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SoCalMan2 Wrote:
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> BitPlayer Wrote:
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> > Hindsight being 20/20, I wonder whether
> bringing
> > Chrome in early for two works over the track
> might
> > have been a mistake. I have read and heard
> things
> > in the past suggesti
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Boscar Obarra Wrote:
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> I have a hunch Stephen Wolfson, Jr (2nd place)
> knows more than a little bit about handicapping.
> Family must pass it down through the genes.
>
> Would also guess there are no bookmakers lining
> up to take his action.
Certainly well-connected.
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BitPlayer Wrote:
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> From Jay Hovdey's DRF article about process of
> grading stakes:
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> The fourth leg of data is comprised of
> Timeform-style performance ratings (NARC Rates).
> Numbers gleaned from the Thoro-Graph handicapping
> figures also are considered. Again, the site feels
> compelled to equivo
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magicnight Wrote:
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> Grening of DRF just tweeted that x-rays of
> DeCarlo's back were negative, he's expected to be
> released from hospital shortly, and hopes to ride
> on Thursday, per his agent.
CC tweeted he's body-sore as hell, but thanked the powers that be it wasn't far worse than it was.
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TGJB Wrote:
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> Unless he has changed positions a whole lot since
> the long ago days when we used to argue political
> ideology on the Metroliner on the way to Delaware
> Park, I'm pretty sure I know one guy pretty happy
> Trump won. And not because he likes Trump.
>
> He doesn't use Robespierre for nut
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richiebee Wrote:
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> Yes, Cat, defeated by as large a margin as any
> referendum in NJ history.
>
> Genting's Resort World Casino in Ozone Park a big
> winner here, probably more so
> than the AC casinos, Monmouth/Meadowlands horse
> breeders in NJ get the short end
> of the stick.
. . .and oh yeah,
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richiebee Wrote:
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> Jimbo:
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> If we are getting into the age issue, again the
> statistics are buried there
> somewhere. We all know that even with the
> impressive live gate at this years
> BC (nearly 120K over the two days) the game in the
> present and in the future
> will be primarily played online.
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dannyboy135 Wrote:
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> I have read in an article in the drf that she was
> getting first Lasix and also heard caton bredar
> say so on the steve byk show but don't see her
> listed as being on Lasix.
> anyone know for sure?
Shows first juice in the pps.
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SoCalMan2 Wrote:
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> Al Caught Up Wrote:
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> > For what it's worth, Hemingway's best writing
> on
> > racing is the early short story "My Old Man."
> You
> > can find a link to it, if you're interested,
> here:
>
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SoCalMan2 Wrote:
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> TGJB Wrote:
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> > SoCal-- There are also a couple of chapters in
> "A
> > Moveable Feast" where Ernie talks about making
> a
> > living in Paris by betting on the horses. Or at
> > least enough to eat.
>
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FrankD. Wrote:
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> Imagine Hemingway in the back yard with Uncle Bill
> and a cast of Christian, TopCat, Richiebee,
> Mathcapper, our fearless seminar leaders, a Frank
> D. story or 6 and our other assorted characters?
> That would only be this years edition of a
> Pulitzer!!!
>
> Not hard to imagine to those
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Tavasco Wrote:
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> I'll second that! Smart
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> When the Pizza Man opened @ 3/1 I didn't know what
> to think and then he drifted up. Crowd influence
> maneuvers or just happenstance.?
>
> At least two races where the failure of heavily
> bet Chad Brown horses made for solid wins today.
> Maybe h
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Al Caught Up Wrote:
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> for what it's worth, Ernie Dahlman is famously a
> Sheets player who is a bounce atheist:
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> ard-of-odds.html
Told a boxfull of colleagues that if Skip Away (a horse I loved who proved out in a significant way -- but who was absolutely going to bounce to Saturn the first Saturday in M
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johnnym Wrote:
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> Was there such a thing as a bounce back in the day
> when it seems horses would run much more
> frequently? Or is this a new thing since it seems
> horses are pampered these days.
