Feb 23 Venue Ideas . . . nothing much to look at?

[cal828]

" all weather track, which I dislike immensely "


I wouldn't say I dislike it immensely. I still play Woodbine and Presque Isle, but I never even give much thought to it being a different surface.

I'm not sure I ever learned how to play poly track. As I understand it, it plays more like turf and turf runners sometimes do well on it. That's about all I know about it. It does seem like it's the opposite of natural dirt in that the closers have the advantage instead of the pace setters, but don't know whether the stats would support that.

Does anyone remember the old Pick 6 Challenge on the ESPN website? The last time I played in the challenge, I was in the top ten on the leaderboard and the last 6 races came up on a poly track. I didn't hit a single one. But of course, I'm a better player now. Ha Ha.

[JolyB]

Originally Posted by cal828

Does anyone remember the old Pick 6 Challenge on the ESPN website? The last time I played in the challenge, I was in the top ten on the leaderboard and the last 6 races came up on a poly track. I didn't hit a single one. But of course, I'm a better player now. Ha Ha.

Now that takes me back a number of years, Cal. My best recollection is that ESPN ran this contest for a number of months in 2001, with the object being to pick the winner of all 6 designated races with the lowest number of picks. I think that you received something like 15 maximum picks and could allocate them to the contest races in whatever way you wanted, but if more than one player hit all 6 races, the winner would be the one who used the fewest picks. Used to drive me crazy figuring how to allocate the picks and how small the number of picks could be.

As I recall there was also a grand prize for the entire contest which was very generous, possibly an all expense paid trip to the Kentucky Derby.

My wife and I spent the winter of 2000-2001 in South Florida and for the first month of the contest on Saturday mornings I would go to a local library to use their computer and submit my entry for that week before heading to Gulfstream for the afternoon's races.

Thanks for bringing back those memories.

[cal828]

Originally Posted by JolyB

Now that takes me back a number of years, Cal. My best recollection is that ESPN ran this contest for a number of months in 2001, with the object being to pick the winner of all 6 designated races with the lowest number of picks. I think that you received something like 15 maximum picks and could allocate them to the contest races in whatever way you wanted, but if more than one player hit all 6 races, the winner would be the one who used the fewest picks. Used to drive me crazy figuring how to allocate the picks and how small the number of picks could be.

As I recall there was also a grand prize for the entire contest which was very generous, possibly an all expense paid trip to the Kentucky Derby.

My wife and I spent the winter of 2000-2001 in South Florida and for the first month of the contest on Saturday mornings I would go to a local library to use their computer and submit my entry for that week before heading to Gulfstream for the afternoon's races.

Thanks for bringing back those memories.

That was a fun contest. I can't remember exactly what the prize was either. I was thinking maybe a couple of grand, but that could be wrong. I think you have all the other details right.

[RUFFIAN]

DON WONDERS
“...Why isn't it Golden Gates Field is there another track there?”

AND THE ANSWER MY FRIEND
IS BLOWIN IN THE WIND

THERE IS ONE GOLDEN GATE {1} AND SEVERAL FIELDS

[DonGuido]

Originally Posted by RUFFIAN-333

DON WONDERS
“...Why isn't it Golden Gates Field is there another track there?”

AND THE ANSWER MY FRIEND
IS BLOWIN IN THE WIND

THERE IS ONE GOLDEN GATE {1} AND SEVERAL FIELDS

And I'm told the wind blows hard there in lieu of blow hards . . . just couldn't resist.

[RUFFIAN]

SANTA ANITA
Has better purses, better Jockeys and a stakes race as well

Just a PurrrIng Suggestion
In case your mind has not made a definite decision?

[DonGuido]

Originally Posted by RUFFIAN-333

SANTA ANITA
Has better purses, better Jockeys and a stakes race as well

Just a PurrrIng Suggestion
In case your mind has not made a definite decision?

We're going to try someplace different. We'll have plenty of cards at SA over the coming months. Ruffian, I always thought you were a "Think out of the box" type of person. C'mon.

[cal828]

Originally Posted by RUFFIAN-333

SANTA ANITA
Has better purses, better Jockeys and a stakes race as well

Just a PurrrIng Suggestion
In case your mind has not made a definite decision?

Think of it as a challenge ma'am. One of these days, when you're playing in the NHC, you'll be glad Don gave us this challenge.