07.29.2017 Points Results

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Saratoga R1

5 Mojovation
2 Lionite
3 Bourbon Resolution

1 cruzan200246 ACB 30
1 DonGuido ACB 30
1 JolyB ACB 30
1 RUFFIAN-333 ACX 15
1 Plenilune BXA 5
1 Real Quiet XBA 5

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Saratoga R2

8 Hieroglyphics
11 Hembree
2 Surprise Twist

Scratched: 5, 9

2 DonGuido AXX 10 40
2 JolyB AXX 10 40
2 cruzan200246 XBX 2 32
2 RUFFIAN-333 AXX 10 25
2 Plenilune BXX 3 8
2 Real Quiet BXX 3 8

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Saratoga R3

3 Kirby's Penny
4 Paluxy Princess
7 Pico Chick

3 DonGuido AXC 12 52
3 JolyB AXB 12 52
3 cruzan200246 AXX 10 42
3 RUFFIAN-333 AXC 12 37
3 Plenilune CXB 5 13
3 Real Quiet BXA 5 13

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Saratoga R4

3 El Dulce
2 Ultima D
10 Midnight Tea Time

Scratched: 6

4 DonGuido AXX 10 62
4 JolyB AXX 10 62
4 cruzan200246 BAX 17 59
4 RUFFIAN-333 AXX 10 47
4 Plenilune BXX 3 16
4 Real Quiet CXX 3 16

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Saratoga R5 Amsterdam S. G2

2 Coal Front
5 Excitations
1 Singing Bullet

5 DonGuido AXX 10 72
5 JolyB AXX 10 72
5 cruzan200246 AXX 10 69
5 RUFFIAN-333 AXX 10 57
5 Plenilune AXB 12 28
5 Real Quiet BXX 3 19

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Saratoga R6

5 Revved Up
7 Call Provision
4 Tasit

6 JolyB BAX 17 89
6 DonGuido CAX 7 79
6 RUFFIAN-333 BAX 17 74
6 cruzan200246 CXX 3 72
6 Plenilune ABX 25 53
6 Real Quiet BXX 3 22

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Saratoga R7

8 Ack Naughty
7 Mom's On Strike
3 Affileo (GB)

Scratched: 6, 13, 14

7 JolyB ACX 15 104
7 DonGuido AXC 12 91
7 RUFFIAN-333 AXX 10 84
7 cruzan200246 CXX 3 75
7 Plenilune AXB 12 65
7 Real Quiet ACX 15 37

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Saratoga R8 Alfred G. Vanderbilt H. G1

3 El Deal
2 Awesome Banner
8 Limousine Liberal

Scratched: 4

8 JolyB AXB 12 116
8 RUFFIAN-333 BCA 20 104
8 DonGuido BXA 5 96
8 Plenilune AXB 12 77
8 cruzan200246 XXC 1 76
8 Real Quiet BXC 5 42

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Saratoga R9 Bowling Green S. G2

5 Hunter O'Riley
1 Bigger Picture
4 Sadler's Joy

9 JolyB XCB 5 121
9 RUFFIAN-333 XCB 5 109
9 cruzan200246 ABX 25 101
9 DonGuido XBC 5 101
9 Plenilune XCA 5 82
9 Real Quiet XBX 2 44

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Saratoga R10 Jim Dandy S. Presented by NYRA Bets G2

5 Good Samaritan Wow! Great Bday present for Mr. Mott!
3 Giuseppe the Great
1 Always Dreaming

10 JolyB XXB 1 122
10 cruzan200246 AXB 12 113
10 RUFFIAN-333 XXA 1 110
10 DonGuido XXA 1 102
10 Plenilune CXB 5 87
10 Real Quiet AXB 12 56

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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 :tro:
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 :zz:

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:D. 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:D

[RUFFIAN]

Thanks for realizing THAT RUFFIAN333 in 1st IS ME! :tro:
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. :eek::D

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

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

[Real Quiet]

While I play on Public Handicapper I rarely look at the standings for obvious reasons. Kudos to Ruffian for leading the pack at the moment. With thousands of players that's quite a feat. Nice showings thus far by Cruzan and Tiger Rose another player I compete with. Mighty impressive.

[JolyB]

Thanks very much to all of you who responded to my request for input. Clearly there is no easy answer and I'm sorry that not everyone can be made happy. The point about the cost of pp's for a multi track choice was very well made and I think those choices should be reserved for very special occasions, like the final preps for the BC races at KEE, SA and BEL in early October.

I've finally selected a third consecutive trip to the Spa rather than the other available choices, which just didn't strike me as good. Never thought that I'd have to quasi-apologize for choosing Saratoga. I just had to decide on something; if Harry Truman were part of our group, he'd tell us that the cyber-buck stops here. :)