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Old 10-03-2015, 01:15 PM
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2 more scratches from the 8th race, leaving just 5, so going with...

2015-10-03 8 #2 Masochistic (CA) 8/5
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Old 10-03-2015, 06:55 PM
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10/3

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#5 Wild Street Party (CA)

Still streaking...good luck guys..
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Old 10-04-2015, 07:08 AM
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2 more scratches from the 8th race, leaving just 5, so going with...

2015-10-03 8 #2 Masochistic (CA) 8/5
Too bad those horses scratched, or I would have gone with one of the favs from the earlier races.

My chances are slim now. I should probably switch to a pic-the-longest-shot-of-the-day strategy. Other wise, I'd pretty much need to luck into a good win streak or luck into enough random place finishes to catch up there.
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Old 10-04-2015, 12:22 PM
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Good luck!

Sorry your show streak was ended Dunbar, but you outlasted 1700 people from day 1 who missed earlier, so that is very good. Masochistic took out quite a few entries, so you had plenty of company. We are now down to 415 players who are 5/5 on show picks. Bigrun and I are actually part of a 53-way tie for 153rd place with 3 wins, 1 second and 1 third. Only three players have managed to find 5 straight winners to start the meeting.
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Old 10-04-2015, 02:39 PM
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10/4

Race 1

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Ranger my rank was shown as 160 when i made my pick...good luck today, hope we make some headway..

Dunbar...last contest my streak ended after 4 and i went chasing 50-1 shots someone was leading with $137 winner and I think someone beat that...wasn't me
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Old 10-07-2015, 06:12 PM
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Streak over..running around all day and forgot...logged on and missed post time by 2 mins...ok, go with 30-1 shots now..
Good luck to y'all..
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Old 10-07-2015, 09:55 PM
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Streak over..running around all day and forgot...logged on and missed post time by 2 mins...ok, go with 30-1 shots now..
Good luck to y'all..
Wait, what?

Santa Anita is dark on Wednesdays so your streak is alive and well, unlike mine when I missed on Sunday. So no 50-1 shots for you yet, unless you think they are the horse you feel is most likely to show

Other notable players with perfect streaks include fellow DTers Arletta and jwkniska, great job and keep up the good work! Also the winner of the winter-spring contest, sgtennis, is also among the 279 final perfect streaks.
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Old 10-07-2015, 10:27 PM
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Wait, what?

Santa Anita is dark on Wednesdays so your streak is alive and well, unlike mine when I missed on Sunday. So no 50-1 shots for you yet, unless you think they are the horse you feel is most likely to show

Other notable players with perfect streaks include fellow DTers Arletta and jwkniska, great job and keep up the good work! Also the winner of the winter-spring contest, sgtennis, is also among the 279 final perfect streaks.

????..11p.m I tried to check results, no results!..checked entries and no racing today!!...what the heck, when i logged on earlier and thought i just missed, i must have missed the date...gotta go back in and change that 50-1 to 6/5
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Old 10-11-2015, 10:00 AM
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Other notable players with perfect streaks include fellow DTers Arletta and jwkniska, great job and keep up the good work! Also the winner of the winter-spring contest, sgtennis, is also among the 279 final perfect streaks.

147 now at 9 out of 9, including bigrun, jwkniska, and sgtennis. Arletta must have skipped a day, because she is at 8 of 8.

Interestingly, one of the players with 9 of 9 show picks, roro308, had a 16-1 shot come in for a $35.60 payoff. That seems pretty weird! Maybe he/she started out going for highest win payoff, and then switched? roro308 is also in a 5-way tie for the lead in most wins, 6.
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