Points Results 05.18.2019

[JolyB]

Don, even if Alwaysmining let you (and a lot of others) down, I hope you still enjoyed your Preakness Day crabcakes, seasoned with Old Bay and washed down by some National Bohemian ("brewed on the shores of the Chesapeake Bay").

[cal828]

Originally Posted by JolyB

Don, even if Alwaysmining let you (and a lot of others) down, I hope you still enjoyed your Preakness Day crabcakes, seasoned with Old Bay and washed down by some National Bohemian ("brewed on the shores of the Chesapeake Bay").

Must admit, I didn't like Alwaysmining or War of Will. Thought the former might get caught up in a speed duel with Warrior's Charge and just did not think that WOW was all that good. Some of those races he ran at FG had a crawling pace. I pretty much had the Preakness pace figured out, but not the horses that would benefit from it, except for Owendale. Now, what to do in the Belmont with WOW? If I bet him, that will likely be the kiss of death for him and he won't win another race.

[DonGuido]

Originally Posted by cal828

Must admit, I didn't like Alwaysmining or War of Will. Thought the former might get caught up in a speed duel with Warrior's Charge and just did not think that WOW was all that good. Some of those races he ran at FG had a crawling pace. I pretty much had the Preakness pace figured out, but not the horses that would benefit from it, except for Owendale. Now, what to do in the Belmont with WOW? If I bet him, that will likely be the kiss of death for him and he won't win another race.

Hey Cal, and I thought I the was only one that put a double whammy on a horse I picked and bet to win.

[cal828]

Originally Posted by DonGuido

Hey Cal, and I thought I the was only one that put a double whammy on a horse I picked and bet to win.

Plenty of horses beat me, but I try not to let that happen more than once, but sometimes, I just can't learn my lesson and one beats me multiple times in a year. It looks like this year's version is WOW. Last year's was Quip and he did it again this year in the Oaklawn Handicap. It's a perfect example of "Fool me Once" and you know the rest, but I will have to include him in my picks for the Belmont, even though I know that will be like giving him and probably myself the evil eye.

[ElPrado]

I found a new way to bet these races.
Pick the horses you like... ignore them.
Then pick entries that couldn't make it around the track without a trailer.
You will win every time

[cal828]

On a side note, nothing to do with horse racing. When I went out on my deck this morning. The distinct smell of marijuana was wafting on the air. Arkansas passed the medical marijuana law a while back and the first dispensary opened last weekend and the first two dispensaries opened in Hot Springs. One of them is about two miles down the road from my house in a place that used to be a barbecue restaurant on one side and what might be described as a beer joint on the other. I used to go down and get barbecue at the restaurant, but avoided the beer joint. It was the type of place that one would dare not go without a fully loaded Glock and even then you were taking your chances without a Marine escort.

All this to say, I wonder whether some of my neighbors suddenly became "disabled." I guess that might explain the marijuana smell, but now that I think about it, I think I smelled that odor even before things got to be legal.

[RUFFIAN]

It could be Mother Nature’s Gift
And the answer my friend is Blowin In The Wind
===> Free High

ROCKY MOUNTAIN HIGH

[ElPrado]

LOL!
Tampa General Hospital was giving me brochures on med pot 2 years before it was voted in January.