Call To Post @ Derby Trail Recap

[Real Quiet]

With all those wins Don it is hard to believe that you haven't nailed a three peat. 8 times you had a shot at it but Arletta (2), Ruffian (2), Plenilune, RYonker (2) and Real Quiet derailed you. Thats 5 times a filly took you down. Diud you ever do anything to incur their wrath?

[DonGuido]

Originally Posted by Real Quiet

With all those wins Don it is hard to believe that you haven't nailed a three peat. 8 times you had a shot at it but Arletta (2), Ruffian (2), Plenilune, RYonker (2) and Real Quiet derailed you. Thats 5 times a filly took you down. Dude you ever do anything to incur their wrath?

Yes like this year if I'm correct, Roamin nailed me due to a bunch of scratches keeping me from a 3 peat and I won the next week that coulda given me a freekin 4 peat. Hey, such is life and we all move on, especially in the wonderful cyber world of ours. I'm not complaining just well lamenting a bit. :} And for the fillies here, I've always loved the fillies but I guess they don't "love" me?

Thanks RQ as always for the tidbits of our game!!!

[Plenilune]

Originally Posted by DonGuido

Yes like this year if I'm correct, Roamin nailed me due to a bunch of scratches keeping me from a 3 peat and I won the next week that coulda given me a freekin 4 peat. Hey, such is life and we all move on, especially in the wonderful cyber world of ours. I'm not complaining just well lamenting a bit. :} And for the fillies here, I've always loved the fillies but I guess they don't "love" me?

Thanks RQ as always for the tidbits of our game!!!

This one's for you, Don:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8hbUqhKM38

[DonGuido]

Originally Posted by Plenilune

This one's for you, Don:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8hbUqhKM38

Thanks Jane, I knows ya luvs me . . . no matter what. Back at'cha!!! Then it went into Don Rickles Shtick at roasts and Carson on and on and . . . I had to stop and get a dose of The Who, Led Zeppelin and some Pink Floyd before bed.

[Real Quiet]

We all know who our offensive players are. The ones that score the big points. But often overlooked is the defensive end of our contest. Who is the player who can reject a Lebron slam dunk. Who makes the Willie Mays basket catch with his back to home plate. Who is our Gump Worsley and can turn away 63 shots in a game. Not a big player by most standards but who came up big on January 14th, 2017 @ Oaklawn. That defensive dynamo is Ruffian who on that day turned away all challengers and put up 51 points for the win. A few have tried but in these days of 100 point scores Ruff's defensive effort stands shoulders above the rest. With Oaklawn coming up this Saturday if points are hard to come by I would place a shekel or two on the Ruff Won to win it all.

[Real Quiet]

"Good for Roamin. I'm glad to see him win after running second so many times. Problem is, he is probably so far ahead now that none of the rest of us can catch him."

Cal posted this after the Belmont Stakes and it got me wondering. After this week Roamin is the only player to show a profit on the year. Indian Hemp was up most of the year but has slipped back to the rest of the field. After that monster $3320 week Tom is up $1680 on the year with an ROI of 64%. Still he needs a winner or two to guarantee a profitable year. It's a tough game in the long haul. Still in the hunt after 29 weeks are Indian Hemp down $172, Cal828 down $360 and Ruffian down $602 despite two big wins in a row. 5 players have finished the year up over $2000 in the past. It must take a lot out of you to be so good for so long cause only one is still active and doesn't seem to be slowing down. From 5th to 1st we have Little Watermelon up $2040, Myrtle up $2063, NJ Stinks up $2339 (must have been the Kamloops year <grin>), Digger up $2780 (if you guys remember how Digger wagered I can't remember how he did it) and our all time leader Little Watermelon up $3010. All played more than half the seasons they posted these numbers in.

[cal828]

I guess it's possible to catch up, but we've got a little less time to do it. What is it, 20-21 weeks until the contest ends? Took me half the contest just to figure out which bets might be best for me. Nothing seemed to work for awhile. I doubt that anyone has to worry about me winning. My play is very streaky. Good play for awhile and then it all goes to a bad place and I never have a clue what I'm doing different than I did when I was winning.

I seem to be on a small winning streak now. Maybe, it will last for awhile, but I seriously doubt it.