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01-17-2011, 07:17 AM
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1/17: Aqueduct (P4); Gulfstream (P5)
Enjoyed a strong day of play Sunday with many things going right at Aqueduct and Santa Anita to produce more than a grand in gains. A Big A triple of nearly $600 and hitting both late quads for nearly $500 were the cornerstones of the afternoon, but it was a sequence of generous P3 payoffs that covered all investments to make the day lucrative. After getting knocked out of the AQU P6 trying a single of runner-up Eltish Star, I caught the next rest of the day's winners for more than $235 in P3's and the $175 P4 ($48). Gary Sciacca sent Nat Krone's Seeking Anita out to his maidenbreaker in the sixth, and when Tyler Kaplan nabbed second at 65-1, it triggered a boffo $584 tri that made up for many of the week's frustrations at Gulfstream.
The key to the $308 P4 and sassy P3 returns at Arcadia was the opinion that Always a Princess was the only other horse to consider with Blind Luck in the El Encino. In that situation, the public is overwhelmingly going to opt to single the Jerry Hollendorfer filly that receives the 3yo female statuette tonight on Collins Ave. That's opens the door for even the smallest player to capitalize on overlays in the multi pools as a result. The P3's that featured Always a Princess, who from my viewpoint was getting back to her best trip around two turns and figured hard to reel in on the slick SA strip, paid $160 (twice the parlay) and $113 (25% above the parlay). The nightcap provided one of the rare pleasures in horse play, as I was live to 4 for the P4, and three of them grappled at the wire for the win. 8-1 Our Last Monte would have boosted the payoff by $500, but favored Resplendently would not be denied for Brice Blance and Tom Bell. All in all a fun day and a nice recovery from Saturday's machinations and lessons in frustration. Hope you did well! Martin Luther King Jr. Day provides a full slate of racing action, with some excellent stakes scheduled including the San Marcos and San Pedro at SA, Jimmy Winkfield at AQU, Native Dancer at LRL and Smarty Jones at OP. Full coverage and the Weekend Review this morning on ATR! AQUEDUCT POST-SCRATCHES 6th: CLM/N2L, 4+, 1m (P4, P3, DD, Super) Best Value: #6 Fiery Forest 6-1 3rd Next Best: #7 Raphael Alexandro 2-1 WON ($4.00) Exotics Use: #5 Bulls and Bears 3-1 4th 7th: ALW/N1X, F&M-4+, 6f (P3, DD) Would be delighted to take a stand against underlaid #3 Stormandaprayer (9-5), but 'first time Pletcher' for hard to please client Bobby Flay makes her hard to deny. If hustling Lopez on Zito's #7 Alla Prima gets latched on early to Cohen and the ML choice, then you might very well get a perfect trip set up for one of the stalker types in here. Quirky group. Note that #5 Annual Appeal is cross-entered for the ALW feature today at Philly.. Most Likely: #3 Stormandaprayer 9-5 WON ($3.20) Best Value: #5 Annual Appeal 6-1 2nd Exotics Use: #1 Bells of Concerto 3-1 5th 8th: 27th Jimmy Winkfield, 3yo, 6f (DD) Rift has drilled 4 times since the maiden win 37 days ago.. Most Likely: #1 Rift 8-5 3rd Best Value: #3 Royal Currier 4-1 2nd Next Best: #2 Fort Hughes 9-5 WON ($4.80) 9th: NY-ALW/N1X, F&M-4+, 1m-70y (Super) This is a very tricky race.. Best Value: #5 Lagniappe 15-1 5th Next Best: #1 My Honey Laurie 5-1 2nd Exotics Use: #2 Katy's Office Girl 7-5 6th Super Add: #3 Hear Her Roar 20-1 9th <$75 P4 Play: 6: 5-6-7 7: 1-3-5 8: 1 9: 1-2-3-5-9 3x3x1x5 = $45 GULFSTREAM POST-SCRATCHES ALL RACES ARE OFF THE TURF 5th: CLM, 4+, OFF TURF (1m) (P5, P3, DD, Super) Most Likely: #8 Marquet Cat WON ($6.80) Next Best: #1 Gimme Credit 2nd Best Value: #2 Flyin Trey 4th 6th: CLM, 3yo, 6f (P4, P3, DD, Super) Most Likely: #10 Sparkling Spirit 3-1 5th Best Value: #6 Zuber 8-1 7th Next Best: #3 Hugh and Me 4-1 WON ($6.00) Super Add: #7 Lesson Learned 5-1 6th 7th: CLM/N2L, 4+, 6f (P3, DD, Super) Most Likely: #11 Signsealndeliver 5-1 3rd Next Best: #9 Furious Run 4-1 2nd Best Value: #3 No Peace at All 8-1 WON ($6.00) Super Add: #8 SCR 8th: ALW/NC, F&M-4+, OFF TURF (5f) (DD, Super) Most Likely: #8 Trippi's Sailor 5th Next Best: #4 Suzzona 6th Exotics Use: #1 Freedom Land WON ($18.00) 9th: MDN CLM, 3yo-F, OFF TURF (1m) (Super) Best Value: #6 Introvert WON ($53.60) Next Best: #1 Cartier Lady - Exotics Use: #2 A Perfect Squeeze 4th Super Add: #12 Dattts Appealing 3rd <$75 P4 Play: 6: 3-6-7-10 7: 3-9-11 8: 1-4-8 9: 1-2-6-8 4x3x3x3 = 144 x .50 = $72 $0.50 Pick 4 (3/3/1/6) Paid $2,939.30 Good luck! Steve
