The Timetable 4/5/08

Here's the timetable for Saturday's frenetic lineup of 14 graded stakes worth a combined $5 million:

Note that 8 of the 14 races, including all five Grade 1's, will be run during the 45-minute window from 5:15 to 6:00 Eastern Daylight Time. Typically brilliant scheduling, and of course the races are divvied up among NBC (a 5-to-6 p.m. broadcast being listed and promoted solely as a "Santa Anita Derby" program), HRTV and TVG. So you're just about guaranteed to miss something you wanted to see, whether it's War Pass's return, Colonel John vs. El Gato Malo, Proud Spell vs. Country Star or Ginger Punch vs. Zenyatta. That's a lot of good racing.

Nobody is putting these races together with any kind of cross-track multiple wagers, and the Magna 5 apparently ended for the year last week, so I'll probably focus on the all-stakes (Bay Shore/Excelsior/Wood/Carter) pick-four close to home at Aqueduct.

If I get as far as the Carter, I'll be playing against undefeated Bustin Stones, who ran his record to 5-for-5 wiring a slow-paced General George last time out. The first four finishers from that race are all back and the only one I'll use is stone closer Lord Snowdon. The whole quartet is suspect at the Grade 1 level and I'll lean most heavily on Spring at Last and King of the Roxy.

[Update 6:30 pm: I wish I hadn't gotten that far. Got alive through J Be K ($5.10), Temporary Saint ($24.20) and Tale of Ekati ($19.00) to massively overlaid pick-fours to Lord Snowdon ($12,573), King of the Roxy ($18,511) and Spring at Last ($2,982). Which was worse -- my opinion or their performances? Bustin Stones and Executive Fleet ran 1-2 around the track dueling through honest fractions, while Lord Snowdon clunked up for a non-threatening 4th, King of the Roxy faded to sixth after sitting in the garden spot behind the two leaders, and Spring at Last struggled home 8th. The $5,512 pick-four to Bustin Stones was more than double the parlay. Hats off to the undefeated winner and his connections, including commenter Steve V, who tried this morning (see comments below) to talk me into him.]

Friday notes:

--The notice announcing the cancellation of Aqueduct's Friday racing that appeared on simulcast monitors from coast to coast said the card had been scrapped due to "heavy rains," but just for the record, there weren't any. The forecast was grim, but Friday turned out to be an almost entirely dry day in these parts and there could have been racing on a fast track. The current prediction is for some Saturday morning rain but the chance of precipitation decreases to 10 percent between 1 and 6 p.m.

--Keeneland's opening-day card looked like it might have been fun if you landed on the right longshots but otherwise was another inscrutable chapter in the Polytrack era. While sprint times were a little quicker and more dirt-like than Keeneland's previous Poly meets, including a front-running last-race victory by the 3-year-old St. Joe in 22.53/44.92/1:09.23/1:21.86, route races continued to be run oddly and slowly. The first six furlongs of the day's three nine-furlong races were run in 1:15.36, 1:15.50 and 1:16.02, with every winner then scooting home in about 12 seconds flat. In the featured Transylvania, moved from grass to Poly, favored Prussian (all previous starts on grass) and second choice Barrier Reef (all previous starts on dirt) both tired over the surface to finish fourth and seventh.

The Super High Five had an inauspicious debut, handling only $20,137. Unlike Santa Anita, Keeneland has not eliminated its last-race superfecta, which handled $128,937 on the same race. No one hit the SHF, which has a $1 minimum, so there's a $16,272 carryover into Saturday's finale. The super, with a 10-cent minimum, was hit on a payoff announced as $138,434 for $2, which meant something like $1.60 worth of winning tickets were sold.

The wackiest exotic of opening day had to be the pick six, where there was a pool of just $10, 741. That should have meant a one-day carryover of $6,516, given the tiny pool and six winners that parlayed out to around $60k, but someone actually hit it. Given that there were only four winning 5-of-6 consos, I'm assuming that the winner had those too on one very small ticket that was either a historic handicapping achievement -- and one of the worst underlays in pick-six annals -- or just someone's lucky numbers.

Posted by Steven Crist Apr 5, 2008 2:39:27 AM | Permalink

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steve_breen says:

The schedule for Saturday is another compelling why racing needs a "league office". I was at Keeneland trying to enjoy the live product and still catch the Derby preps on TV, while placing a wager or two. No dice.
Multiple races going off at exactly the same time, or within a few minutes of each other, conspired to make the 5:00 hour hectic and unpleasant. Put a real horseplayer in charge of a national racing office with some autonomy and...
Interested Steve?????

