05.27.2017 Points Results

[Plenilune]

Santa Anita R7 Monrovia S. G2

4 Illuminant
5 Coniah
9 Anita Partner (IRE)

Scratched: 2

7 JolyB AXC 12 70
7 RUFFIAN-333 AXX 10 69
7 DonGuido BXX 3 65
7 Plenilune BXX 3 64
7 ryonker1 XXX 0 54
7 Indian Hemp AXX 10 49
7 Real Quiet-DC BXC 5 35
7 ElPrado XXX 0 8

[Plenilune]

Santa Anita R8 Gold Cup at Santa Anita S. G1

6 Cupid
2 Follow Me Crev
9 Hard Aces

Scratched: 3, 8

8 JolyB XCX 2 72
8 RUFFIAN-333 BXX 3 72
8 DonGuido CXX 3 68
8 Plenilune XXX 0 64
8 ryonker1 BXA 5 59
8 Indian Hemp XXX 0 49
8 Real Quiet-DC XBX 2 37
8 ElPrado AXX 10 18

[Plenilune]

Santa Anita R9

3 Miner's Light
6 Malibu Music
2 Lucky Soul

Dead heat for 1st with JolyB and RUFFIAN-333! ryonker1 is close in second. DonGuido hangs in for third. Plenilune rounds out the super.

1 JolyB XXB 1 73
1 RUFFIAN-333 XXC 1 73
2 ryonker1 AXC 12 71
3 DonGuido XXX 0 68
4 Plenilune XCX 2 66

9 Indian Hemp XXA 1 50
9 Real Quiet-DC XXX 0 37
9 ElPrado XXX 0 18

[RUFFIAN]

AH! The Doctors Discovered A 'CURE' For My Second-Itis Syndrome!
aka: A Dead Heat Win ~

Tiz Better To Share Glory With Another
Than Wallow In SecondItis Syndrome!

[JolyB]

Always glad to share the win with you Ruffian, especially since for me it was a cure for "off-the-boarditis". We were all a very tightly packed bunch at the finish.

Now we need to jointly come up with a suitable venue for the Saturday before the Belmont stakes - it may be a bit of a challenge, but I think we can come up with something together.

[RUFFIAN]

JOLY:
SATURDAY JUNE 3RD = THE ''RUFFZILLA'S'' BIRTHDAY
''ANOTHER YEAR OLDER & DEEPER IN DEBT''

AFTER CHECKING STAKES FOR SATURDAY (DRF)
FOR ME ~ PENN NATIONAL HAS 7 STAKES AND SINCE
WE HARDLY EVER RUN THERE, COULD BE A CHALLENGE

NOT A FAN OF PLAYING BELMONT AS A PREP FOR 5/10
SINCE MOST OF THE 'GOOD' HORSES WOULD PROBABLY
BE RUNNING THAT DAY OR FRIDAY

THE CAT HAS SPOKEN ~ AWAITING YOUR INSIGHT

[JolyB]

I agree that playing Belmont just because we will be playing the full Belmont card the following Saturday isn't very compelling. The race calendar for this coming weekend isn't all that great and surprisingly, Penn National seems to offer the best racing.

You are correct that Penn National could prove to be a challenge - the few evenings when I've looked in on their racing, I've found it to be a complete mystery. While 3 of the stakes races this Saturday are restricted to PA Breds, the other 4 could well draw horses, trainers and jockeys who normally don't visit the Harrisburg metropolitan area. That's a real plus.

Bottom line is that if you would like to select Penn National, I'll be glad to concur. First post will be earlier than usual, at 3:45 PM Eastern time.