Points and ROI Totals for 2019-2020 Contest Year

[DonGuido]

Points and ROI Totals through September 19, 2020


Well since e have not played the points contest, for some reason the ROI Contests for the past two weeks have not been kind to anyone here. Since there are no points to award the totals remain the same. Lets see how the Preakness Card treats us. And lets hope Plenilune is feeling better and gets back in the mix. Our best thoughts to you Plen, we all LOVE YOU!!!

1. 504 Cal828
2. 436 JolyB
3. 397 Ruffian-333
4. 382 DonGuido
5. 335 Real Quiet
6. 194 Plenilune
7. 166 Roamin42
8. 88 NJ Stinks
9. 85 Cruzan200246
10. 82 Indian Hemp
11. 75 Alli

[DonGuido]

Points and ROI Contest Totals through October 17, 2020

Ok so I have a bunch of catching up to do . . . many apologies to all but sometimes real life just overwhelms you. Starting off there were no points rewarded for Sep 26 since it was an ROI only contest and nobody made any profit at all.

Now for the recap of 10/3, 10/10 and 10/17. This is gonna take awhile. To shorten it a bit I'll give the cribb notes highlights and you can see the points totals changes, and there are several big ones, below. First off, RQ and Plan have been dominating the ROI contests lately, be nice if they sent me a little of that MOJO . . . because I suck there. RQ is nailing big bucks as is Plen and Plen has a REPEAT in ROI for 10/10 and 10/17 . . . very nice Ma'am!!! Yours truly puts on his Points prowess hat nabbing some very nice points totals for that contest with a REPEAT, albeit a tie with Plen and Cal earlier, in the points contest.

Is DG getting warmed up after a lay off to pounce on the Breeders Cup contest and take home his 4th or 5th Gallivan Cup (sorry lost count) since we've been doing this??? Ya never know about DG on the big days and BC days are the biggest and very close..

Are JB and even Ruff laying down a little on us to lull us to sleep, pre-Breeders Cup, since neither have been overtly present lately, especially JB. Neither has won a contest in some time and that's scary. And don't ever take the under on JB when it counts, kinda like my Clemson Tigers this year (sorry had to get a Clemson note in) And Cal, your mixing it up and hanging tough with our stalwarts. I'm thinking you're like a cheetah waiting for your chance to run down any of us.

Changes - Don Guido moves up one and Cruzan the same.

So here are the latest totals showing points added:

1. 524 Cal828 (plus 20)
2. 442 JolyB (plus 6)
3. 429 DonGuido (plus 47 w/ a REPEAT in Pts)
4. 421 Ruffian-333 (plus 24)
5. 366 Real Quiet (plus 31)
6. 243 Plenilune (plus 49 w/ a REPEAT in ROI)
7. 170 Roamin42
8. 91 Cruzan200246
9. 90 NJ Stinks
10. 82 Indian Hemp
11. 75 Alli

[JolyB]

Originally Posted by DonGuido

Points and ROI Contest Totals through October 17, 2020



Are JB and even Ruff laying down a little on us to lull us to sleep, pre-Breeders Cup, since neither have been overtly present lately, especially JB. Neither has won a contest in some time and that's scary.

Great writeup, Don Guido. I can assure you that there is no grand strategy to, as you put it, lull everyone to sleep. Simple fact is that I haven't been able to handicap my way out of a paper bag recently. I've had a long string of "if only's" and "coulda, woulda, shudas". In the points contest, I have found myself trying to fight the linemaker, and each time the linemaker has won.

My only hope is that all of these symptoms will have magically gone away [yeah, right] in time for the BC, when more serious money is on the line.

[DonGuido]

Points and ROI Totals through October 24, 2020


Cal828 continues his commanding lead and looks like he'll take home the Handicapping Year Honors for the Points Contest, while DonGuido has stepped up his game over the last three weeks and jumped over JB to take over the 2nd rung of the ladder. JolyB hits a nice Place tally in ROI and Ruffian holds on the 4 spot with a 2nd in Pts. Real Quiet nabs the show spot in Pts adding to his totals and Roamin42 takes on minor honors in Pts to hang tough in the 7th position.

So we're all taking a week off to freshen up for Breeders Cup mind benders. enjoy the horse racing brain vacation and VOTE if you haven't already done so. Thanks all for playing and we'll see you in the gate at Keeneland next.


1. 535 Cal828 (1st ROI)
2. 470 DonGuido (1st Pts w/30 Bonus Pts for THREEPEAT)
3. 450 JolyB (2nd ROI)
4. 429 Ruffian-333 (2nd Pts)
5. 371 Real Quiet (3rd Pts)
6. 244 Plenilune
7. 175 Roamin42 (4th Pts)
8. 92 Cruzan200246
9. 90 NJ Stinks
10. 82 Indian Hemp
11. 75 Alli