Venue for Jan 13 - Thoughts?

[JolyB]

I'm leaning vey heavily toward selecting the Fair Grounds as our venue for this Saturday's contest. Many of us pay close attention to the Derby preps, and Saturday's feature of the LeComte has proven to be an important stepping stone on that path. The rest of the card also includes a number of interesting stakes races, including the Silverbulletday for those who track Ky Oaks qualifiers.

The only problem is one of quantity. The Fair Grounds, like a number of other tracks, likes to load up its major race cards with what strikes me as an overwhelming number of other races, in this case 13. That's just cruel and unusual punishment for our scorers and players.

My plan is to select the Fair Grounds, but to reduce the number of contest races to something like 10. An alternative might be to use Gulfstream Park, which features three nice stakes races, but that card won't be drawn until later today. I'd appreciate any thoughts you might have on which way you prefer to play.