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DT Contest - Week 8

Sorry I'm posting this so late this week, not a lot of quality Derby Trail races.

There are lots of good races next week, we’ll probably do the Fountain of Youth, Hutcheson Stakes, Robert B. Lewis Stakes and maybe also the John Battaglia Memorial. All of these races are Saturday, March 3rd. If you want to limit it to three races, let me hear your feedback – we are starting to get into the fun part of the year!

GULFSTREAM: Hallandale Beach Stakes
Race # 7 Distance: 1 1/16th Mile (Turf)
NOTE: We do have AE’s listed, if you pick one as your top choice, make sure you have an alt. (or two)

Prg. # Horse Jockey Trainer Wt. Med. ML
1 One of the Best Douglas R R Olivares Luis 120 15-1
2 Fernando Po Decarlo C P Hushion Michael E 122 L 6-1
3 Rutledge Cat SCRATCHED
4 Pop Goes the Tiger Nunez E O Potter Douglas 120 L 30-1
5 Passport Castellano J J Brothers Frank L 122 L 12-1
6 Pickapocket Castro E Alexander Frank A 122 L 8-1
7 Soldier's Dancer Velasquez C Vivian David A 122 L 3-1
8 Twilight Meteor Prado E S Pletcher Todd A 122 L 6-1
9 Dippi Trippi Trujillo E Hurtak Daniel C 120 L 20-1
10 Pleasant Strike Velazquez J R Pletcher Todd A 118 L 10-1
11 Sedgefield Bejarano R Miller Darrin 120 L 4-1
12 Ace Up My Sleeve Cruz M R Gold Stanley I 120 L 20-1
13 Le Dauphin Jara F Mott William I 118 L 8-1
14 Brainy Benny (IRE) SCRATCHED
15 Rahystrada SCRATCHED
16 Moudez (IRE) SCRATCHED

I say use any race that has a horse on the derby watch 50... 3 races 6 races whatever....

Soldier's Dancer........I guess.
I probably have one of the biggest disparities between dirt-capping ability and turf-capping ability in history. I don't think I have picked a turf winner in..................hell I don't even remember when the last one was.

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Originally Posted by swedejxn

I say use any race that has a horse on the derby watch 50... 3 races 6 races whatever....

I was going to say use as many as possible, but I like this idea.

One of the Best- Passport

I'll save my handicapping time for next week and just offer a wild guess:

Passport. Alt: Pickapocket.

I seem to be into the letter "p" this week.

Gulfstream Race #7
Passport.

GS 7---PASSPORT alt----TWILIGHT METEOR

FERNANDO PO (alt. Sedgefield)

Pleasant Strike (Alt. Soldier's Dancer)

Pleasant Strike/alt. Soldier's Dancer

sedgefield...alt. pleasant strike

Fernando Po alt: Dippi Trippi (this is one I went back and forth on these two.)

Carrot's Picks: Pop Goes The Tiger alt: Passport

Sedgefield alt passport

Twilight Meteor alt. Pleasant Strike

This could very well be a very 'Smart' Tri of Pleasant Strike, Sedgefield & Twilight Meteor...

My play; Pleasant Strike

Contest Pick.....

One race this week, that sux! Also I have no problem with more than 3 races next week, it will be like catching up from this week.
Hallandale Beach- Fernando Po (alt- Soldier's Dancer 2nd alt- Sedgefield)
Good luck all!

Twilight Meteor alt Passport

Thanks for your input everyone... I'll try to do every race that has a top 50 Derby horse in it... sorry this week has only one race :(

My pick: Twilight Meteor... alt. Pleasant Strike.

Make sure you note the scratches listed on page 1

My Pick is Sedgefield

My Pick Is Soldier's Dancer

Ok ,maybe it wasn't fair to do a turf race, only 3 of us picked the winner Twilight Meteor - Swedejxn, DerbyCat (yea for me! :D ) and first-time player jman5581... also had Paisjpq, Thunder Gulch, and Holland Hacker pick the place horse, Sedgefield.

Our leader is still Miraja2 but we've got a long way to go...

Here are the standings:

# - DT Member - Hallandale - TOTAL
1 Miraja2 $0.00 $204.00
2 Paisjpq $8.60 $175.70
3 AngelSita $0.00 $157.20
4 Swedejxn $27.00 $155.30
5 Hickory Hill Hoff $0.00 $131.40
6 Mclem10011 $0.00 $124.40
7 DaHoss9698 $0.00 $114.20
8 Sightseek $0.00 $99.00
9 nwaryas $0.00 $98.90
10 Merasmag $0.00 $97.40
11 SniperSB23 $0.00 $93.80
12 Derbycat $27.00 $93.30
13 BT NP $88.40
14 Alydar NP $82.70
15 2 Dollar Bill $0.00 $80.60
16 Buffymommy $0.00 $80.00
17 PeteMugg $0.00 $79.80
18 GenuineRisk $0.00 $75.80
19 Cal828 $0.00 $70.60
20 Ramone44 $0.00 $65.10
21 Saucon17 NP $53.30
22 Thunder Gulch $8.60 $50.10
23 Manila Rose NP $44.80
24 Ninetoone NP $37.40
25 Timmgirvan $0.00 $34.60
26 Holland Hacker $8.60 $32.40
27 Carrot $0.00 $30.20
28 TitanSooner NP $27.90
29 jman5581 $27.00 $27.00
30 1 dollar pick 3 NP $23.10
31 MISTERGEE NP $14.60
32 Robfla NP $14.10
33 PackerBacker7964 NP $12.80
34 CannonShell NP $12.30
35 Danzig188 NP $9.40
36 CeeJay NP $3.30
37 KirisClown NP $2.80

NP = No Pick

I'm dyslexic....I reversed my picks!:D

See, I wasn't kidding. I don't know what it is, but I am absolutely useless at picking turf races.
Anybody else have a big difference between their dirt and turf capping ability?

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Originally Posted by miraja2

See, I wasn't kidding. I don't know what it is, but I am absolutely useless at picking turf races.
Anybody else have a big difference between their dirt and turf capping ability?

Does "Loser" and "Big Loser" count as a big difference? If so, then yes, I have a big difference. ;)

Ok... Im ready for this week
Just got back from seein the ""card reader"" on the boardwalk in AC &
I have just won a new dartboard on Ebay !!
So bring on this weeks races ! :p