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Old 12-25-2008, 06:49 AM
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Believe what your eyes tell you . Stay conservative . Be Bullish and Tin Cup Chalice are 2 examples .
Tin Cup Chalice going to Japan is not an example of staying conservative.

I believed my eyes when they told me he should not go.
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Old 12-25-2008, 08:53 AM
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Agreed . Prior to Japan . To be more precise . Pardon moi . Of course I tell myself every year to believe my eyes .

Do eyes improve with age ?
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Old 12-25-2008, 09:15 AM
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Another thing I have learned and got better at is I can cap a race, watch a race, and not bet on it. I use to think I had to bet every race. I'll only play one card at a time, I don't hop from one track to another, so I use to think I had to have action. Now, I'll have interest in a race without money on it which has allowed me to focus on races I feel strongly about, bet more on those races, and win more.

It only took 38 years playing the ponies to do this!

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Old 12-25-2008, 12:49 PM
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I learned that i can't pick any winners in NY and need to never play it. Stick to places i am solid at picking winners, ie CA, WA and FL.
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Old 12-25-2008, 08:42 PM
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I learned that after 9 mint juleps I can't walk a straight line. ...but at that point I may still argue that I'm still ok to have a beer or something.
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