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09-08-2012, 10:14 PM
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29 horses ran today -- all of them got dusted.
In the 10th race at Suffolk -- one of the bums finished dead last beaten 38 lengths at odds of 18.30 The winner of that race went off at odds of 18.50 -- that's happened a few other times so far as well. An eventual winner going off at longer odds than a bum list horse in the same race. 458 down, only 542 more to go. 
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#143
09-09-2012, 02:23 AM
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Today's bums managed to lose another $18,712 bringing the grand total up to $458,291.
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09-09-2012, 08:47 AM
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You know next to nothing about me. There are probably only a few people on here who can do it, that's for sure, but given the motivation, I could do this.
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#145
09-09-2012, 10:54 AM
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Bums for Football Sunday:
Albuquerque Race 1: Labeled Descent Belmont Race 9: Tatoo Me Calder Race 6: Star From Argent and Unreal Reply Charles Town Race #1: Mr Balboa Emerald Downs Race 8: Bobbylouie Fairplex Race #11: Rosita Fresa and Copy Irish Mountaineer Race #7: Reba's Storm Monmouth Race #6: Manny Diablo and Derg Master Monmouth Race #9: Tea Party Boy Parx Race #3: Mata Da Hot Tomata Zia Park Race #12: Lily Blue
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#146
09-09-2012, 08:43 PM
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14 of them ran today, all lost, but one horse provided a huge scare.
 This horse looked like the proverbial free bingo square. She had no trip excuses at all in those first two races...she simply just broke a bit slow, ran very, very slow early, very, very slow middle, and very very slow late. Maybe they stiffed this horse in those first two races and bet it today -- I don't know. Either way...what looked like an ultimate gimmie on paper almost blew this up while finishing 2nd beaten 0.75 lengths. Her big prior performance coming when she was beaten just 44.5 lengths in a 7f race run in a sparkling 1:27.80 ... the next time I see a horse with a form like that owned by someone called "Tonys Investments" -- I will pass. Even the owners name was shady on that one. 472 down, only 528 more to go.
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#148
09-09-2012, 08:53 PM
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If not that, I have no idea why she improved so much in one week.
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#149
09-09-2012, 09:11 PM
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Felix Unger talking to Oscar Madison: "Your horse could finish third by 20 lengths and they still pay you? And you have been losing money for all these years?!"
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#150
09-09-2012, 09:17 PM
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#151
09-10-2012, 12:26 AM
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Deputy Wild Cat's out of Yonaguska mares are always dangerous second time off a DNF.
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#152
09-10-2012, 01:33 AM
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Today the bums made off with $12,203 to bring the new grand total up to $470,494.
To put today's close call in perspective, Unreal Reply was only the second horse out of 472 to be beaten less than a length. And even if the unthinkable had happened and he had won, the ROI for anyone betting on these "picks" would only be $0.30. As it is, of course it remains a stellar $0.00.
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#153
09-10-2012, 07:52 AM
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Here's the replay for the two prior runs from that horse -- both at the same class level.
* Breaks from post #2: http://www1.drf.com/displayVideo.do?...=D&country=USA * Breaks from far outside post position and finishes last in field of 11: http://www1.drf.com/displayVideo.do?...=D&country=USA Her jockeys took a hold of her early and in the head-on replays of both races -- you can see she was being sort of eased after she got about 20 lengths behind the next to last horse in the field. It's pretty mysterious how a horse can perform like that one week and almost win a race at the same level the next week. I could see if there was a layoff line and some vet work was done on her and a little time was given to fix an ailment.
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#154
09-10-2012, 11:58 AM
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Short list of bums for today as I am behind on making my figures and barely had time to look as I have plans for later tonight:
Suffolk Race #2: Candles Onthe Wind Parx Race #2: Michaela's Candi Parx Race #10: Brave Samson
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#155
09-10-2012, 05:06 PM
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All 3 of them got dusted ... but upon reviewing the charts -- I was a few minutes late getting Parx Race #2 in.
Only 2 count. 474 down, only 526 more to go.
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#156
09-10-2012, 08:32 PM
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Today's duo made off with a relatively paltry $520 to bring the total so far up to $471,014.
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#157
09-11-2012, 11:51 AM
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Bums for today:
Finger Lakes Race #1: Beach Harber Man Finger Lakes Race #3: Overloud Finger Lakes Race #5: First Dine Finger Lakes Race #7: Mom Proof Hoosier Race #7: Great Sky Dancer Mountaineer Race #1: Killian's Advice Mountaineer Race #7: Cihangir Presque Isle Downs Race #3: Moonshot Monkey Presque Isle Downs Race #5: Desi's Demon Parx Race #4: Libbys Legacy Parx Race #10: Wild And Away Suffolk Race #6: Tink's Tiger
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#158
09-11-2012, 03:48 PM
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The streak has ended on the 480th try.
Mom Proof (20/1 loading into the gate, but ended up going off at 37/1 odds won the 7th race at Finger Lakes) He won a desperate 3-way photo finish...  It was only a 7 horse field. The horse who finished 7th and last was beaten less than 4 lengths. The final time for the mile was a jaw dropping slow 1:42.31 This was an OPEN claiming race for older males -- not condition -- OPEN! Turned out to be an unbelievably weak race and a 7lbs bug rider taking over for a journeyman beats me. Dead at 480 and no one is happier about it than me. This challenge was brutally hard ... and anyone who thinks other wise is nuts and should try doing it themselves. Much bigger priced horses than this one have won on a daily basis. I've seen days where three or four different hundred dollar horses have won throughout the country on the same day. Thanks for all the good record keeping Ranger.
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#159
09-11-2012, 03:53 PM
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Nice run at it Doug. Both attempts (10 wins & 1000 losses) have been very impressive (I can't even imagine the work and time consumed) and fun to watch.
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09-11-2012, 04:02 PM
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Thanks.
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