Posted by Steve Breen Apr 8, 2008 8:48:03 PM

justin says:

Reply to o_crunk:

This info came Mary Scollay association vet at Calder and Gulfstream Park. Her survey was comprised from 42 track vets across the country fron June 07 to Current, The fatality rates for horses run on dirt track were 1.96 deaths per 1000 starts compared to 1.95 death on synthentic surfaces.Now the report also says that the numbers from Jun 07 to Nov 07 were 1.79 deaths on dirt to 1.19 on Synthethic. It does not say what the tracks were, or if the horseshad any kind of medical histories or any other pertinant information. I'm the first to tell you I still don't know the difference from Synthetic, Polytrack, Tapeta or what else they will come up with next. Now I know the data is still in the very early stages, but from everything I have read it can only help the horses, out handicapping is something else. One more thing I noticed, the death rate went up significantly in the winter months, maybe the horses are trying to tell us something.

Posted by Justin Apr 7, 2008 9:24:44 PM

fastwomenslowhorses says:

With , 5 different surfaces
how do we pick a horse for course, not only do we have 5
different types of surfaces,but some have been
modified due to trouble not
draining , cold or heat, now
factions within surfaces, is this NUTTS, and you wonder why people are turning away from horse racing? I love horse racing
but the game keeps throwing
more more curve-balls!

Posted by fastwomen-slowhorses Apr 7, 2008 6:27:51 PM

burt says:

Suffolk Downs new owner spent tons of money on the plan and has slightly improved racing. We will see if he does based upon getting slots as casinos have failed. The Mass polititions just want the gambling dollar going to Lincoln Greyhound Park as well as foxwoods and Mohegan

Posted by Burt Apr 7, 2008 5:49:08 PM

chestypuller92 says:

i watched zenyatta break her maiden and knew right then that she was something special. that was the first time i had such an experience as i'm a young handicapper that has only been doing this for 2-3 years. i've made some nice money on her every race since. now the secret's out...grrrr.

steve: my only question is what do you think of the so-called handicapping "experts" who all did extremely poorly this past weekend now that i've gone back and read their pre-saturday blogs. i was actually quite surprised at how poorly everyone's picks were. does that tell me something about the difficulty of the game in general, the 3-yo class this year (for 3yo races) or the handicapping experts themselves? i couldn't find anyone that had Tiago, Tale of Ekati, Little Belle and Colonel John (with strong convictions).

Posted by chestypuller92 Apr 7, 2008 4:43:14 PM

blue_horseshoe says:

Steve,

Do you have any idea if NYRA put water down before any of Saturday's races? I don't remember seeing a water truck used and I doubt that they did early on as the track was drying out but I'm wondering if they might have put water down after the Wood/before the Carter (like maybe they thought after the slowest running of the Wood Memorial in 52 years with the final furlong in 14 seconds that maybe they should go ahead and put water down before the Grade 1 Carter)??

It looks like Beyer used one variant for the day whereas I'm inclined to have a minor graduated scale (progressively drying out track) except that it seems like maybe the track got faster for the Carter...

Thanks!

Posted by Blue Horseshoe Apr 7, 2008 2:34:56 PM

jim says:

Steve,

Zito's got a little more work to put in to WP but pending works at CD i plan on using him on all my tickets. He was a little wide the entire race but the pace was taxing. I don't think CV got to the bottom of him at all. Some horses just don't like tampa. Hope he likes CD. WP, PYRO, BB and Visionaire-one of the first three wins two legs of TC and the last one rolls at belmont.

Posted by jim Apr 7, 2008 2:19:09 PM

arazi says:

Now this is truly amazing to me. There is actually a book ($14.98 128pages) whose title is "Betting The Kentucky Derby". I mean, some one actually wrote 128 pages to tell us HOW to BET Kentucky Derby -- just one race. What makes betting KD so different in betting than any other race in the world including the Breeders Cup? Spend $14.98 and find out!