Can only testify that the bounce has existed as long as I've been following figures (close to 40 years), despite the hy
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Fairmount1 Wrote:
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>
> Is Steve Klein no longer involved publically in
> racing? Haven't heard a word about him in some
> time.
Haven't seen anything since his latest blogging posts on DRF's site -- which were posted in the summer of '13. Updates welcomed . .
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Silver Charm Wrote:
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> FrankD. Wrote:
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> > Chad Brown and TAP won 18% of the flat races
> with
> > Chad 45% in the exacta with 166 starts. If you
> > break out Chad for turf races only where he had
> 2
> > and 3 horses in severa
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Final hosannahs will be spoken, today.
Goodbye, farewell and amen.
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asfufh Wrote:
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> I checked the entries for Friday on Equibase and
> they also only show 8 races for Friday at several
> tracks. Don't know what's going on ???
Sheer lack of viable competitors?
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I like hearing partial college-football scores in the backyard.
One of the great seasonal conjugations.
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APny Wrote:
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> Not sure why more people aren't talking about
> this. Closest thing I've seen to race fixing at a
> track like Saratoga in a long time. When Gryder
> looks over to open up a lane and in turn crushes a
> foe, how is this not frowned on??? Watched replay
> several times and MM def gives Flintsh
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TGJB Wrote:
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> Pdub-- it would be interesting to compare GG's
> beer prices with Saratoga, where they are now
> getting 7.50 for a lemonade. Only thing resembling
> a bargain is Hattie's chicken sandwich, which
> could feed a family of four.
The $4 lemonade's just a distant memory -- but you get a souv
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paniolo Wrote:
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> Topcat, Your shilling most successful, just got my
> copy from Amazon two weeks ago.
Hope you're enjoying it!
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Mathcapper Wrote:
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> Topcat Wrote:
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> > I've only been shilling for that book ad
> nauseum
> > for 4+ years in the backyard, Frank.
>
> Jerry thought enough of the book to give it an
> esteemed spot in the Figure Making and
> Handi
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trackjohn Wrote:
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> Is that the one by Zito? (Anthony not Nick!!)
You know it be . . . ;-)
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FrankD. Wrote:
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> The only kissing of Frank D. by Jimbo will be the
> part of my anatomy that sits in a backyard lawn
> chair!!! Besides I'm going bad enough on my own I
> don't need Eddie
> Mush re incarnated to REALLY MUSH ME :)
>
> This is what I get for taking a lunch break! I was
> enjoying the
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richiebee Wrote:
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> Update Greyjoy race:
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> 1) Greyjoy was claimed by Asmussen.
> 2) Carlos Martin claimed That Makes Sense, post
> time favorite and last place
> finisher, from D. Wayne Lukas.
> 3) Greyjoy was ridden by Ibad Ortiz, not by Jackie
> Davis (my mistake there).
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> Lets see what happens
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The anti-Sebonack read in R3 was fun. It was almost a ton of fun.
The bull read on Runaway Posse in R4 was almost fun.
The bull read on Chelios (go, Hawks) in R5 was a joy -- especially for those of us who thought in the morning that Shug would go at about 4-1 in the 4th. Nice work on the tri box, too.
The Lake Placid was intellectually-satisfying.
HUGE day for blinker moves.
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FrankD. Wrote:
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> Don't worry if you didn't have a piece of the 386K
> pick 5 yesterday. Today is bail out day, you can
> score some Pokecoins!!!
>
> At least Klueless Kay is putting his "Hall of
> Fame" to good use. Your guest experience can be
> enhanced by a herd of 12 year olds running aro
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TheBull Wrote:
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> His horse better have been real sore for him to
> totally wrap up like that in the nightcap today.
> And yes I had a 20 dollar 9-3 that would have got
> me out for the day, so maybe Im biased.....but
> when you wrap up and then look over to your left
> and see the other horse coming and you still mak
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