December 7 Aqueduct Points Picks go here . . .

[DonGuido]

OK RQ has picked a very nice 9 race card at Aqueduct on what looks like a perfect weather day. We will play races 2 - 10 (The GI Cigar Mile, $750K purse). So have some fun in the Big Apple and have your picks and wagers in by 2nd Post of 12 noon ET.

Ga'luk to all!!!

[JolyB]

Many consider Cigar Mile day as the last day of high quality stakes racing in New York until early spring. As part of that, America's Day At The Races will provide TV coverage on Fox Sports 2 (that's where it is on our cable network) from 3:00 - 4:30 PM. That should permit them to cover the Demoiselle, Remsen and Cigar Mile live and show the Go For Wand on tape delay.

I believe that this card also features a mandatory payout of the Empire 6. Assuming that the carryover pool is not hit today, the total pool for this wager should be very large once you combine the carryover and the expected new money.

[cal828]

R2 1-2-4-5

R3 1-4-5-2

R4 4-7-1-3

R5 1-5-2-4

R6 4-3-5-6

R7 10-9-3-12

R8 2-4-5-6

R9 6-5-8-10

[Real Quiet]

R2...1-4-7-11-2
R3...1-5-2-4-7
R4...7-1-3-6-8
R5---1-9-2-5-7
R6...5-3-6-4-1
R7...12-10-1-11-2
R8.. 10-6-9-3-5
R9...4-1-3-8-6
R10..6-5-2-9-1

Thanks for scoring Plen

[Plenilune]

R2: 2 11 4 alt: 8 1
R3: 4 5 2 alt: 3 7
R4: 7 4 1 alt: 8 6
R5: 5 6 2 alt: 4 7
R6: 3 4 1 alt: 6 5
R7: 9 12 10 alt: 11 3
R8: 2 12 10 alt: 5 6
R9: 8 2 4 alt: 9 3
R10: 6 1 5 alt: 2 7

[JolyB]

R2: 1-2-11-8-7
R3: 1-4-5-7-8
R4: 7-4-3-1-5
R5: 1-9-4-2-5
R6: 3-4-5-6-1
R7: 10-12-11-1-3
R8: 5-2-10-12-6
R9: 8-1-2-3-6
R10: 5-6-2-9-1

Good luck to all and thank you to Plenilune for scoring.

[DonGuido]

2: 2-1-4-11-5
3: 1-4-5-3-2
4: 7-1-6-8-2
5: 1-9-5-4-6
6: 3-4-6-5-1
7: 12-9-1-10-6
8: 1'5-10-6-12
9: 1-8-3-4-2
10: 5-6-8-1-2

[Plenilune]

Ack! You forgot to post your picks for the BIG race #10!

Originally Posted by cal828

R2 1-2-4-5

R3 1-4-5-2

R4 4-7-1-3

R5 1-5-2-4

R6 4-3-5-6

R7 10-9-3-12

R8 2-4-5-6

R9 6-5-8-10

[cal828]

Originally Posted by Plenilune

Ack! You forgot to post your picks for the BIG race #10!

Actually, it was Race 9 that I forgot. It should have been 3-4-5-6 and Race ten should have been 6-5-8-10. Don't know how I did that except Race 8 and Race 9 were only one digit different. Race 8 was 2-4-5-6 and my intent for R9 was 3-4-5-6. I must have thought after I entered Race 8 that I had already entered Race 9 too? I thought it was peculiar that I got a zero in the last race. Didn't even notice that I didn't have enough races. Anyway, that's my story and I'm sticking to it!!

[JolyB]

Cal, I feel very badly being listed as the winner under those circumstances. The race that you didn't get credit for was the only one that I came close to getting correct. I'm sure that you'll be able to even the score next weekend.

Your explanation did clarify one thing though - it helped us understand the method you used to be the only one to have Shotski on top in the Remsen. In putting together my feeble attempt at a pick 6, the best I could do was to make him a "C".

[cal828]

No reason to feel badly. I don't think I would have won even with the additional points from Race 10. Your entry was a brave try at the pick 6. There were a lot of long shots hitting at Aqueduct, which made that a difficult pursuit. I am more mad at myself for my ROI entry than my flub in the points contest. If I am not picking horses badly, I am picking races badly.
I usually really handicap 3 or 4 races and invariable pick the one that I think looks easiest which often turns out to be harder than I anticipate and then I miss a race like the feature race on Saturday in which I actually had a good opinion. I think the lesson from that is to stick with the graded stakes, but I was a bit intimidated by the big field with so many horses that looked like they could hit the board.