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Don Guido is taking us to Ontario for the King's Plate card at Woodbine.

We will be playing only races 1-11, ending with the King's Plate. Please have your selections for the points contest posted on this thread not later than first post of 12:25 PM Eastern time.

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

R1...4-8-6-1
R2...5-8-1-3-4
R3...9-4-1-2-6
R4...7-4-12-9-11
R5...7-6-8-3-5
R6...5-6-2-8-4
R7...3-4-6-1-2
R8...1-8-2-6-5
R9...7-4-5-6-2
R10..13-2-9-6-7
R11..3-4-2-7-8

Thanks for scoring Digger

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R1
8-4 –6 – 7–2

R2
5-1 –4 – 2–8

R3
8-1– 10 – 9–7

R4
4–7 – 11 – 2–10

R5
3-2 –6 – 4–1

R6
5–6 – 2 – 9–4

R7
3-4 – 5 – 6–2

R8
8-1 –6 – 4–2

R9
4–6 –7 – 1–2

R10
7–12 – 8 – 5–6

R11
7–3 – 5-4–2

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R1...4-8-7-3
R2...5-3-4-2
R3...9-1-3-10
R4...4-12-8-11
R5...3-6-7-4
R6...5-2-6-7
R7...3-6-1-4
R8...1-4-2-8
R9...4-1-7-6
R10...7-6-4-2
R11...7-3-6-4

Good Luck!!!

R1: 8 6 1 7
R2: 4 1 8 2
R3: 8 1 7 10
R4: 4 11 2 7
R5: 3 6 4 2
R6: 5 2 4 6
R7: 3 6 2 4
R8: 8 6 1 4
R9: 4 6 3 7
R10: 7 2 8 12
R11: 7 2 3 4 *

R1: 8-4-6-1-3
R2: 5-4-2-1-8
R3: 8-10-1-9-5
R4: 4-11-7-12-2
R5: 2-3-6-7-8
R6: 5-6-2-7-9
R7: 3-6-4-2-1
R8: 8-1-6-3-4
R9: 4-7-6-1-12
R10: 7-2-8-11-6
R11: 7-3-2-5-1

Good luck to all and enjoy the day in Ontario. Thank you to Digger for scoring.

1 : 4 - 8 - 6 - 2 - 5

2 : 5 - 10 - 4 - 1 - 2

3 : 9 - 1 - 10 - 5 - 7

4 : 12 - 4 - 3 - 8 - 7

5 : 8 - 6 - 3 - 2 - 1

6 : 4 - 6 - 5 - 9 - 2

7 : 4 - 3 - 7 - 2 - 5

8 : 8 - 1 - 6 - 4 - 3

9 : 4 - 2 - 7 - 6 - 8

10 : 7 - 8 - 6 - 1 - 4

11 : 3 - 7 - 2 - 8 - 1

thanks Digger and good luck all

1: 8-6-4-3-1
2: 4-5-8-1-2
3: 1-9-8-10-5
4: 4-11-10-2-8
5: 7-3-6-4-8
6: 5-4-6-2-9
7: 3-4-6-2-7
8; 8-1-4-6-2
9: 4-6-7-2-1
10: 7-12-2-6-3
11: 7-3-4-2-5
Ga'luk to all

R1: 8-6-3-5
R2: 1-5-7-4
R3: 7-10-1-8
R4: 10-7-9-4-11
R5: 6-2-3-1-5
R6: 9-5-2-6-4
R7: 3-6-4-2
R8: 8-1-4-3-6
R9: 4-1-7-6-3
R10: 2-7-5-13-8
R11: 7-3-2-4

Good Luck everyone! Thanks for scoring, Digger!

I'm seeing on Twitter that Woodbine has cancelled the rest of the day. :(

What a shame on one of their biggest days of the year. They were only able to get 5 races in (none of the stakes races that made this such a good card) before extremely heavy rains caused them to cancel the balance of the card. Their were reports of heavy flooding throughout the Toronto Metro Area as they received a month's worth of rain in one day.

I haven't been able to find any info on a rescheduling of the King's Plate.

I just had a long lovely conversation
With the racing office at Woodbine
She said the rain was so bad it wasn’t safe to run

At this point she doesn’t know when they’ll reschedule
Probably next Saturday
So the track has a chance to dry out

Extract from a DRF article:

"We were following the weather all day,” said Woodbine Entertainment CEO Michael Copeland. “When it got too late in the day, so much rain had come down in such a short time and there was pooling in the track. There were some safety concerns, so we consulted with our vets and jockeys and we made the determination that it was unsafe to continue racing.

“We’re going to carry over the four stakes races and the King’s Plate and reschedule them for Friday. It will be a spectacular card.”

I wonder if they didn’t want to compete with the Travers

Friday seems like an odd day to run

Woodbine does seem to follow a different economic model than some other racetracks. It is tied closely to a large casino and entertainment complex, so the racing element is secondary, or perhaps treated as a draw to the casino and dining facilities. Other than King's Plate day, Woodbine offers free admission and parking every racing day. Anyone who has paid the admission fees at, say, Saratoga, would apprecate that.

A big race day on a Friday could draw fans who would come to the track after work for the stakes races, then stay for dinner and a couple of hours at the slots or table games. It could be marketed as such.

I'm off to Vegas for a few days on Wednesday. I'm grateful Woodbine moving those races to Friday. Looks like that is a big day for Charlestown. I am none to confident of my chances in their "bullring" and none too confident of my play on poly at Woodbine either, but at least some of their races will be on turf which I have a little more confidence in.

Good Luck, Cal!!

Have fun Cal

Thanks. I usually do ok. I generally play horses and forgo the table games and slots until my last night and then I might play a little bit of slots. Should be some new things to see and do. Haven't been in a few years so will be fun to see how Vegas has reinvented itself. No shows that I particularly want to see. Should have timed it better and could have seen the Eagles next month. Plan on going over to the Sphere to see what that's all about.

Cal, you are my kinda guy! I haven't been to Vegas since Stanford's Andrew Luck covered the spread by a half a point in an OT loss vs. Oklahoma on New Year's Night about a decade ago.

At any rate, I'll be interested in hearing what race and sports book you liked during your stay. (Long ago I rated the departed Stardust on top and the Hilton #2.)

Also, does any casino still hand out free DRF's?

Another thought: The 3 year old colts take turns beating each other - it could be a year to back a filly in the Travers.

Lastly, I will really be happy to hear about your trip when you get a chance!

Hope you have a lot of good luck!

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R4
Six–4 –5 – 2–3

R5
1 –7 –6 – 4–9

R6
4–7 – 12 –ae— 1–8

R7
3–8 – 6 – 2–10

R8
Five–4 – 8 – 7–10

R9
Four–2 –1 – 3–6

R10
Three–4 – 5 – 7–8

R11
6–1 –8 – 5–4

R12
5–8 – 3 – 6–2

R13 ( My Fave ## )
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8–7 – 2 – 1–3

R14
8–9 – 10 – 1–7

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