Posted by Arazi Apr 7, 2008 2:13:02 PM

rich_p says:

Steve, e-mail from Keeneland I received this morning:

NOTE: Beginning Wednesday, April 9, Keeneland's first post time will be 1:10 p.m. The April 10 overnight does not reflect the corrected post times.
Beginning with the Wednesday, April 9, program, post time for Keeneland's first race will be 1:10 p.m. (ET) for the balance of the spring meeting. Post time has previously been 1:15 p.m.
Keeneland's first race will be run five minutes earlier than previously scheduled "to minimize post time conflicts with other major racetracks throughout the country," according to Director of Racing Rogers Beasley.

Posted by Rich_P Apr 7, 2008 1:24:42 PM

clinton says:

I like many of you detest the polytrack surfaces, especially the ones out in Cali.
My dislike grows from the misrepresentations these surfaces were adopted as being "safer" for the horses. The implication was that dirt surfaces were a significant factor to horses being injured or worse yet, being destroyed. The blame for the "unsafe" tracks goes to the managements/superintendents who continually prepared the surfaces to yield ridiculously fast times. I don't know where it started but fast times became synonymous with quality and to that end I argue that tracks would create surfaces to enable horses to run faster. Being continually exposed to such surfaces I believe has contributed to horses developing injuries which are then being masked by the use of medications. The push to have horses going so fast needs to be abolished. Create surfaces that promote safety rather than fast times and all parties, including the fans would be greatly rewarded.

Posted by Clinton Apr 7, 2008 12:12:02 PM

samg says:

Jen
I live 40 minutes from Arlington Park but I haven`t felt obligated to bet Illinois tracks since the advent of the simulcast era.You always have a choice.Try the pick 4 at Ellis this summer,it`s an easy track to learn and you should already be familiar with some of the trainers.

Posted by SamG Apr 7, 2008 11:31:28 AM

flip_dawson says:

Sunday at the races. (OTB)
So, spent a lousy day listening to all the excuses and how all jockeys are crooked.
Laurel (sloppy) bet $20.00 to win on the mud caulks-ran 2nd.

Laurel again (still sloppy)played the only 2 horses wearing mud stickers plus 7-5 fav. into a $1.00 trifecta (fave not to win)
Back came $120.00 when 7-1 mudder won, 7-5 fave was 2nd, and 16-1 mudlark ran third.

Played superfecta at WO in last race for 20 cents--lost $21.60.Winner paid $14.00 and change -- was picked on top as best longshot by DRF.I had winner on top, but no fave who ran 2nd.

Filled up my attache case when nobody was looking with discarded tickets. Checked about 50 when I got home--return was $15.00. Still have lots to do, but will use machine.
So, without doing the math, won some money, but this was cancelled out by everyone playing each race, losing, then yelling to all who would listen about how crooked the races are.

Posted by Flip Dawson Apr 7, 2008 10:46:58 AM

jk says:

I was at Aqueduct on Saturday and thought it was a very good card for once. But the thing that annoyed a few of us was it was very difficult to find a simulcast tv with the Illinois Derby on. Not only were all the big races packed within a half hour window, but the tracks make it difficult to find the major derby preps. Kudos to NBC for broadcasting Santa Anita and the Wood plus showing the stretch run of the Illinois. It's important for the non everyday racing fan to get to know these horses before 5pm on May 3rd.

Posted by JK Apr 7, 2008 10:28:50 AM

steve_t says:

Flip,

Let's take a look see at how the California nags did this weekend when they went to dirt:

Zenyatta - Crushed Ginger Punch like a cheap beer can in a geared down hand ride. When was the last time you saw a run like that - Ashado, Azeri, Ouija Board?

Tiago/Heatseeker - there sure seemed to be a lot of daylight behind them.

Looks like we just need to realize they are grossly overmatched and keep them on Polycrap... I hope Winstar doesn't make a mistake and actually run Colonel John in the Derby.

My point? Bitch about the surface all you want, lay off the horses - they deserve the respect.

Posted by Steve T Apr 7, 2008 12:12:28 AM

scott says:

