Tough Wood

[Rich Curtis]

\"And, of course, he became the first African- American to win a major championship of golf, in a tournament that did not have its first black competitor until Lee Elder broke the color barrier there in 1975.
Elder had flown up from his south Florida home Sunday morning and was standing no more than 50 yards away when Woods arrived at the first tee for his final round. As Woods put his peg in the ground, the second floor balcony of the Augusta National clubhouse was mostly occupied by many of the people who worked there, men and women of color, some in white waiter jackets, a few still carrying the brooms and dust bins they used to keep the place immaculate for a club that had only two black members at the time.
As Woods prepared to hit his first shot, Elder had tears in his eyes when he said, "No one will turn their head when a black man walks to the first tee."
As Woods came out of the Butler Cabin, where he was helped into his new green jacket by Faldo for the CBS cameras, he happened to spot Elder outside in the milling crowd.
"Thanks for making this possible," he whispered in his ear before being swept along to his post-round interview in the media center where he also paid tribute to other black golfers who never had the opportunity to play in a Masters.
"I wasn't the pioneer," he said. "Charlie Sifford, Lee Elder and Ted Rhodes played that role. I thank them. I was thinking about them and what they've done for me. I said a little prayer and said thanks to those guys. You are the ones who did it for me."

http://www.globalgolfpost.com/opinion/tiger%E2%80%99s-coming-out-party/

[richiebee]

Thanks for correcting me, Rich.

[Rick B.]

Rich Curtis Wrote:
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> Not guilty by reason of DNA? Cool. And there\'s no
> reason to limit this to sex.

Easy there, no need to pop a brain vein. Didn\'t say \"not guilty\". Didn\'t even imply it.

I\'m just never surprised when a guy strays -- no matter WHAT he has at home. Men aren\'t \"wired\" for monogamy -- that\'s largely a female concept that has to be learned and accepted. Some of us would hump a tree stump if nobody told us to knock it off.

[msola1]

Alm,

Thanks for sharing your outlook on the race. It seems everybody else ran away from the race thread to talk about Tiger Woods.

Since vertical betting is your weak suit, what do you think you are doing wrong? It is mine too. My main problem--as I see it--is I know that picking the second and third horses does not necessarily mean picking the next two best ones after the winner. But that doesn\'t leave me with a method.

On another topic, since you seem to know your way around horses and trainers, look at The Lumber Guy\'s workouts. Is it likely he was worked 3 furlongs on February 24 and then raced on February 25? Or is it more likely an error in the workout report somewhere along the line?

Good luck tomorrow,

Mike

[Rich Curtis]

Rick B wrote:

  \"Easy there, no need to pop a brain vein.\"

   Calm down, Rick. No need to read my post and then start jumping up and down, pounding the desk, and screaming out the window. (Hey, this tactic is fun!)

   \"Men aren\'t \'wired\' for monogamy -- that\'s largely a female concept that has to be learned and accepted.\"

    The greatest trick that women ever pulled off was getting their husbands to believe this female-wired-for-monogamy nonsense. Live ones indeed.

[Rick B.]

Rich Curtis Wrote:
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> Rick B wrote:
>
>   \"Easy there, no need to pop a brain vein.\"
>
>    Calm down, Rick. No need to read my post and
> then start jumping up and down, pounding the desk,
> and screaming out the window. (Hey, this tactic is
> fun!)

Aw, you\'re not mad, are you? Where do you think I learned this? You should be flattered.

[Rich Curtis]

\"Aw, you\'re not mad, are you?\"

  No. Getting mad is not in my DNA, and DNA is destiny.

[magicnight]

When it comes to philandering golfers, the one I cheer for is Fred Couples. Pretty sure he\'s the only Masters winner also to have won a Pulitzer.

And, yes. I\'m carbon-dating myself with that one.

[alm]

msola1 Wrote:
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>
> On another topic, since you seem to know your way
> around horses and trainers, look at The Lumber
> Guy\'s workouts. Is it likely he was worked 3
> furlongs on February 24 and then raced on February
> 25? Or is it more likely an error in the workout
> report somewhere along the line?
>
> Good luck tomorrow,
>
> Mike


Hey Mike: assuming they got the right horse in the workout, which they sometimes screw up, it\'s not that odd that this guy was worked a day before a race...especially at a short distance.  I\'ve had trainers do this in the past to take the mental edge off a horse who needed to do something and not just jog or gallop.  Please don\'t read too much into it.  

As for my vertical problem I could never figure it out.  It\'s just easier for me to see possible winners as opposed to horses who might run well, but not have a chance to win.  I\'ve had my share of big tri\'s,but my records prove that I lose overall when betting in that direction.  My strongest ROI comes in Win-Place betting and in recent years I have done pretty well in P3s and occasionally P4s.  

The best thing I can recommend is that you follow the blogging on Thorograph to pick up some background on reading patterns.  Some of the people here are very, very advanced in that regard.  Whether or not you use the Thorograph sheets regularly you can interpret a lot from ordinary past performances.

[richiebee]

msola1 Wrote:
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> On another topic, since you seem to know your way
> around horses and trainers, look at The Lumber
> Guy\'s workouts. Is it likely he was worked 3
> furlongs on February 24 and then raced on February
> 25? Or is it more likely an error in the workout
> report somewhere along the line?
 
Mike:

H Allan Jerkens was known to breeze horses ON THE MORNING THEY RACED,
some of them rather rapidly.

[Edgorman]

Fred paid dearly for his philandering.  But he sure looked happy today.  An idol.

[RICH]

the race favs bother me, before alpas and gemos latest races, they were.. the same as the rest.
alpha 4pt top, nice rest, rail may hurt with  speed drawn next, and outside
causual same top before
alphas move, typical zito win pattern
adonis couple pt move off 2 yr old top, one of the ones most likely to move forward

teeth to slow
street 6 pt development 4-1 not
gem nice first start- of 2yr old year, one mile bothers me, short rest race too

tiger looks to me a move is coming, slower than rest but 15-1 is ok
lumber has the speed
I am with Tiger not in the masters but the wood

pardon the writing, new to a laptop

[BB]

I brought Couples into it only because bringing him up seemed to imply a few points I\'m too lazy to make conclusively, and obviously you got that. No offense intended. I too would love to see him win it, though if I had to pick one halfway it would be Rory.

BB(magicnight@home)

[paniolo]

To follow up on the richiebee/Rich Curtis discussion:
  Recommend \"Uneven Lies\" The Historic Story of African-Americans in Golf with Forward by Tiger Woods.  Published by The American Golfer

[Flighted Iron]

Couples won\'t win and it has nothing to do with imagined golf gods. unless by golf gods they mean karma.



For this game you need, above all things, to be in a tranquil frame of mind.
- Harry Vardon