat - Ask the Experts
Re: While I was away... - 5 years ago
richiebee Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Olden Days: > > > Recently(?), NYRA seems to have nudged the scale > up a couple of pounds so that the top weight in > overnight races is 125 or 124, where it used to be > 122. For years H. Allen Jerkens was a vocal > opponent of any adjustment of this sort (kind of > surprising in thby Topcat - Ask the Experts
Re: HUGE REDBOARD ALERT - 5 years ago
hellersorr Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > As has been pointed out many times here, betting > on a horse with a big PARX figure to repeat that > number in NY is quite frequently a mug's game. Truth, alas . . .by Topcat - Ask the Experts
Re: Diana G1 - 5 years ago
Al Caught Up Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > ... Who stiffed his editors and writers at Art in > America, Interview, etc., but miraculously had the > dough to buy Payson Park. Nice. #hangingoffenseby Topcat - Ask the Experts
Re: Spa Time - 5 years ago
FrankD. Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > It’s opening day with a pretty good betting > card, especially late. Some real nice price > opportunities on the green with 4/5 in Late pick 5 > slated for the turf. > > Too bad it will be in the high 80’s with very > oppressive humidity and pretty much can’t miss > severe late afternoby Topcat - Ask the Experts
Re: Article on Status of Professional Sports Betting - 5 years ago
FrankD. Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Bit, > > A great piece. The lack of intestinal fortitude in > the corporate gambling world is a mere microcosm > of our society which has been a mission to > emasculate real men for a couple of decades. > > Don’t believe me? Ask Norberto Arroyo 😎 > > I wonder what Benny “ Iâby Topcat - Ask the Experts
Re: Hollendorfer - 5 years ago
Mstrlucky74 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Guys watch the last HBO real sports episode. Very > sad If you called it "piling on", you'd be right.by Topcat - Ask the Experts
Re: Does anyone know anybody at HANA? - 5 years ago
TGJB Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Looking for someone near the top, want to send > them something. Jeff Platt's the President . . . His e-mail: jeff@hanaweb.org . . .if that helps.by Topcat - Ask the Experts
Re: Fast Delaware Figs - 5 years ago
APny Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Has anyone else noticed that many horses seem to > have run new tops at Delaware over the summer but > since then can't replicate the figs? Not sure if > JB has the track too fast or if trainers were > taking an edge knowing they could.I'm thinking the > figs may just be too fast since they aby Topcat - Ask the Experts
Re: Hidden Scroll - 5 years ago
Tavasco Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Hidden Scroll just won the 4th race race @ GP on > Pegasus day. I suppose we will have some eye > catching performances in the upcoming stakes races > but Hidden Scroll set the bar pretty high. > > I suggest watching this one going forward. In > this, his first start he went 1:342 for a mile andby Topcat - Ask the Experts
Re: An answer and Chic Anderson - 5 years ago
enpe Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Sorry for my provincialism, but Phil Georgeff > (Chicago tracks) was a great one. He was fired by > Madison Square Garden (who had just bought > Arlington Park) for "calling race 1 with as much > emotion as the feature race 9." Grew up listening to Phil, so I'm also prejudiced in his favorby Topcat - Ask the Experts
Re: An answer and Chic Anderson - 5 years ago
skitimber Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I'll bite and say no; there are too many great > jockeys to pronounce McCarron the best. I just > watched 3 races, 2 classic distances: the Breeders > Cup Classic with Sunday Silence and a great ride > by McCarron, no doubt. The only things better, > the horses performance and the race callby Topcat - Ask the Experts