07.29.2017 Points Results

[Plenilune]

Saratoga R11

2 Durable Goods
3 Wake Island
8 Magical Sky

Wild ride at Saratoga and JolyB wins it this week! RUFFIAN-333 is a solid second. DonGuido runs well for third. cruzan200246 nicely rounds out the super.

1 JolyB ABX 25 147
2 RUFFIAN-333 ABX 25 135
3 DonGuido ABX 25 127
4 cruzan200246 XCB 5 118

11 Plenilune ABX 25 112
11 Real Quiet BXX 3 59

[JolyB]

I'm in a bit of a quandary about the venue selection for next Saturday and would appreciate your input. We've been to the Spa for the past two weekends, and this coming Saturday Saratoga will have yet another superb card with both the Whitney and the Test. Our alternatives include a state bred stakes card at Louisiana Downs, a pretty good set of races at Del Mar, or West Virginia Derby Day at Mountaineer.

Past experience suggests to me that we're likely to do the Arlington Million card on the 12th, then go to Del Mar for the Pacific Classic on the 19th, and then cycle back to Saratoga for the Travers blockbuster card on the 26th (subject, of course, to the preferences of the week's winners).

My question for all of you is whether going to Saratoga this Saturday is too much of a good thing for anyone? If it were me, I'd go there 6 days every week, but would appreciate your thoughts before selecting a venue.

Thanks to all.

[RUFFIAN]

Would an all stakes card be too much to mess with
The best races of the tracks you mention

This may be the only time I am happy to have been second
and Not have to make this decision

Personally I am Happy NOT being at Spa again
Del Mar often has smaller fields in many races

Mountaineer usually has Big Fields

I think some players may not be happy with state bred races..LaD

I'm sure that this clears things up much better for you

[Real Quiet]

As someone who purchases PP's I would hesitate to do an all stake card at 3 or 4 different tracks. My suggestion would be a max of two tracks with Louisiana not even being in the mix. Bottom line is the decision is yours JB and I'll be in the gate wherever you choose.

[cruzan200246]

Congraatulations to Ruffian333 for taking over the lead at Publichandicapper. I'm currently chasing her down. Race 9 and 10 should have been on the card for Saturday. I would have made a killing. Instead they went over to Sunday Haskel card when they killed me

[RUFFIAN]

Thanks for realizing THAT RUFFIAN333 in 1st IS ME!
There are several who use her name

In all the years I have played in that contest I rarely have made it into the top 50
.... so this momentary glory is to be cherished because I doubt it will last long

One philosophy suggests
It is not The Destination that is as important as the Journey getting there

So although the glory may be momentary it truly makes my heart sing

Thank You CRUZAN for noticing!

[DonGuido]

It's hard to overlook the Whitney card and keep it simple and less expensive for some of us. I mean $1 for Ultimate PP's on Bris is not a big deal ever if I'm jobless for now. I may be in a couple of months though.

The price you pay for winning JB , especially at this time of year.

I know the Travers is later on in the meet, what a maroon I am.