April 11 Oaklawn Points Picks go here

[Alli]

I admire you all for getting your picks in early! I'm always so late! I'm working from home for the past month and I think I'm losing a hunk of my brain everyday! I'l be there tomorrow. Good luck!

[cal828]

Originally Posted by Alli

I admire you all for getting your picks in early! I'm always so late! I'm working from home for the past month and I think I'm losing a hunk of my brain everyday! I'l be there tomorrow. Good luck!

I don't spend much time on mine (and it probably shows) and this allows me to agonize over my ROI picks and change my mind 9,000 times.

[Roamin42]

Cal828, rule #1, don't change your mind, lol. Over the years I keep saying that but don't follow my advice either. many times I did go against Rule #1 and would have cashed in, Good luck my friend

[RUFFIAN]

“rule #1, don't change your mind”

That reminds me of an old saying that I really relate to

“I just changed my mind ...
I sure hope this one works “

[cal828]

Originally Posted by RUFFIAN-333

“rule #1, don't change your mind”

That reminds me of an old saying that I really relate to

“I just changed my mind ...
I sure hope this one works “

That's a funny saying. I don't think I have ever heard that one before.

I guess my mind works ok and about as good as it ever did, except I do sometimes have trouble recalling a name or even a word. So when I see former Vice President Biden do this on TV, I can totally relate to him.

[cal828]

Originally Posted by Roamin42

Cal828, rule #1, don't change your mind, lol. Over the years I keep saying that but don't follow my advice either. many times I did go against Rule #1 and would have cashed in, Good luck my friend

That's probably great advice. Sometimes, I help myself with last second decisions and sometimes not. I helped myself last week by playing a bigger exacta in one of my bets than I originally intended to, but would have helped myself a lot more by not playing exactas at all. It's a tough game to get everything right. Even if you get the handicapping right in some races, you can make the wrong bet or choose the wrong race to play.

[DonGuido]

Originally Posted by Roamin42

Cal828, rule #1, don't change your mind, lol. Over the years I keep saying that but don't follow my advice either. many times I did go against Rule #1 and would have cashed in, Good luck my friend

And don't listen to all the so called "Experts". Use your own system, or process and/or luck and your always better off That's been proved to me many, many times.

[Real Quiet]

R3...8-9-3-2-1
R4...5-4-2-1-10
R5...2-12-11-14-10
R6...7-9-2-6-4
R7...11-6-1-9-4
R8...4-7-11-3-6
R9...14-2-3-4-9
R10..9-4-10-12-7
R11..4-6-5-1-12
R12..13-6-4-5-10

Thanks to Plenilune for scoring

[DonGuido]

Nice BIG fields!!!

3: 3-8-9-2-4
4: 4-2-5-1-7
5: 2-12-6-10-11
6: 2-7-6-9-8
7: 11-13-1-4-9
8: 3-9-4-11-12
9: 3-14-7-2-4
10: 10-7-9-8-11
11: 4-1-12-6-9
12: 6-5-10-1-4
Ga'luk to all!!!

[cal828]

Originally Posted by DonGuido

And don't listen to all the so called "Experts". Use your own system, or process and/or luck and your always better off That's been proved to me many, many times.

Good advice also. There is nothing so maddening as picking a horse and then waver on that pick because of the "experts." I think the longer you play, the more you go with your own picks, sometimes to your advantage and sometimes not. Most of the time, I go with my own, especially in our play here, but in really hard races to decipher like the Derby, I look at what the "experts" have to say.

[JolyB]

R3: 8-3-9-1-2
R4: 4-2-5-1-8
R5: 12-2-11-5-10
R6: 2-7-9-6-4
R7: 11-6-4-10-1
R8: 11-9-3-12-6
R9: 3-2-14-4-8
R10: 12-10-7-4-9
R11: 1-8-4-12-6
R12: 5-6-10-9-12

Good luck to all on what appears to be a very difficult card. Thank you to Plenilune for scoring.

[Plenilune]

R3: 3 2 8 alt: 10 1
R4: 2 5 4 alt: 9 3
R5: 12 2 6 alt: 11 5
R6: 9 7 2 alt: 6 4
R7: 11 9 5 alt: 10 6
R8: 4 9 3 alt: 11 2
R9: 4 7 2 alt: 3 14
R10: 9 10 7 alt: 4 8
R11: 8 1 4 alt: 9 12
R12: 5 6 10 alt: 3 4