Congratulations with Santana Strings

[Upper Nile]

Looking good there in the winners\' circle on Sunday Jerry. I\'m enjoying the weekend seminars.  Been there 3 times so far and each time I\'ve learned something new. I love this game, after over 25 years-the last 4 as a TG customer has been the most enjoyable.

[TGJB]

Thanks. I wasn\'t wearing a jacket, so I watched the race on a TV at about the eigth pole. I beat the horse to the winner\'s circle-- Jimbo apparently saw me go flying by. And I am definitely bouncing today.

And by the way, as I mentioned before, Shezsospirtual, owned by Graph Racing, is in foal to Distorted Humor, and sells this fall. Flower Alley and Commentator made the last two weekends really, really good.

Those discussion groups are a great thing all around-- the level of the discussion themselves (the more everyone participates the better), the place where we are doing them (most of us ended up hanging out there all day, I had reserved seats both days and never saw them), and most of all, our host Steve. Fellas, if you are thinking fast food (as I was), you are dead wrong. The food is unbelievable, and Steve\'s a great host.

Alan will be hosting the discussions this coming weekend, and Bill will be back from Bally\'s and up there as well. It was great meeting everybody, I\'ll be back up there Alabama weekend.

[jimbo66]

I did see you go flying by.  I gave you a negative 4, with a lot of ground loss.

Definitely a new top, so no surprise that you are bouncing today.


On a different note, what do you do about Zito?  He runs a lame Noble Causeway, but then bounces back with a big win for Commentator.  Now today, he sends out another lame horse, Dwango, that is gate scratched.  Tough call on how to play his horses right now.

[SJU5]

Congrats to all the TG staff...you guys do a GREAT job. Fantastic setting with host Steve (NO JOKE...he has the BEST food by far on site at the Spa), great handicapping insight from JB and Jules, and some real good h\'cappers (JIMBO for one!) to learn from!

Looking forward to meeting you all later this summer!

jimbo,

IMO, it has always been a tough call to know what to do with Zito\'s horses. It\'s just more apparent right now because of the significance of the recent developments. In the past when I\'ve said that I can\'t remember the last time I\'ve cashed on one of his horses, I wasn\'t kidding. For me, it\'s impossible to bet on anything he enters that looks set to fire a big race because IMO the horses aren\'t as trustworthy as those trained by the \"typical\" high quality stock trainer (let alone the very good ones). However, he\'s always dangerous with horses because they occasionally pop up with big races when you don\'t expect it. As far as I am concerned, he has no clue whatsoever about how good any of his horses are, whether they are improving or getting worse, or how they are going to run on any given day. He just has a barn full of high quality stock and doesn\'t destroy them. So he wins some big races.