G.P. for Sun. - 3 playable races, that's it

[Jimboski]

Had a lot of viewers yesterday and I sure hope I didn't cost anybody. Tellyas, I can not wait for Philly to get their act together cause I'm getting a good dose of why I generally AVOID other tracks. One exception is Aqueduct where form holds up really good, but the prices SU...er, stink.

I shouldn't mention this but sorry just gotta.... that lady that goes over the races online with her husband between every race at Gulfstream, well she really talkied up the case for the no. 4 hoss in the Donn. (BTW, looks to me like her elevator does quite make it to the top floor; you know - like there's a card or two missing from the full deck.) JUST LIKE MOST OF THE GULFSTREAM RACES - even after some serious handicapping, them ALL looked the same to me. My prerace screening (spotting) came up with the 4 and the 7 and I wound up going with that no. 4 in exactas, played the 4 with 5 other horses. Hit it. I just couldn't bear to post another losah here even though I'm sure, nobody was about to tail me anyways
The $66 payoff really helped but still didn't quite save the day for me either.

Nuff autobiographies.... I had plenty of time last night to cap today's card and I CHECK OUT EVERYTHING + angles. I'm not familiar with horses here like I am with Philly, but I am with the jockeys and trainers and think I'm starting to understand how this track plays. These Gulfstream cards are sooo competitive. But, I have enough confidence in 3 races today...


3rd race:
when I find 4 horses that are rated well ahead of the others (considering odds too), playing them this way usually works for me IF I'M RIGHT ABOUT THE HOSSES that is. It doesn't cost much and could yield a decent payoff....
playing the 1 and the 6, top/bot exactas, with the 5 and 7. Also, IF the no 5 goes off at or better than 5-1, it's a play Win/Place by itself on the side as well.

4rd race:
these are the ones I'll be working with, but I did NOT consider the AEs (also eligibles) so I gotta wait before deciding how to playem... 10, 7, 1 OR 1a (either one will do. how cum?... both look good and quite often the trainer will scratch one and enters the one he likes better to run. Push come to shove, I'd rather see the no 1 stay in. BUT, sometimes the wiseguy trainers will put in the one that LOOKS weaker and he knows that the one he lets run IS READY. I don't know enough about Cartagena to know what he may be up to though.).

8th race
Numero uno as in no. 1, 8-1 M.L., is the horse in this race. Either accross the board (3x to show) OR just Win/Place. I don't care much for the favorite and may consider just wheeling the 1 with ALL top and bottom. Nailed some (as in, more than one) HUGE, and I mean HUGE, exactas at Philly doing it this way. Caught two of them during the 2 week period before the crap started about 3 weeks ago with the track conditions.

Let's see how these do.. and DO visit when Philly resumes in better weather which is better for picking winners.

 

[ajembassy]

thank you Jimboski for your effort i certainly apreciated,heading to GP in about 2 hours

 

[Jimboski]

Thank you

Thank you

Great to hear that ajembassy.

Good Luck today.

 

[OAKAS]

Heading out to the OTB shortly and will play your wagers.

Thanks for posting Jimbo.

 

[Jimboski]

Results and reply

Results and reply

Thanks for "keeping the faith", Oak A's. Guess you did Ok; maybe really OK if ya went the exacta wheels route in the 8th. Just like Philly, it appears that the exacta wheel route IS the way to go at Gulfstream. Let's see... hmm... (I am gonna figure it right here)... say, at the 2 dollar level you woulda put 2,2,6 on no. 1 and the return was $19.40 realizing a $9.40 profit or a 94% ROI. Not bad.

Now, lets see going the exacta route...$2 zactas top/bot costed me $32. Return was $144.80 (Yikes) :scared ..... . .. profit was $112.80 or a ROI of 352%. WOW!

Didn't realize it was that much, but just based on this example - wheeling exactas may be the way to go at Gulfstream too. ONLY ONE SAMPLE though and I'm sure you/me don't want to do the wheels for every pick we got. I think you gotta evaluate the field size and the FAVORITE's chance cause we did get lucky with that 10-1 shot winning this GP race. For Philly - I've seen enough samples there to feel pretty good about which way to go and when to do it.

Last big zacta I hit there, a horse named FARM SUBSIDY won the race and my pick came in second. Now, I KNOW Farm Subsidy and wouldn't play him with YOUR money. Well, my pick lost that race, but finished 2nd; Subsidy won at 75-1 (shoulda been higher ). Zacta returned $717. There was another one that happened around the same time that I think paid more.. same kinda thing. Don't remember the deatails, only that MY horse's name was "NICE WIN" ... how could I forget that? Both of those races, the wheeler route was the way to go and I sho did go that way too. Figuring out which races have the potential to have high exotic payoffs is almost as important as being able to pick good horses methinks.

Be careful blindly following anything I post for G.P., A's fan. Philly is another story. NEVER go overboard either. I had a GREAT day at Philly two days before their summer vacation last year. The last day before the vacation they had a racing card (something like 14 races) that I absolutely LUVED. The horses that were running, the field sizes, EVERY dang thang. There was no way I was gonna miss that last day before they go on vacation. I upped my ante and passed $20s through the windows like I pass through single dollars at Gulfstream. I played quite a few races that last day (Aug) and at the end of the day I realized that I cashed ONE STINKIN place bet for the whole freakin day. Lost almost my entire bankeroo. Taking it easy and steady wins the races, A's Fan.

