ROI Results 7/25 @ Saratoga

[Real Quiet]

Saratoga followed Indiana Grand as another brutal card to wager on. At least this week at the Spa
two players found a winner and cashed in their points. It was a nose bob of a finish as Plenilune
gets the win over Cruzan by a scant buck. Plenilune played Dowse's Beach in the 6th for $50 and
the $5.80 payout returned $145. Cruzan had Hard Not To Like in the 10th and got a double digit
payoff worth $144 and a "just missed". The worst beat goes to Criminal Type who played Magna
Light at 13-1 in race 9 and saw him win wire to wire and then get taken down to 3rd. Congrats to
Plenilune on the win and a big thank you for her scoring. Saturday she scored and scored.
Following are the unofficial results pending any objections. Let me know if I missed anything. See
you next week wherever the Don takes us. Almost Heaven, West Virginia?


WIN... Plenilune... +$45.00... r6 $50 W #8 $5.80 X 25... $145.00

PLACE... Cruzan... +$44.00 ... R10. Hard Not To Like $20 Win $14.40 X 10... $144.00



Swedejxn -$96.00
Joly B -$99.00
Arletta -$99.00
Ruffian -$100.00
Criminal Type -$100.00
Don Guido -$100.00
Ryonker -$100.00
NJ Stinks -$100.00
Real Quiet -$100.00
Indian Hemp DQ

[CRIMINAL TYPE]

The worst beat goes to Criminal Type who played Magna Light at 13-1
in race 9 and saw him win wire to wire and then get taken down to 3rd.

Hey RQ -
I see you noticed that travesty of "Justice"

Did you also notice the dude at the end of the bar
drowning his sorrows in Scotch!

At least it wasnt real moolah! that I lost

[JolyB]

Originally Posted by CRIMINAL TYPE

The worst beat goes to Criminal Type who played Magna Light at 13-1
in race 9 and saw him win wire to wire and then get taken down to 3rd.

Hey RQ -
I see you noticed that travesty of "Justice"

Did you also notice the dude at the end of the bar
drowning his sorrows in Scotch!

At least it wasnt real moolah! that I lost

I feel your pain, CT. That was one of two VERY questionable DQ's by the NYRA stewards this weekend, each of them affecting major stakes races. I don't know which one was worse - the DQ of Magna Light, who definitely veered off course but didn't appear to cause anyone to check or alter course, or the DQ of I'm A Chatterbox, who did "shepherd" Curalina but I didn't think enough to affect the outcome of the race. Amazingly, in each case a Pletcher/Johnny V runner was elevated to a graded stakes win.

What surprises me is that for most of the year at AQ and BEL, the stewards have been applying a "let 'em ride" standard and allowing incidental stuff to stand. Suddenly at two major stakes races at the Spa, they have started to apply a different standard. I can't say that it's incorrect, just that it is inconsistent with what I have been seeing them do all year long.

[cruzan200246]

WOW!!!!! One buck. LOL

[RUFFIAN]

That was one of two VERY questionable DQ's by the NYRA stewards this weekend, each the DQ of I'm A Chatterbox, who did "shepherd" Curalina but I didn't think enough to affect the outcome of the race.

====> Amazingly, in each case a Pletcher/Johnny V runner was elevated to a graded stakes win.

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BOTH DQ UPSET ME
BUT THE FIRST THING I NOTICED IN BOTH ---
WAS THE JRV / PLETCHER COMBO BEING PUT UP IN THE DQ

AM I JUST CYNICAL & JADED WHEN I ENTERTAIN THE IDEA THAT THERE IS
MORE THAN VALID REASONS FOR EACH DQ!