The BIG Sandy Stakes Day Handicapping Contest

Somnambulist · Sun Sep 15, 2013 12:23 pm

R9: AT Cole - #2 Hear the Footsteps
Alt 1: #7 Hangover Kid
Alt 2: #5 Ampersand

serenassong · Mon Sep 16, 2013 7:47 am

Bal and I are double checking the results, she is on the road, and my computer is in for service, so I have no access at night- will have updated results soon!

Ballerina · Mon Sep 16, 2013 7:51 am

serenassong wrote:Bal and I are double checking the results, she is on the road, and my computer is in for service, so I have no access at night- will have updated results soon!

Go ahead and post the results. It'll be several hours before I'm able to get to it. Leaving the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel rest stop for the rest of the trip home.

serenassong · Mon Sep 16, 2013 9:40 am

Ballerina wrote:
serenassong wrote:Bal and I are double checking the results, she is on the road, and my computer is in for service, so I have no access at night- will have updated results soon!
Go ahead and post the results. It'll be several hours before I'm able to get to it. Leaving the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel rest stop for the rest of the trip home.

Ok, I did bring my list with me so here goes:

Results 9/15 card *Denotes no entry received
Bal - $186
Catalina $70
Dusty $0
El Prado $72 + $41 =$113
Greenasgrass $71*
GottaDunQH $144*
Neighhey $0 + $81 = $81
Peep $214
PJMIII $165 + 41 = $206
Raven $31
Real Quiet $144 + $31 = $175
Senator L $0*
Serenassong $144
Slewobarney $23
Somnambulist $44 + $41 = $85

If I missed something, please let me know- but this is what I have on my accounting.

Ballerina · Mon Sep 16, 2013 1:47 pm

This coming Saturday, September 21 is the Grade II Gallant Bloom. Only one stakes race this weekend. Boring!

PLEASE READ

Sooooooo...... to change things up a bit, serenassong and I have decided to throw a little bonus into our virtual wagering. You do not have to participate if you don't want to. Although I can't imagine anyone not wanting to.
It's a chance to double your money.

Pick a horse in the Gallant Bloom. Pick two alternates. Be sure and list BOTH the horse # and name.

Then pick a horse in any other race on the card. Pick two alternates, as well - list horse # and name.

If both your horses hit the board, you'll double your virtual wager money.

If just your stakes horse wins, you'll get that money, as usual.

If your stakes horse does not hit the board but your 2nd wager does, you will not get any money.

I hope that's clear, and I hope everyone reads.

Remember - Saturday, September 21 - picks must be in before the start of the first race which is 1:05 p.m.

Catalina · Mon Sep 16, 2013 5:41 pm

Sounds good, but, good heavens, I already have trouble putting down all the required bits like date and stakes name and race number and horse number and horse name and alt numbers and names, and doing all that by first post time. I'll try to remember, and yes, it would be just neat to double the wager money.

Ballerina · Mon Sep 16, 2013 5:44 pm

Catalina wrote:Sounds good, but, good heavens, I already have trouble putting down all the required bits like date and stakes name and race number and horse number and horse name and alt numbers and names, and doing all that by first post time. I'll try to remember, and yes, it would be just neat to double the wager money.

Oh, c'mon, it's not that difficult. My 99 year old aunt understands and carries out all the instructions in those Reader's Digest contests, and they're a lot more difficult.

Catalina · Mon Sep 16, 2013 6:23 pm

Ballerina wrote:
Catalina wrote:Sounds good, but, good heavens, I already have trouble putting down all the required bits like date and stakes name and race number and horse number and horse name and alt numbers and names, and doing all that by first post time. I'll try to remember, and yes, it would be just neat to double the wager money.
Oh, c'mon, it's not that difficult. My 99 year old aunt understands and carries out all the instructions in those Reader's Digest contests, and they're a lot more difficult.

Now if you could teach her how to handicap she'd be a holy terror...

Seriously though, I appreciate the new wrinkle to the contest, and promise to crank up the coffee supply a bit earlier on weekends. Can't really up the amount of coffee per cup, or it'll start dissolving the teaspoons.

Raven · Mon Sep 16, 2013 8:26 pm

I Like that because lets say you pick a Wise Dan type then you can pick another that is more juicy and not try to beat a horse like that!

slewobarney · Mon Sep 16, 2013 9:03 pm

Thank you Bal & Serena for running this fun contest. I see that I have 23 virtual $$. How did I get that? I was actually expecting 0. I m 0 for 2. How are the virtual $$ won again? Thanks!

Ballerina · Tue Sep 17, 2013 7:36 am

slewobarney wrote:Thank you Bal & Serena for running this fun contest. I see that I have 23 virtual $$. How did I get that? I was actually expecting 0. I m 0 for 2. How are the virtual $$ won again? Thanks!

Virtual wagers are $20 across the board.

On Sunday, you chose Dreaming of Cara #2 in Race 7 John Hettinger Stakes. She came in 3rd and paid $2.30 for a $2.00 wager. A $20 wager would give you 10 x's $2.30.