Philly?... . . Sure hope their intentions aren't to just shut down the place. Nobody goes there in the winter and they're probably finding their casino is raking it in and the horse business is a losing proposition for them. even if their Track Maintenance Dept. is a bunch of guys with shovals

At worst, I hope they're just lobbying the Pa. Racing Commission or whoever they gotta plead their case to, for a shorter season with the crap they're pulling off these days.

(Man, I can't believe I wind up writing a book everytime I come in here. Ya know, I mighta wrote about that Philly fiasco here before, things like that do have a tendency to stick in yer head.. sorry if this was a repeat.)

Good Luck to all the RaceTrack(mad)Jacks around here.

 

[Jimboski]

Results

Results

No hoss wacin for me today - G.P. - not running, Philly - slackers ain't shovalling yet and they didn't even run the first race or couple of races cause none of their LOYAL live racing fans will come to the track just to get enticed (with the whole afternoon free time ahead of them), with their simulcast area AND if they make it past that.. how many can make it past their BIG CANDY STORE ->their casino on the way out anymore :nono: ; just my opinion.

Might as well update the results...

3rd race picks results:

exactas -> better off throwing darts
W/Pl #5 -> depends on the odds; finished 4th.

Distance: One Mile On The Dirt
Track Condition: Fast
Winning Time: 1:37.28
Pgm Horse Jockey Win Place Show
2 Differentiate Victor Lebron 22.80 9.80 6.60
3 With Moms Blessing Jose L. Alvarez 6.20 4.20
1 Blackwell John R. Velazquez 3.80
Also ran: 5 - Tesoro de Amor , 4 - Palzee Walzee , 8 - Cat Can Do , 9 - One Hot Toddy , 6 - Susies Gal , 7 - Quick Notice
Scratched horses: Jasmine Gardens (Trainer)

Wager Type Winning Numbers Payoff

$1 Pick 3 5-1-2 (3 correct) 355.20
$2 Daily Double 1-2 457.20
$2 Exacta 2-3 155.00
$1 Superfecta 2-3-1-5 1,331.60
$1 Trifecta 2-3-1 346.00
Winning Breeder: Alex Lieblong
Winning Owner: Peacock Stable (Zavash)
Winning Trainer: Kerry Zavash


4th race pick results:

no. 10 ->Weiner
no. 7 -> Losah
nos. 1, 1A -> both scratched


Distance: Six Furlongs On The Dirt
Track Condition: Fast
Winning Time: 1:11.47
Pgm Horse Jockey Win Place Show
10 Cara's Song Eibar Coa 6.60 3.40 3.20
3 She'sfrom Delaware Paco Lopez 4.60 3.40
8 Pharmtrip Luis Saez 7.00
Also ran: 4 - Lucky Deuce , 9 - Cugatcha , 13 - Miss Double Jet , 7 - Crown Glory , 2 - Cutie Kitty , 5 - Fuzzy Gut Girl , 11 - Da Lady Vikki , 12 - Shes Trippin North , 6 - Zavabelle
Scratched horses: Pleasant Honoree (Also-Eligible) , Joan's Royal Dawn (Trainer) , Mizzen the Rhythm (Also-Eligible) , Capitalism At Risk (Also-Eligible)

Wager Type Winning Numbers Payoff

$1 Pick 3 1-2-10 (3 correct) 557.60
$2 Daily Double 2-10 72.20
$2 Exacta 10-3 27.60
$1 Superfecta 10-3-8-4 542.50
$1 Trifecta 10-3-8 116.20
Winning Breeder: Robert D. Gibson
Winning Owner: Doble Jak Investment LLC
Winning Trainer: Gilberto Zerpa

NOTES : keep an eye out for that Pharma hoss, 6 furlongs or less.

8th race pick results:

no. 1 W/Pl/Sh(3x) -> Weiner
no. 1 zacta wheel t/b -> BIGGER Weiner

Distance: Seven Furlongs On The Dirt (sho beats the TURF for me)
Track Condition: Fast
Winning Time: 1:22.13
Pgm Horse Jockey Win Place Show
4 Golden Mystery Elvis Trujillo 22.80 9.80 6.80
1 Super Slash Javier Castellano 6.80 4.20
5 Dattt Echo Alex O. Solis 3.20
Also ran: 9 - Chistosa , 7 - Film Charm , 2 - Galabella , 3 - Gibson Crystal , 6 - Indy's Alexandra , 8 - Embur's Song

Wager Type Winning Numbers Payoff

$1 Pick 3 1-6-4 (3 correct) 64.10
$2 Daily Double 6-4 83.00
$2 Exacta 4-1 144.80
$1 Superfecta 4-1-5-9 7,080.60
$1 Trifecta 4-1-5 307.50
Winning Breeder: Adena Springs
Winning Owner: Dacosta, Wayne and Pinchin, Jose
Winning Trainer: Jose Pinchin

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That's it ... Oh wait, results for 02/05
Q? Regarding title of that thread ->"pick yer preference - Gulfstream or Philly?"
Ans: we shoulda picked Philly

No problem doing the fancy results writeups on days like today[/uU]. You know, no hosses, no footsbawlers, and no interesting tennis matches. I use college baskets for "Parlay Stuffers" only and today there's nuthin to stuffem with. NBA?... er, PHEWEY.

But, just about all the time - no race results from me in threads, Win or Lose. BTW, NO, I didn't type all that stuff in here. .. . "cut n paste" is a wunderful thing. Serious players will probably checkem themselves and the "browsers' will just move on to the next thread anyways.

One exception is when we/me hits a BIG Un. Like $300+ zacta or a $50+ weiner. I'll EMBED the video in here for those. More likely that may happen at Philly, not Gulfstream.

G.L.