TVG Fantasy League

[lemoncrush]

I think March is going to be the month where things really get shaken up.
Even if you were slow to start, the lack of Graded Stakes races in JAN and FEB made it difficult to make progress. It seemed everyone had nearly the same stable of G1 horses, and a few in the G2 group as well.

By my count, there's seven..... yes seven Gr 1 or II races the weekend of March 3rd (during the all important add/drop period) and nearly 40 graded stakes races for the entire month of March.
No longer will you see so many people with the similar stables.
Plenty of opportunities to move up or down.

Those who have Dreaming of Anna be advised she is entered this Sunday in the turf stakes at GP.

[The Indomitable DrugS]

Originally Posted by lemoncrush

I think March is going to be the month where things really get shaken up.
Even if you were slow to start, the lack of Graded Stakes races in JAN and FEB made it difficult to make progress. It seemed everyone had nearly the same stable of G1 horses, and a few in the G2 group as well.

By my count, there's seven..... yes seven Gr 1 or II races the weekend of March 3rd

I really hope things don't get shaken up that much---as I will be the leader going into March.

But, I feel kind of like I'm setting a real slow pace on the lead....as I've lost a few key photos, and made a few mistakes and fell into a few traps. Hopefully I can have a big March and get a lot of seperation.

I think a lot of people sitting from like 12th-to-75th will now start to take a lot of chances....a few of them will be rewarded and shoot way up in the standings, but a good deal of them will probably miss, and take themselves out of it.

Anyone who isn't in the top 20 at the end of March will probably be too far back to win.

[SniperSB23]

Originally Posted by The Indomitable DrugS

I really hope things don't get shaken up that much---as I will be the leader going into March.

But, I feel kind of like I'm setting a real slow pace on the lead....as I've lost a few key photos, and made a few mistakes and fell into a few traps. Hopefully I can have a big March and get a lot of seperation.

I think a lot of people sitting from like 12th-to-75th will now start to take a lot of chances....a few of them will be rewarded and shoot way up in the standings, but a good deal of them will probably miss, and take themselves out of it.

Anyone who isn't in the top 20 at the end of March will probably be too far back to win.

Yeah, congrats on first but I must admit I'm a bit surprised there aren't people with a lot more points too. I'm sitting in 76th in the public league despite losing all those points on March 3rd where I only set my lineup in one of the three leagues. In that one I'm right at 1,000 which would put me in 5th in the public and I've made my share of mistakes (besides the obvious devestating one). I'm kind of torn at this point between taking risks on the extremely slim chance I can make a move or just playing it straight and seeing how many points I can get in my thoroughbrednet group so I can really kick myself in the end. There are so many races in March that I can probably play it straight and still have different horses from a lot of the people ahead of me. But if I get the chance to pick against an expected chalk horse I don't particularly like I will probably do so. I think you can be lower than 20th in March and still crack the money but it will be extremely difficult to win unless you catch an unlikely Derby/Preakness winner.

[lemoncrush]

The key is trying to find out who is going to be running in all the big races towards the end of the month.
And the other is really being at the mercy of who TVG adds to the list of G1 horses. With deep fields expected for the G1 Kilroe Mile, GP Handicap, Santa Anita handicap, etc... it would be nice if there was more to choose from than Lava Man in the G1 group.

[RAWSKILLZ]

I am going to try to be one of the smart ones and change my horses twice this weekend.hehe I am getting my list of horses running over the whole weekend together. I got slammed by the ones that did this last month.

[lemoncrush]

Originally Posted by PPerfectfan

I am going to try to be one of the smart ones and change my horses twice this weekend.hehe I am getting my list of horses running over the whole weekend together. I got slammed by the ones that did this last month.

Yes...tons of point opportunities this weekend, and then you can reload your stable on Monday for the rest of March (assuming points have been awarded and updated).
One interesting note. The Florida Derby is on March 31st this year, forcing you to hang on to your favorite horses from the Hutcheson and/or Fountain of Youth.
There's well over 20 Grade1 and Grade2 races in March, and a slew of G3s and other stakes. If you guess wrong on a few races, you can really get buried due to so many opportunties for everyone to get points.