June 6 Belmont Park ROI Wagers go here

[JolyB]

We are playing races 3 through 11 at Belmont Park and Race 8 [the Santa Anita Derby] from Santa Anita.

Please have your wagers for the ROI contest posted on this thread not later than 2:23 PM Eastern time, the scheduled post time for Race 3.

Good luck to all and thank you to Real Quiet for scoring.

[Roamin42]

RACE 10

#5 CENTRIST---$100 WIN

[RUFFIAN]

I'VE BEEN 'FOREWARNED'
MY CHOICES ARE NUTS
SO ALL THAT I MAY SEE
ARE OTHER HORSE'S BUTTS!

RACE 5
#10 -------- $20 WIN { KOSCIUSZKO }
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RACE 6
#9 -------- $28 WIN { TRIBHUVAN }
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RACE 7
#8 ---------- $14 WIN { FOREWARNED }
#11 -------- $18 WIN { BACKSIDE OF THE MOON}
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RACE 8
#3 -------- $ 20 WIN { EYE IN THE SKY }
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BODACIOUS BELMONT CATNIP FOR THE 'QUIET ONE'
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[Real Quiet]

R5 $12 ex key 1 w 3-5-6 ($36)

R9 $10 ex key 1 w 5-10-11 ($30)

R10 $34 show # 13 ($34)

[JolyB]

RQ commented that when we have a simo race, very few players use it in the ROI. So, RQ, this one's for you [even though I haven't seen any scratches]

Santa Anita Race 8 [Santa Anita Derby]

$12 trifecta: 7 / 6 / 2,3,5 [$36]

$9 trifecta: 6/ 7 / 2,3,5 [$27]

$7 trifecta: 7/ 2,3,5 / 6 [$21]

$5 trifecta: 6/ 2,3,5 / 7 [$15]

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

[Indian Hemp]

race six

$100 WIN

4

thanks RQ and good luck all

[JolyB]

I would never second guess any player's selections, but I did want to add a comment about the person who Ruff's ROI pick in race 5 was named after.

Tadeusz Kosciuszko was a Polish/Lithuanian patriot who was one of many foreign military men who were inspired by the American revolutionary cause in 1776. His training as a military engineer made him very valuable in improving fortifications that defended against British advances. Among other locations, his choice of the ground to defend helped the Americans defeat Burgoyne at the battles of Saratoga. After the revolutionary war, he returned home and fought for Polish freedom.

One of the most interesting aspects of his biography was his will, which attempted to leave his American assets to the manumission of slaves in America, even though this intent was never completed.

If you have time, it is worth learning more about this hero of American independence who seldom gets much notice.

Certainly worth naming a horse after.

[Real Quiet]

As a 100% Lithuanian American I thought that was a good read Joly. I will admit though that when I initially saw Ruffs pick I thought that she liked spicy brown mustard.

[JolyB]

Originally Posted by Real Quiet

As a 100% Lithuanian American I thought that was a good read Joly. I will admit though that when I initially saw Ruffs pick I thought that she liked spicy brown mustard.

A number of things have been named after that gentleman. There is a mountain in Australia, a bridge in Brooklyn, a town in Mississippi, a training area in Chicago for the Special Olympics and of course, that wonderful mustard. There is a National Memorial to him in Philadelphia that is part of the National Parks system, not too far from Independence Hall.

[cal828]

Originally Posted by JolyB

A number of things have been named after that gentleman. There is a mountain in Australia, a bridge in Brooklyn, a town in Mississippi, a training area in Chicago for the Special Olympics and of course, that wonderful mustard. There is a National Memorial to him in Philadelphia that is part of the National Parks system, not too far from Independence Hall.

One of the counties here in Arkansas was named after another Polish hero of the American Revolution, Casimir Pulaski. Little Rock sits in Pulaski County.

I guess there are a great many places named after military men. We also have a county here in Arkansas that seems to be named after a general and later President and the county seat is also named after another general. You might think they were Confederate generals, but I don't think so. The county seat is Sheridan and the county is Grant. Don't know that for sure as I have never looked it up, but I am guessing they were named after those generals, but who knows, might just be coincidence. Whatever, seems odd, but maybe those two were kind during reconstruction.

[cal828]

Belmont R5

50 cent Super 1//3,5,6,10//3,5,6,10//3,5,6,10=$12

50 cent Super 1//5,6,10,12//5,6,10,12//5,6,10,12=$12

10 cent Super Box 1,3,5,6,10=$12

Santa Anita R8

$4 Tri 6,7//6,7//all=$40

$4 Tri 2,6//7//1,2,3,6=$24

[NJ Stinks]

$3 Daily Double Wheel (cost - $3x13= $39):
Race 9 - #4
Race 10 - all

Race 9:
$3 exacta backwheel:
All with #4 finishing second (cost $21)

Race 11:
$20 to win and place on #10

[Plenilune]

r6 $10 WPS #8

r8 $10 WPS #3 (The Alan Parsons Project-this song will be in my head all day)

r11 $40 W #10

**Thanks JolyB for the history lesson. I've been down to Philadelphia several times to take in all the historical sites and have never seen his memorial! I'll have to go again!

[JolyB]

Originally Posted by Plenilune

r6 $10 WPS #8

r8 $10 WPS #3 (The Alan Parsons Project-this song will be in my head all day)

r11 $40 W #10

**Thanks JolyB for the history lesson. I've been down to Philadelphia several times to take in all the historical sites and have never seen his memorial! I'll have to go again!

Plen, if you go to the National Parks Service website, you can get all of the information you might need for a future visit.

[DonGuido]

Race 6: $8 exacta
5w/2,4,6,8

Race 7: $8 exacta
9w/ 1,2,4,8


Race 9: $8 exacta
1w/5,7,10,11

Enjoy the Day!!!
Total $96