Tampa Bay Downs P4 Friday
 

Was going to skip actually playing the card to focus more on Saturday, but took a look at the P4 and may play a short ticket singling Steinbrenner's entry in the 2nd leg (scratched), have to see how the weather/scratches play out. Expecting a pretty large storm to come through late this evening but at the present time they are not predicting it to come far enough south to affect TBD

R8) 2 Florida Quaker 2-1
6 Mpumalanga 5-2
7 Runaway Shirley 4-1 2nd
8 Rockaway Beach 10-1 WON $2 ex 59.20

R9) 2 Tomochichi 2-1 Scr Sub 12 Ain't Funny Honey 3-1 3rd
8 Final Arguement 9-2
9 Greycliff Exchange 5-1 WON
10 Wild Turk 15-1

R10) 1 Artemis Priss 3-1
3 Sheba Star 6-1 WON
4 Mis Max 5-2 2nd
AE -11 County Mayo 2-1 Scr Sub 10 Songandapsalm 9-2 3rd $2 ex 53.20 $2 tri 285.40

R11) 1 High Ecstatic 10-1
2 Cartune Express 7-2
11 Lucky Day 3-1
12 Classy Kelly 4-1 WON P3 R9-11 108.00


Big Ticket:

2,6,7,8/8,9,10,12/1,3,4/1,2,11,12= 192.00 $1 P4 1000.80

Small Ticket:

2,6,7,8/12/1,3,4,/1,2,11,12= 48.00

Big Ticket $144 = $1000.80

2,6,7,8/1,7,8,9/3,4,7/6,9,12

Small Ticket $48 = $1000.80

2,6,7,8/8,9/3,4,7/9,12


OFF TURF......NOT PLAYING

The rain did come through (still sprinkling as I write this). I think they should stay on the turf, but it will not be firm....

Still think the rail will be dead Mike?

Got a pretty goodly amount of rain here, my pool's up about an inch of water...don't know if Oldsmar got it as bad but as dry as it's been, I'd venture to say were still on the turf.

Gotta watch the first few today to see how it will impact the rail..which has been deader than disco lately and the rain won't help.

Dan, Scaces CAMPAIGN DRIVE should be a strong play next out. Haven't had a chance to watch all the replays from Tuesday, but this one was making up a good amount of ground ON THE RAIL in the 5th race. Wont quite be the same price, but depending on the field she catches, she could turn into a solid single.

Passed 7 horses in last quarter on the replay....thanks Kev!!! To the watches CAMPAIGN DRIVE goes.

and passed them on a VERY DEAD RAIL.

Bigs and I were talking about her after that race...Impressive performance...He really likes her especially if she goes 2 turns next out.

The Pick 6 today is beginning to pique my interest.. Minnamana in the first leg is a solid single, and TomoChichi in the 9th as well (only the more I look at that race, Greycliff Exchange is beginning to scare me) and a singles to County Mayo if he draws in and Lucky Day in the last could be a cheap lotto ticket..

Looking at something like

R6) Minnamana

R7) Ruby'e Red Shoes
Mr. d.Or

R8) Floriday Quaker
Mpumalanga
Remember Shirley
Rockaway Beach

R9) Tomochichi
Greycliff Exchange

R10) County Mayo

R11) Lucky Day
32 bucks - don't know if I'll play it, but a logical cheap stab...

He's by Middlesex Drive who's progeny have had virtually zero success sprinting and have been much better going two turns either on the grass or dirt.

A two turn maiden race on either surface and it is lock and load time.

With the great minds on this thread, its really shocking we don't hit every ticket:rolleyes:

Great minds.....I can't stop laughing.

For the record, in case any of my co-workers finds a newfound love for horseracing message boards, when Rude talked to me about the horse after the race it wasn't like I was at the track and playing hooky from work....he called me at work....right Dan?

That's a tough question. When they are running their normal schedule, they srape the rail on Mondays (dark day) and Tuesdays become "Golden Rail Tuesdays".

With all of the days off since they last ran on Tuesday this week, I would think they would have scraped the inside, BUT they have only run 4 times since December 8, so there is no telling what they have done (or not done) to the surface.

My only advice is to watch the first few races (groundbreaking handicapping advice, I know).

Pick 4:

Small Ticket:

6,7,8/9,10/1,3,4,7/5,12 = $48 pays $1,00.80

Bigs Ticket:

2,6,7,8/9,10,12/1,3,4,7/5,9,11,12 = $192 pays $1,000.80

GL to all playing today.

Tampa Bay Downs Scratches

12/21/2007

Race # Horse # Name
3 1 Liquidator (POE)
3 7 Chickenquesadilla
4 9 Peace Emblem
4 11 Brickell
4 13 Manchu Prince
4 14 Cartage Agent
6 3 Minnamana
6 8 Fleet Appeal
6 10 Later Gator
6 13 Load a Chronic
6 14 Three Cities
9 2 Tomochichi
9 5 Moonglide
9 13 Affirmed Action
9 14 Doo Wop Songster
10 11 County Mayo
10 12 Lookaherewhoifound
10 13 Divine Symphony

Thanks Serling....

Ahh,Yes.... I called you from my office...I certainly would not be at the track on a school day :)

Well, there goes any chance of playing the P6...probably the best thing that will happen today :D

This totally changes the complexion of the 9th...gotta redo my P4 picks

Tampa 1st
 

Someone unloading on the 8 in this first race to the tune of about $4K. Talk about early money......

Off the turf today