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All ambitions are lawful except those which climb upward on the miseries or credulities of mankind. ~ Joseph Conrad A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong, gives it a superficial appearance of being right. ~ Thomas Paine Don't let anyone tell you that your dreams can't come true. They are only afraid that theirs won't and yours will. ~ Robert Evans Last edited by Kasept : 01-17-2011 at 04:21 PM. 
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01-17-2011, 08:32 AM
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Lagniappe is a terrific play today. If anyone but Luis Rivera was on then she would be even more appealing.
Katy's Office Girl already wins the award for worst sub 2-1 shot on the morning line for this year. That's a race where you have to be looking for prices. Good luck!
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01-17-2011, 10:50 AM
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All ambitions are lawful except those which climb upward on the miseries or credulities of mankind. ~ Joseph Conrad A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong, gives it a superficial appearance of being right. ~ Thomas Paine Don't let anyone tell you that your dreams can't come true. They are only afraid that theirs won't and yours will. ~ Robert Evans
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01-17-2011, 11:16 AM
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__________________
All ambitions are lawful except those which climb upward on the miseries or credulities of mankind. ~ Joseph Conrad A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong, gives it a superficial appearance of being right. ~ Thomas Paine Don't let anyone tell you that your dreams can't come true. They are only afraid that theirs won't and yours will. ~ Robert Evans
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01-17-2011, 12:47 PM
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Late SCR's coming in finally from GP..
DRF INSIDE POST: http://drf.com/blogs/gulfstream-late-scratches-0
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All ambitions are lawful except those which climb upward on the miseries or credulities of mankind. ~ Joseph Conrad A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong, gives it a superficial appearance of being right. ~ Thomas Paine Don't let anyone tell you that your dreams can't come true. They are only afraid that theirs won't and yours will. ~ Robert Evans
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01-17-2011, 03:58 PM
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wow...congrats!
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01-17-2011, 04:01 PM
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Great job Steve !!!
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01-17-2011, 04:09 PM
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Way to lay it out. W
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01-17-2011, 05:20 PM
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Let me get this right, he missed the $41 chalk fest pick 4 at the Big A and crushed the late 4 at Gulfstream for 3 dimes with a $53 dollar horse in the finale...........
Way to knock it out of the park Steve!
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Felix Unger talking to Oscar Madison: "Your horse could finish third by 20 lengths and they still pay you? And you have been losing money for all these years?!"
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01-17-2011, 05:21 PM
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Thanks all! This was the absolute last sequence I'd have thought would generate a quality score. After the first 10 days of some maddening misses, funny to get one like that today...
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All ambitions are lawful except those which climb upward on the miseries or credulities of mankind. ~ Joseph Conrad A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong, gives it a superficial appearance of being right. ~ Thomas Paine Don't let anyone tell you that your dreams can't come true. They are only afraid that theirs won't and yours will. ~ Robert Evans
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wow great picks wish i had the day off!
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