I love this blog and reading the opinions of the horseplayers, especially all of the crying you guys do. It's amazing coming off of a long winter we get a Saturday of non-stop stakes and all we get in this blog is complaining. "oooh,the post times overlap", "I won't bet synthetic surface races";
You know what I loved about Saturday? Turning on the TV at 4:30, grabing a frosty drink and watching wall to wall racing for 2 hours. The Wood, Keeneland, SA Derby, it is officially spring!! Sit back and enjoy, I did.
It's 2008, digital cable, picture in picture, if you can't record a race and watch it 3 minutes later it's your own problem. Again, more complaining in this blog..."NTRA should schedule the races". Ha, give me a break losers. Figure it out yourselves. How about enjoying the races, and the horses, and leaving the crying behind. If synthetic surface racing bruises your handicapping ego, then so be it. It's for the well being of the horse, not your betting interest. Without the horses you have no game. Deal with it and work harder, find that new angle.
Recent posts have criticized the quality of racing in NY, and how "dirty" Suffolk Downs is...you know what is sweet? Getting up to the rail and watching live horse racing. I don't care if it's at 'Toga or the big A...claimers at Suffolk or the Breeders cup at Churchill, I have experienced it all and love it. Try sitting back once in a while and just enjoying the sport instead of bitching about it!

Posted by Scott Apr 6, 2008 11:49:40 PM

jen says:

I hate synthetic tracks and I try not to play them, but seeing as how my home track (Arlington) has been infiltrated by polytrack I have no choice. I'm really hating how many of this year's Derby horses are going into the big day off of nothing but sythetic starts, though. The stupid part is that these tracks jumped into the polytrack phenomenon and now there isn't even a significant reduction in breakdowns! What a great way to 'help' our sport by confusing everyone even more.

Posted by Jen Apr 6, 2008 10:06:33 PM

silver_charm says:

Thanks for the Timetable

Unfortunately I set my alarm and it went off. One of those days at the races.

Speaking of one of these days. When will racing officials work together and come up with a schedule similar to the following:

5:00-Wood
5:15-Ashland
5:30-Ill Derby
5:45-SA Derby
6:00-Carter
6:15-Apple Blossom
6:30-Arcadia
6:45-Oaklawn Hdp

However this would make too much sense. Sometimes I think they believe they are screwing each other when they do this.

When in reality the ones they are screwing is us.

The Customers........

Posted by Silver Charm Apr 6, 2008 8:55:55 PM

lane says:

A NAG ??????!!!!!! No one is sure how horses will handle the Churchill surface after running exclusively on synthetic, but I can't believe anyone would refer to a regally bred Tiznow colt as a "nag". Ridiculous !!!

Posted by Lane Apr 6, 2008 1:58:20 PM

david says:

lost in all the 3 year old craziness was yesterday's performance of zenyatta. her performance at oaklawn stamped her as the best older mare and given that she has had only four starts, she may be an all time great. i wonder how much of her ability stems from the fact that she didn't start until late in her three-year old year. one way to improve racing and the health of horse is NO two year old racing until october and enough with the 2 yo in training sales.

Posted by david Apr 6, 2008 12:53:53 PM

2_time_showdown_winner_20042007 says:

Bustin Stones will be a good bet against going a mile (or further) as the wire came up just in time in each of his last two races. Granted, he did what he had to do (which was win) and he's a neat horse....but he looks suspect going longer against similar or better quality. He fit the dynamics of the Carter quite nicely and hopefully will prove my objective opinion wrong.

Sero

Posted by 2 time SHOWdown winner (2004,2007) Apr 6, 2008 11:18:04 AM

flip_dawson says:

The problem with ads in the DRF is that they cost money and the owners of DRf cannot be expected to take sides of tracks vs bettors. Woodbine opened yesterday. and yet, in the charts, Race 5 was listed as a $1.00 superfecta, while races 8 and 10 were listed as $2.00 superfectas.
Also, a new feature at WO, a late pick 4 on races 7 to 10 had no results whatsoever. It's as if the new feature never existed.
These chart mistakes are not the fault of DRF. Woodbine sends the info to DRF, who print what they receive.
The only good thing out of WO is that 2 of the 3 supers paid boxcars ( $37,742.00, and $72,994.00.)These can be played for 20 cents.
No mention was made in the general WO news if the pick 4 bets would remain at 20 cents . It appears that they may have been bumped up to one dollar minimum.
Since the WO news on their website is lacking, one has to go to a betting machine at OTB (Champions up here) just to see what is offered in the betting menu, and what each bet costs.
A helluva way to run a track, and it has the rubber and nails nonsense on the main track. To offset that, WO has the top turf surface in the world.
So, I only play supers on the nails highway to the finish line, and look for good longshots on the turf, particularly from Roger Attfield and Mark Casse of the local trainer colony.
Also, get this!!! Steve Asmussen was given 30 stalls at WO. He was asked by WO why he wanted the stalls, and his answer was, "EASY, THE MONEY!"
The Canadian dollar is at par with the US dollar, and we pay no tax up here. So, US trainers are coming in here all the time.I sure hope that WO can tell them what race they are running in. Otherwise, Pyro might be running in a 3YO maiden race, and get claimed for 12 grand.

