BELMONT

[nunzio]

I think Watchmakers ML is a little off
with regard to MAGIC WEISNER.  

If he is 15-1, you can\'t ignore him.
Wisemans Ferry will almost certainly insure a legit pace and that last 1/4 mile is going to be like the twilight zone for alot of these
horses.  I\'ve heard all about how early speed wins the Belmont but I can\'t help but think that if the pace isn\'t too slow, MAGIC WEISNER has a decent shot at a more than
decent price.

Whats this I hear about a friendly contest ?
We just post our BEL picks for saturday
and the winner gets free TG sheets for a year ?

Nunzio

[HP]

Bet $1,000 any way you like. Try posting Friday (I think most will be done Friday). You get to spend time and if you win, you get to do a home run trot around your house, by yourself, with nobody watching. HP

[TGJB]

You know what? Nunzio has a good idea, but he got a little carried away. Winner gets a comp account through the end of June, although if Patent or Soup wins it\'ll be hard to convince them it\'s a good idea to use it.

[nunzio]

Jerry,

Does this mean there might be a position open for me in your marketing detpartment ?

Nunzio

[tonyk]

Can anyone join the fun ?

[superfreakicus]

sure, anybody can join.

maybe I\'ll scalp mine, if I win.

hey, HP ----

there\'s your prize, NOW it\'s a contest.

[HP]

Supe, it\'s probably worth noting that the prize in the HP/THORO-GRAPH BELMONT STAKES DAY HANDICAPPING CONTEST now comes to you courtesy of one of America\'s greatest sportsman, a humble man who has risen to the apex (or right around there) of the U.S. figure making industry, a man who many believe to be generous to a fault, Jerry Brown.

Maybe you can get something like this going on the other board when you go back there. I suppose for now they will have to take a backseat in this kind of bulletin board innovation. Although there is no money involved in such pursuits, there is an awful lot of love, goodwill and prestige. HP

[HP]

And a big THREE posts over there today. Man they are BURNING up the board with handicapping discussion. Then again, they probably have to be careful not to write anything too disturbing. HP

[superfreakicus]

and how many posts involving handicapping discussion have we had over here?
please count them for me, rainman.
(you also might want to look up \'apex\')
do you still contend that jerry isn\'t hosting this contest on HIS board, w/HIS prize?
let me know when you\'ve figured which way you want to go on that one.

anyway, w/a prize, we should probably nail down some actual rules.

all entries must be in before late scratches.

entire $1000 must be bet --- leftovers are lost.

I just thought of something for the scratches:
maybe you want to designate a \'scratch race\' --- all the money from scratches in other races would be funneled into this \'scratch\' race and bet proportionately, according to how you already bet the race.
(you\'d probably want to designate the race you like best)
now, if scratches in the \'scratch\' race leave you w/no play there, I guess you\'re screwed, unless you want to designate an \'alternate scratch race\', but I don\'t know how involved you want to get w/this.


ps

later tonight, I will help you boost the post count here.

[Alydar in California]

1: When is this idiot Superfreakicus going to be banned?

2: What happened to Patent\'s post?

[superfreakicus]

crap, I forgot --- how do you want to handle scratches in multirace gimmicks (pick 3, etc.)?
same as the other scratches, or....?

[nunzio]

Alydar,

Lets ahve a little fun with the contest & leave the BS aside.  It\'ll be fun.

Nunzio

[tonyk]

I don\'t care about scratches with 1000 you should have enough to get off .make your plays if you scratch tough luck ,if you make your selections carefully enough you should race anyway barring a catastrophe

[Alydar in California]

Nunzio: \"Fun\" has no place here. The stated purpose of this board is combat. It is written in the charter. Seriously, I agree with Mall. HP versus David had some drama: a war of words followed by a result that gives us one winner and one loser. With so many people entering, it will turn into a circus. Ideally, there would be a match race on Saturday and an open race the next week.

[TGJB]

Alydar in California wrote:
>
> 1: When is this idiot Superfreakicus going to be banned?
>
> 2: What happened to Patent\'s post?


TG--1. I\'ve got other plans--think Jim.

2. Something happened to a lot of posts, many of which were mine, which is why soup still thinks he\'s out for a stroll in the park.