Shekelford

[richiebee]

Congrats to Romans and his wife and inlaws the Foxes. Generation after generation
racetrackers, both families.

Dale also had a nice comeback effort turned in by Paddy O\'Prado, though NBC chose
not to show the GR 2, 200K Dixie.

Can\'t think of Dale without thinking of his dad Jerry, who put one past the Horse
ID man at CD on a Derby Day in the late 80s.

My greatest miscalculation was thinking that Flashpoint could pressure Shekel
through 3/4s; FP seemed burnt after a half.

On to Elmont. Hoping for a better undercard. Other than the Preakness winner,
there were 2 odds on winners and no double digit mutuels in the last 6 races.

[heatherk]

Are you dreaming Richie? NYRA racing has been pitiful, more scratches and off/turf than entries. I\'m so depressed I\'m thinking about cancelling my reservations at the SPA. I have a wider selection here at living room downs and food and drink a step a way.

[reboundman]

Regarding the broadcast, I was royally pissed when they didn\'t air the Dixie. For whatever reason, twinspires tv seems to macintosh compatibility issues, so I missed it altogether. You think they could break away for a two minute race...

[phil23]

Have to concur on the mutuels Richie.  The triple crown prep season was fantastic (if hard/impossible to come up with some of them) for longshots.  But the 4 big days so far (Oaks/Derby/BeyedS/Preak) there were 25 stakes and only 5 of them were won by double digit horses:  Sassy Image, Aikenite, Animal Kingdom, Supreme Expresso, and Shakelford.  

And if we exclude the 2 big race winners, which it seems most did on this board, that\'s only 3 of 22.  Yuk.

[Michael D.]

richiebee Wrote:
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> Congrats to Romans and his wife and inlaws the
> Foxes. Generation after generation
> racetrackers, both families.
>
> Dale also had a nice comeback effort turned in by
> Paddy O\'Prado, though NBC chose
> not to show the GR 2, 200K Dixie.
>
> Can\'t think of Dale without thinking of his dad
> Jerry, who put one past the Horse
> ID man at CD on a Derby Day in the late 80s.
>
> My greatest miscalculation was thinking that
> Flashpoint could pressure Shekel
> through 3/4s; FP seemed burnt after a half.
>
> On to Elmont. Hoping for a better undercard. Other
> than the Preakness winner,
> there were 2 odds on winners and no double digit
> mutuels in the last 6 races.


all that chalk saved me a sheetload of money, Richie. had essentially a single pk5 ticket heading into the Preakness with the 2 I posted here, Apart, and PaddyO. didn\'t love singling Paddy, but plugged my nose and did it as the field was so darn weak. Dominguez on that Euro vs No Explaining was the only horse I feared. got a bit lucky there in the sprint as the Baffert could have come down, but I\'ve had enough of those go against me so I\'m not giving the money back (didn\'t make any anyways). my Preakness handicapping was, of course, atrocious, but the chalk made for a fun afternoon. that would have been a miserable day if I had been down big before being wrong in the big one.


Shackleford did what he did in the Fla Derby. didn\'t think that would be enough to win this race.


as for the Belmont -

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7KSkZxt_zo

should be an outstanding betting race.

[miff]

I think this year's crop of 3-year-olds is better than people give it credit for," Romans said.

..Brilliant!!!!