Posted by Flip Dawson Apr 6, 2008 10:54:44 AM

joe says:

I stopped betting on any poly races.
Can't handicap it.Won't bet It

I bet dirt and turf only.

If Horse racing keeps this up I'm going to Poker.

Posted by Joe Apr 6, 2008 10:48:33 AM

rawlawltd says:

Steve d: As you can see from the grumblings on this space, true horse racing fans are crying out for something to be done. ANYTHING would be a start. I have received correspondence this week from the both the NTRA & NYRA purporting to care about my concerns. I have volunteered my time to both organizations in an attempt to create a meaningful dialogue. I have done this in the past and have never received as much as a response. While I hope the new president of the NTRA really wants to know what the horseplayer wants, I think we've been down this road before. It is time to organize and I have put this idea forth before to the DRF and feel they may be worried about political heat if they did orgainize the player. The media (you?) needs to get this out. Whether a boycott or whatever brainstorming can come up with, we should give it a try to save this game of OURS!! Anybody listening??

Posted by rawlawltd Apr 6, 2008 10:23:55 AM

o_crunk says:

hey justin, care to cite those 'numbers that don't lie'?

Posted by o_crunk Apr 6, 2008 10:13:19 AM

drfager says:

Poly track is just another myth we are being fed. Just like y2k was, and now the biggest one of all. Man made global warming.

Posted by Dr.Fager Apr 6, 2008 9:39:14 AM

daniel_fink says:

The results from the first two days at Keeneland show favorites winning at their standard clip of 30%, with one of the top three choices winning at a 75% rate. Though I detest the artificial replacing the traditional in most aspects of life, I think we have simply found another excuse for the fact that most horseplayers lose in the long run, as Mr. Christ intimated in "Exotic Betting". Even winning players only make "the occasional score through exotic wagering, not giving it all back before the next such happy occasion".

Posted by Daniel Fink Apr 6, 2008 9:15:45 AM

ctfrombt says:

Steve,
I got lucky with the P4 payoff on Bustin Stones. Adjusting the payoff (odds) for the takeout the breakeven payoff was $3843 (compared to $5512). Its rare to see a payoff so far over with only 1 strong favorite getting beat. Also, with all the negative comments here on synthetic tracks it sure didn't seem to hurt Tiago and Heatseeker.

Posted by ctfrombt Apr 6, 2008 7:10:00 AM

samg says:

But hey,the Kentucky Derby picture is pretty clear now right?Hopefully so because we won`t learn much from the Bluegrass and while someone may emerge from the Arkansas Derby no major conteners are pointed there.Colonel John looked good but there`s no way to be sure how he`ll handle dirt for the first time and if you like him why not Bob Blackjack who will be a much better price.Bottom line tho,unless Big Brown can rate Pyro will most likely stomp this bunch.

Posted by SamG Apr 6, 2008 5:57:42 AM

samg says:

You`re right about one thing Justin,the tracks that installed these surfaces don`t care about us bettors.What numbers you`re looking at I don`t know but as long as there`s a dirt track left I don`t have to figure out the procushionpoly nonsense.When they`re all gone so am I.

Posted by SamG Apr 6, 2008 5:35:44 AM

justin says:

I with a few of you don't like the poly or synthetic surfaces either, however these tracks were not designed for our handicapping but to keep the horses sound and the number don't lie, so we need to figure it out quick cause they will be around long after we are gone

Posted by Justin Apr 6, 2008 12:50:45 AM

mitch_s says:

Why not organize a boycott of all polytrack wagering. Print a big ad in the Racing Form asking bettors not to bet any races on any synthetic surface. I realize not everyone would participate, but it would sure not the hecht out of the handle and send management a strong message.

Posted by Mitch S. Apr 6, 2008 12:25:07 AM

flip_dawson says:

All day long I waited to see the Wood on TV as it was listed to be shown on channel 2 out of Buffalo. So, what happened next was some kind of phone-in charity show was on, with no sign of Court Vision.
I then went to the Aqueduct home page hoping for some video on the Wood. Foiled again. If you want video out of Aquduct, you must subscribe to Race Replays.
I predict that with the garbage rubber-glue tracks and poor video, racing will be a thing of the past. I'm fed up with it. I don't want to rub shoulders with a bunch of losers at some off-track outlet, where you have to hide your wallet when going for a leak.
Horse racing? Lousy.
I of course would be treated a lot better if I wanted to watch basketball (NBA or College) and see the idiots swing on the hoop after a dunk.
Wonder who taught them to swing on the hoops?
I can guess.

