ROI Results 8/10 @ Arlington

[RUFFIAN]

“..Congrats to Ruffian for winning the points contest and thanks
for the catnip cookies. They are appreciated and aided my ROI repeat.”

No matter how bare
the Cupboard may be
There will always be Catnip
On your platter from me

[NJ Stinks]

Just want to report that I played the Pick 6 and late Pick 4 Saturday at Arlington. The Chad Brown Pick 4 paid peanuts - the value was in the Pick 5 and Pick 6 for sure.

Congrats on another win, Chad - I mean RQ!

[Roamin42]

I came close with Blue Sky Cowboy but I had high hopes with the jockey, Sofie Doyle , not yet but she is another Julie Crone. You will hear a lot about her. Don't be afraid to bet on her.

[JolyB]

Congrats on your win, RQ. I was astounded how heavily the Chad Brown pick 3 and pick 4 combos were pounded. Had expected that several others in each of the legs would get a lot of play, but the bettors knew better. $6.70 is as small a pick 3 as I've seen in quite a while in races with decently sized fields.

[cal828]

Every once in awhile, I have the urge to play something different. Clearly, I'm going to have to fight those urges.

[JolyB]

Originally Posted by cal828

Every once in awhile, I have the urge to play something different. Clearly, I'm going to have to fight those urges.

Not me. I just give in to them.

As I've said on more than one occasion (people close to me have told me I tend to repeat myself), the ROI contest provides a marvelous opportunity to try wagers you normally don't bet, or different ways to structure wagers.

I'm just waiting for a return to Saratoga so that I can try my hand at the new $0.20 Empire Pick 6 that NYRA has just started to offer, even though I'm pretty sure that a $100 bankroll isn't large enough to properly cover the 6 races.

[cal828]

I like to give them a try every once in awhile, but it usually ends up for me like last Saturday. I have no clue which races I have a good opinion in and which ones I don't. I have been going with tris and doing fairly well with them for awhile, but then hit a losing streak so thought I'd give something new a try. I concentrated this time on the last 5 races and actually had decent opinions on the top 3 finishers in 3 of the 5 races so a bit frustrating to actually lose money when I might have won sticking with the tris, but on we go. Handicapping with me is always a work in progress even after having done it for so long. One of these days, I'll learn how to do it..... or not.