Millions Day!!!!

"Let's have a picnic, go to the park
Rolling in the grass till long after dark..."

All Day Music - War


Love me some TURF racing!!!! 

1st - 2 / 6 / 1
2nd - 8 / 6 / 9
3rd - 2 / 4 / 6
4th - 7 / 3 / 4
5th - 8 / 11 / 6
6th - 8 / 9 / 6
7th - 4 / 10 / 2
8th - 4 / 7 / 1 / 2
9th - 5 (LA) / 9 / 13
10th - 7 / 3 / 9
11th - 9 / 11 / 8 / 10
12th - 9 / 13 / 2

Good luck and good racing!!!

Quote from: WarBiscuit on August 09, 2018, 01:34:31 PM
More than a glimmer - it's back up and running!

WarBiscuit

Back up but still sketchy!!! Bots / scams already showing up!!!  

Certainly post there if so inclined!! In the meantime, wander over to the Handicapping Forum here and get your entry in for the Millions this weekend!!! We'll put out the Auxiliary Gate!!!

It might seem like a daunting task to handicap the whole card. I just go to Equibase and scan the entries and base my selections on the following criteria:
     1. Louisiana breds
     2. Names - Rose / Mike / Bill / Sarah / Lindsey / Emily plus Cajun or New Orleans references
     3. Sires - Fair Grounds based (Repent / Blame (trained there) / Hard Spun / Mission Impazible / Curlin (trained there) / Majesticperfection / Discreetly Mine / Fort Prado (turf) / Mucho Macho Man (new) just to name a few.
     4. Other favorite sires - Gio Ponti (recent) / Smoke Glacken (especially gray or roans) / Macho Uno / Midshipman / Mizzen Mast (gray or roan) / Freud (turf) / plus a few others.
     5. Fair Grounds jockeys and trainers.

Final selections are not necessarily chosen by the above order. I usually click on their records before final picks. No ink stained hours pouring over the Racing Form. Just a casual stroll through the free information garden.  No pressure!!! No problem!!! And Lady Cat's (Ruffian) calls and Tiger Dancer's visual embellishments are always outstanding. 

Hope to see ya'll in the Starting Gate!!!

Quote from: stark on August 09, 2018, 10:28:32 AM
PT Mike, while I'm not old enough here to share in the great memories you have, I can certainly understand the sentiment.  Most probably started out in the old CompuServ days and today they use stuff like Instagram that I haven't figured out yet.

Being a west coast guy I was attracted to the now defunct DelMar forum where some lasting friendships were created.
House lady MaryS ran a pretty tight ship.  The entertainment was endless, be it from CrazyKid who knew his stuff from mucking stalls and was a devoted NativeDiver fan to Tonythepony who is now a retired trainer on the NY circuit, to VinceP who had most everybody convinced he was a jockey LOL, to AndyCPA who was a big time statistical gambler, friends with AndyBeyer and an invited member to some National Board of People who could change the industry, to LetitrideMike who sold hearing aids while playing the ponies, to JoelB who acted like a moderator, to Lester the forum nemesis who could bring any conversation to a screeching halt, to Doc who was an amazing quadriplegic who had one index finger that worked and he could type witty responses to any conversation just as fast anybody and most didn't realize he was confined to a wheelchair, he also was a regular at the LV tournaments, miss him RIP.
In addition to the regular Forum format similar to these, DelMar also had a "chatroom" where comments scrolled off the screen every few minutes, lots of frivolity in that format.  But they knew their stuff and I'll never forget 'em, even tho' most I never met in person.

Stark - I ventured over to the Del Mar Forum a few times. It was a little too regional (understandably) for me, but I do recall some of the cast of characters you mentioned. TKS (The Knight Sky) might have posted some there.

Seems like Message Boards are going the way of 8 track tapes. People are even starting to have Facebook fatigue!!!

Join us for Millions day Saturday!!  Probably my favorite racing day of the year!!! TURF RACING will always be #1 with me!!! Your input is always interesting and appreciated!!

Good form Real Quiet!!! Nice run in the sloppy conditions!!!

Appears I was running in my white shrimping boots instead of mud caulks!!!

Note: Just discovered how to easily open in Internet Explorer!! Can add smileys and such!!! :chickendance:

Superb job as usual Lady Cat and Tiger Dancer!!

