ROI Results 9/26 @ Santa Anita

[Real Quiet]

And so at Santa Anita the futility continues. No winners and no cashed tickets again.
This is not an easy game. There are no awards for "being close" but Ruff gave it a
ride to the warning track with a 25-1 horse who fell a half length short. I guess Joly
and Cal were close but no Cigar. Off to the Preakness. In Oct. no less but it should
be a packed field with a few good horses including the Derby winner. Following are
the unofficial results.




Joly B -$100.00

Real Quiet -$100.00

Cal828 -$100.00

Indian Hemp -$100.00

Ruffian -$100.00

Cruzan NB

NJ Stinks NB

[JolyB]

We've certainly had our difficulties cashing winning tickets this year. We have made it much too easy on RQ's scoring. Fortunately, we didn't need an ROI winner to select this coming Saturday's venue - even though it is the first Saturday of October rather than the third Saturday in May, it is still the Preakness and we by tradition will be playing it. At Pimlico, they start early and go all day, with lots of time between races.

Pimlico has tried to compensate for what could be a lack of enthusiasm for the Preakness by having a card with nothing but stakes races and moving some major races to this card. In the past, the Black Eyed Susan has been the feature on the day before the Preakness; this year it is the race just before the Preakness. Similarly, the DeFrancis Dash has been a staple of the Laurel season, but this year is race 7 on our card.

I do have a question to pose to all of you. The final race on the card is the UAE President Cup [I didn't know that the UAE had a President] for Arabians. I happen to love to watch Arabians race, with their long tails streaming behind, but realize that not everyone likes to handicap Arabian races. Speed figures go completely out the window. I'd love to get a sense of our group of whether we would like to include race 12 or simply end our contest after the Preakness. I'm not sure what impact it might have on multi race wagers.

[DonGuido]

Keep the Arabians as I will get back in the gate.

[JolyB]

Welcome back Don. Didn't know that you were a fan of the Arabians. I don't know whether the immortal Ernie Banks was a horseplayer; if he were, he'd probably have said, "Let's play 12"

[Real Quiet]

IMHO we should quit after the Preakness. By that time I will be out of money anyway!

[cal828]

Doesn't seem to matter whether it is racing pigs or wiener dogs or Arabians. I would say I can't do any worse, but each week I prove that I can. This is a $200 bankroll day right?

[DonGuido]

Originally Posted by JolyB

Welcome back Don. Didn't know that you were a fan of the Arabians. I don't know whether the immortal Ernie Banks was a horseplayer; if he were, he'd probably have said, "Let's play 12"

Love the Arabians, what's not to love about them? And Ernie, he was a real ball player!!!

[RUFFIAN]

ARABIANS = MY FAVORITE OF ALL HORSES

Have loved and lost two beauties
One to colic in 1 nite Destiny
Who still cry over
The other one to a freak accident caused by another person

However since we do thoroughbred racing in our contest
Perhaps we should not include the Arabians in our entry?
Since some people may not be familiar with their running style or jockeys

Loving and Riding one Is different than handicapping them

Whatever you decide let’s just have fun!