Venue for 4/17

[JolyB]

I'm starting to get a healthy dose of Derby Fever also. Only 19 days 7 hours 4 minutes and 11 seconds until post time but who's counting?

My only difficulty is coming up with a Derby Horse [caps are intentional]. Once I move past Essential Quality so many of them look very much the same in ability. Even EQ hasn't run numbers that are that impressive. I sort of feel that whoever makes the most progress over the next three weeks and likes the track the best and gets the best trip is your winner. In short it could be anyone. But I have some time to rethink this absurd opinion and come up with something a bit more rational or at least betable.

As to this Saturday I like your idea of remaining at Oaklawn. Just hope the two major races draw decent fields. I fear that not many will want to take on both Swiss Skydiver and Monomoy girl in the Apple Blossom but the matchup of those two will be fun to watch.

[RUFFIAN]

(CAL =
“..Must say, I am a bit surprised you haven't hit some ginormous hit yet.
You are way overdue!! “

THANKS CAL

Personally tho...
I am much more emotionally let down 😔 At my ROI horses 🐎
Failing to come through even though the odds of my longshots
Doing that I realize may be unlikely 😢

However as we all know in racing ...
“NO such thing as a Sure thing”

“Any Horse 🐎 On Any Day Can Win “

I have found that to be true over the years when
Horses I LOVE 💗 have come through for me = such as
SERAVA 70-1
Giacomo 50-1
One Dreamer 47-1

[cal828]

I agree. EQ seems vulnerable. I imagine I'll be playing some exotics, but unlikely to have him on top by himself, but like every year, there is still a lot of time to do some wringing of hands and having a few panic attacks before the actual race is run.

[cal828]

....and we do this and call it fun?

[cal828]

Oaklawn Park is the venue for 4/17. Races 3 through 12.

[DonGuido]

Big points numbers and great win Cal. Should bump me down a rung on the ladder. I'm as cold as ice but will get back to my basic approach since what I've been trying just isn't working at all. Goog luck on the Repeat. We haven't had many this year so far.

[cal828]

Thanks for the kind words, but my play has been all over the place. I am as capable of being last as of being first so I don't expect I'll repeat. I'm sure you'll get back in the groove before long as you are one of the better players.

[RUFFIAN]

OMG 😲 {AGAIN 😔}

A $1,000,000 RACE WITH 6 ENTRIES 😢

BUT ~
No matter how good a runner I may be ...
I would not want to race against
Monomoy Girl Or Swiss Skydiver

May Be That’s Why! 🙄