Looking forward to a kick in the "Grass" for Millions Day!!! I LOVE TURF RACING!!!!

Until then.....see ya'll in the Starting Gate!!!

Doesn't look good for the Home Team!!! Guess I'll have to remove former Handicapping Forum Moderator off my resume!!!

Note: Just discovered how to open this in Internet Explorer!! Can add smileys and other things!!!

Events got me reminiscing on the old days of TBC.  TKS was the Moderator. Riff Raff was a regular. Matt Converse and Kennedy would be in the Contests. My favorite was "On The Nose"!! Remember "Cyberbucks"??

Good ole days....but things change!!! Just saddle up and keep riding!!!

Rainy day revisions!!!

1st - 8 / 2 / 1A

4th - 6 / 1A / 3

Typo on Race #6

6th - 8 / 5 / 1

Carry on!!!!

Toga!!!! Toga!!!! Toga!!!!

1st - 8 / 3 / 5 / 2
2nd - 7 / 5 / 1 &1A / 11
3rd - 5 / 7 / 2 / 9
4th - 10 / 7 / 1
5th - 9 / 4 / 8
6th - 9 / 5 / 1
7th - 6 / 1A / 9 / 2
8th  - 8 (LA) / 6 / 4
9th - 5 / 1 / 8
10th - 2 / 5 / 8
11th - 1 / 8 / 6

Good luck and good racing!!!

Good form El Prado!!! Welcome back to the track and especially the Winner's Circle"!!! Impressive run!!!

My "Cajun Two Step" transformed into a "Bayou Teche Waltz"!! Kept tripping over my hooves!!!

Another outstanding entry by Lady Cat and Tiger Dancer!! Worth the wait!!!

Until next time....see ya'll in the Starting Gate!!!!

"Cajun Two Step" Spa selections!!!


1st - 2 / 6 / 4
2nd - 1 / 3 / 8
3rd -  1 / 5 / 2
4th - 8 / 9 / 1 & 1A
5th - 8 / 6 / 9
6th - 5 / 4 / 9
7th - 7 / 2 / 3
8th - 7 / 4 / 1
9th - 3 / 6 / 8
10th - 5 / 2 / 1
11th - 2 / 5 / 6

Good luck and good racing!!!

Laissez les bon temps rouler!!!!

Good form Blunny!! Nice run on a tough day in SoCal!!!

Hard to believe I had to vacate the Doghouse after my effort for the day!!

Outstanding as usual Lady Cat and Tiger Dancer!!!

Until next time.....see ya'll in the Starting Gate!!!!

SoCal Turf and Surf!!!

1st - 3 / 7 / 1
2nd - 1 / 8 / 5
3rd - 7 / 4 / 2
4th - 10 / 5 / 6
5th - 2 (LA) / 4 / 6
6th - 6 / 11 / 4
7th - 9 / 7 / 5
8th - 2 / 14 / 12
9th - 8 / 7 / 6
10th - 9 / 8 / 7

Good luck and good racing!! Stay cool!!!!

Good form peep!!!

Impressive win!!!         

Superb race recap and graphics ladies!!!

Until next time....see ya'll in the Starting Gate!!!

Hoosier Grand Pandemonium Stakes selections!!!

1st - 3 / 10 / 9
2nd - 7 (LA) / 5 / 8
3rd - 2 / 6 / 9
4th - 4 / 3 / 2
5th - 6 / 2 / 4
6th - 2 / 1 / 4 / 6
7th - 3 / 5 / 4 / 9 / 14 / 11
8th - 1 / 5 / 8
9th - 3 (LA) / 8 / 2
10th - 8 / 1 & 1A / 10 / 4

Good luck and good racing!!!

Back to "Big Sandy" selections!!!

1st - 2 / 6 / 4
2nd - 2 / 5 / 6
3rd - 6 / 8 / 9
4th - 6 / 5 / 1
5th - 8 / 2 / 6
6th - 7 / 3 / 6
7th - 3 / 1 / 6
8th - 5 / 3 / 1
9th - 6 / 7 / 8 / 9
10th - 5 / 7 / 3
11th - 10 / 12 / 11

Good luck and good racing111