July 24 Saratoga ROI Wagers go here . . .
 

Another day at The Spa. It was 58 degrees there this morning according to my weather report site, love it!!! Best of luck on your wagers and after JB and RQ shook the cobwebs out of my brain we can use Race 5 CCAO in any wager.

Unfortunate about the short field in the Coaching Club. I know that we don't include any race with fewer than 5 entrants in our points contest, but can't we use a race like the CCAO in the ROI contest? I think we have allowed this in the past.

4 horse fields or less have always been included in the ROI

OK OK . . . I got a little carried away. I changed the original post. I haven't screwed up in awhile . . . guess I was overdue. :confused:;)

You're lucky. These days with me it seems to be every hour on the hour.:o Or so I've been told.

Race 1 $5 Tri Key 6 w 1-4-7 w 1-4-7 ($30)

Race 7 $12 ex key 7 w 4-6-11 ($36)

Race 9 $17 ex key 6 w 2-8 ($34)

R O I = Radical Or Idiotic
 

I CAN “NEVER EXPLAIN “ COMPLETELY
THE HORSES 🐎 WHO I CHOOSE :zz:
USUALLY THEY ARE LONGSHOTS
WHO MORE THAN OFTEN LOSE 😢 :(

RACE 2
#4 == $22 WIN (PATHETIQUE)
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RACE 4
#8 == $20 WIN ( DISCIPLINARIAN )
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#9 == $20 WIN ( PETRUS )
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RACE 7
#10 = $18 WIN ( NEVER EXPLAIN )
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RACE 8
#4 == $20 WIN ( GOOD TALK = As Only A Gemini ♊️ Can ) ;)
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COLOSSAL CATNIP COOKIES FOR THE QUIET ONE :{>:

race 7: Mungad 9 ( show $100 )

r1 $50 W #6

r4 $50 W #2

Race 9:
$15 Pick 3: 5,6,8 / 1,2 / 7 [$90]
$5 Pick 3: 1 / 1,2 / 7 [$10]

Good luck to all and thank you to Real Quiet for scoring.

Race 4: $52 #7 Vodka Lemonade to win (one of my fav adult beverages)

Race 11: $12 ex = $48
7w/2,3,6,8

Enjoy the day!!!

race 7

$52 WIN

7

$2 Tri box $12

1 7 11


dime super box $36

1 3 5 7 9 11

thanks RQ and good luck all

R7

$7 P3 4//1,2,3//8=$21

R9

$1 P3 1,6,8//1,2//3,6,7,8,10=$30

R10

$12 Ex 1//2,5=$24

$12 Ex 2,5//1=$24

R5. 3 Rockpapetscissors 25.00 Place
R7. 8 Dream B8g Dreams 25.00 Place
R9. 4 Firinf Carol 25.00 Place
R10. 5 Flower Point 25.00 Show

Total Bets - $100

Race 9 - $2 trifecta keys:

Key the #9 over the 1, 2, 5, 6, 8 (cost $40)

Key the #8 over the 1, 2, 5, 6, 9 (cost $40)


Race 11:

$20 to win on #12 (Jamaica Joy)

Mrrrrrrrrrrrrrow
 

SO MUCH FOR MY 15/1 WAGER R2
Too Many Others Liked The Same Horse 🐎 😢 :mad:

Whooo Whoooo Made Me A WHOPPING $132 😡 :(

For you Ruff that was a rather Pathetique wager.

RQ) “ For you Ruff that was a rather Pathetique wager.”

IT WASN’T WHEN I MADE IT AT 15/1 :mad: :( :rolleyes:

I kept thinking the weight of all those non-stop superlatives was a little too much. How many times have we seen the unbeatable get beaten?:eek::wf

Know what you mean Cal. That was a lot of weight for Malathaat to carry in terms of expectations. For all of that, I thought she ran an excellent race, only to lose by a long neck after being under pressure from Clariere early and vainly trying to fight off the late surge of Maracuja late. I think that Santana ought to share his fee with Irad for the assist in softening up Malathaat.

There is no such thing as a free square.

The Graveyard of Favorites added another stunning chapter to its legacy as Beach Haven Thoroughbreds' Maracuja took the lead in the final strides and handed 1-5 favorite Malathaat her first loss by capturing the $500,000 Coaching Club American Oaks (G1) for 3-year-old fillies July 24 at Saratoga Race Course.

Maracuja was last in the field of four for a brief time on the backstretch as Clairiere pressed the front-running Malathaat, who edged away from that rival at the top of the stretch. But in the final furlong, Maracuja, a daughter of Honor Code , found her best stride to notch a narrow victory.

Maracuja, gr/ro, 3/f
Honor Code — Patti's Regal Song, by Unbridled's Song

Owner: Beach Haven Thoroughbreds LLC
Breeder: River Bend Farm Inc., Austin Musselman & Janie Musselman (KY)
Trainer: Rob Atras
Jockey: Ricardo Santana, Jr.
Information provided by Equibase

For Ruff, more like Purrrthetique :D

Heard a wonderful comment on Talking Horses this morning that was attributed to the late Harvey Pack. He said that Saratoga is not really the graveyard of favorites, it is the graveyard of bad handicappers.

Given that very few horseplayers are able to consistently overcome the takeout year after year, that probably includes most of us.

You'll see by the points scores that it was much more of a typical, tough day at The Spa than last week. Pretty good day for some on wagers but our points scores echo Harvey Pack's statement.

I just wish that takeout was a problem for me. When you lose most of the time like I do, the takeout is 100%.

On another subject, that loss yesterday by Malathaat reminded me of American Pharoah's race where Frosted took it too him early and cost him the loss. We get so impressed with them sometimes we forget they are not machines. The talking heads get it right more times than not, but they were laying it on so thick yesterday, the chance that Malathaat would lose just seemed to be palpable, but I have no doubt that she will be back and prevail hopefully in a much bigger field when the race dynamics are not against her. It was a great race though that we won't soon forget.