Posted by Flip Dawson Apr 5, 2008 5:43:54 PM

costello says:

If you've got your post times correct, this is eveidence again of racing shooting itself in the foot. Why on earth would the Santa Anita Derby and the Illinois Derby be scheduled to go off at the same time? Same goes for the Wood Memorial and the Ashland. Why make things so difficult for the few people in this country that actually care about this game?

Posted by Costello Apr 5, 2008 4:15:38 PM

george_quinn says:

Mr. Crist,
You have totally solidified all the arguments that polytrack is impossible. 30 years doing this and If it is synthetic I cannot pick my nose. Dirt I can hold my own.
As I have been saying all along, Here is hoping poly ends the same as astroturf for its legacy.
George in Lexington Ky.

Posted by George Quinn Apr 5, 2008 12:36:07 PM

steve_d says:

As a horseplayer, I would like the NTRA to accomplish one thing: Post-time coordination!

No advertising. No ADW hub. No lobbying. Nothing else.

Simple post-time coordination. If they would accomplish that, it would justify their otherwise pointless existence.

Posted by Steve D Apr 5, 2008 11:07:05 AM

gofor_broke says:

I just heard Gary Stevens call Big Brown another Seattle Slew. Andy Beyer called War Pass another Seattle Slew.
As fans, we're lucky. Every young horse who wins a stake on the lead is another Seattle Slew.
Steve, who's your Seattle Slew?

Posted by gofor broke Apr 5, 2008 9:55:59 AM

steve_v says:

I suggest you rethink your choice of going against our Bustin Stones. The "slow paced" Gen.George was really not that slow if you go back and look at the other races that day @ Lrl. And not to mention we were the only wire to wire winner on the card. The other horses who were sitting of us at the first race call--were all no where to be found at the finish--to cement the fact we were going against the grain. One other fact is that in all honesty we probably "bounced" a bit in the GG if you get into that sort of thing. He ran such a huge race off the layoff, had to ship to Md., and go against the track bias! One other note is today he is first time lasix- which will only help him in his initial G1 attempt. Also, the main track @ Aqu has totally been playing towards speed in its first couple days, and the moisture shouldn't hurt either. If we get lucky today- I'll be the one in the winner's circle looking like Michael Jordan after his 6th championship, with 6 fingers in the air and a cigar in my mouth:)
But, Best of luck on the rest of the action today, and tell your little son Andy Serling- I said Hi.

Posted by Steve V. Apr 5, 2008 8:20:02 AM

flip_dawson says:

This just hit me at 6:35 AM on Sat. The reason why all future pool betting is down is that some players are confused as to what to do due to the scrap black rubber tracks. How will a horse coming off this surface do at Churchill? So, the players do nothing--maybe just watch the race.
Santa Anita may be going back to regular dirt only but that still leaves a cloud over a nag coming from synthetic to new dirt.

About 2-3 weeks ago, I was so fed up that I deleted all horse info on my computer. And it was good info. That should not have happened, but I was fed up with synthetic tracks, so cancelled all my info.
I can get it back or find it again, but my former days as a Turf Accountant were easier and more interesting.(a little more dangerous, as well.)
I was at the Thunderbird Hotel in Miami Beach one day, and Carlos GAMBINO was sitting in a wheelchair, with two "assistants" beside him. My offer to take Mr. Gambino for a spin in his chair was nixed real quick. I had to settle for a handshake, rather than an autograph.I was then sent on my way !!!!!
Anyway, best of luck to all on whatever Heinz 57 Variety surfaces you attempt to take some money from.
I expect Court Vision to do well today in the Wood, but could be wrong, as well.

Posted by Flip Dawson Apr 5, 2008 7:34:45 AM

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Steven Crist has been the Publisher and a columnist for Daily Racing Form since 1998. Previously, he covered racing for The New York Times from 1981-1990; was founding editor-in-chief of The Racing Times in 1991-92; and a vice-president of the New York Racing Association from 1994-97. He is the author of several books including "Betting on Myself" and "Exotic Betting."

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