Hope that helps.

GotaDunQH · Tue Sep 17, 2013 12:46 pm

Whew...finally made it to the new board! I was out of state last week and couldn't particpate, but I'll be sure to get my pick in this Saturday!

slewobarney · Tue Sep 17, 2013 8:42 pm

Dreaming of Cara came in 5th. I believe you meant Better Lucky in Sat's Nobel Damsel.

Thank you, Ballerina!

Ballerina · Tue Sep 17, 2013 9:05 pm

slewobarney wrote:Dreaming of Cara came in 5th. I believe you meant Better Lucky in Sat's Nobel Damsel.

Thank you, Ballerina!

Yeah, that's what I meant.

Dusty · Wed Sep 18, 2013 12:42 am

Ballerina wrote:This coming Saturday, September 21 is the Grade II Gallant Bloom. Only one stakes race this weekend. Boring!

PLEASE READ

Sooooooo...... to change things up a bit, serenassong and I have decided to throw a little bonus into our virtual wagering. You do not have to participate if you don't want to. Although I can't imagine anyone not wanting to.
It's a chance to double your money.

Pick a horse in the Gallant Bloom. Pick two alternates. Be sure and list BOTH the horse # and name.

Then pick a horse in any other race on the card. Pick two alternates, as well - list horse # and name.

If both your horses hit the board, you'll double your virtual wager money.

If just your stakes horse wins, you'll get that money, as usual.

If your stakes horse does not hit the board but your 2nd wager does, you will not get any money.

I hope that's clear, and I hope everyone reads.

Remember - Saturday, September 21 - picks must be in before the start of the first race which is 1:05 p.m.

OHHHH I so need a break! GREAT IDEA

Ballerina · Wed Sep 18, 2013 2:32 pm

Looks like they stuck in another stakes race for Saturday - the Who's To Pay Stakes

Belmont Park - Saturday, September 21, 2013 Race 8 - 4:45 PM STAKES Who's To Pay S.

Purse $100,000. For Three Year Olds And Upward. No nomination fee. $1,000 to enter, starters to receive a $750 rebate. A supplemental nomination may be made at time of entry. The Purse to be divided 60% to the owner of the winner, 20% to second, 10% to third, 5% to fourth, 3% to fifth and 2% divided equally among the remaining finishers. Three Year Olds 119 Lbs. Older 123 Lbs. Non-winners of two races at a mile or over on the turf since May 21, allowed 3 Lbs.; one such race since then 5 Lbs. (Maiden, claiming, starter and restricted allowance races not considered in allowances). A presentation will be made to the winning owner. Closed Saturday, September 14, 2013 with 31 Original Nominations and 3 Supplements. (If the Stewards consider it inadvisable to run this race on the turf course, this race will be run at One Mile on the main track.). One Mile. (Turf)

1 Tune Me In (FL) 6/G L J R Velazquez 118 B F Alexander
2 Plainview (KY) 5/G L E S Prado 120 G DiPrima
3 Big Screen (KY) 4/C L J Alvarado 118 T Albertrani
4 Tetradrachm (KY) 4/G L P Teator 120 W I Mott
5 Paris Vegas (KY) 6/G L J Castellano 118 T H Voss
6 Bad Debt (FL) 6/G L X Perez 118 M J Trombetta
7 Sky Venture (KY) 6/G L A S Arroyo 118 R B Hess, Jr.
8 Keep Up (KY) 6/H L M J Luzzi 120 A Clarkson
9 Nine O Wonderful (FL) 5/H L A O Solis 118 H J Bond
10 Praetereo (KY) (MTO) 5/H L unknown jockey 118 D Jacobson

in addition to The Gallant Bloom Stakes

Belmont Park - Saturday, September 21, 2013 Race 9 - 5:17 PM STAKES Gallant Bloom H. (Grade II)

Purse $300,000. A Handicap For Fillies And Mares Three Years Old And Upward. No nomination fee. $3,000 to pass the entry box. A supplemental nomination fee of $6,000 in addition to the entry fee can be made at any time prior to the publication of weights. All starters including supplemental nominees will receive a $1,500 rebate. The purse to be divided 60% to the owner of the winner, 20% to second, 10% to third, 5% to fourth, 3% to fifth and 2% divided equally among the remaining finishers. Weights Sunday, September 15.A trophy will be presented to the winning owner. Closed Saturday, September 7, 2013 with 30 Nominations. Six And One Half Furlongs.

1 Cluster of Stars (NY) 4/F L J Castellano 117 S M Asmussen
2 Villanesca (KY) 4/F L D Cohen 115 K P McLaughlin
3 Holiday Soiree (KY) 4/F L J R Velazquez 117 T A Pletcher
4 Defy Gravity (KY) 4/F L M J Luzzi 114 V A Testerman
5 Munnings Sister (KY) 4/F L E S Prado 115 B Tagg
6 Dance Card (KY) 4/F L J Alvarado 117 K P McLaughlin
7 Crespano (KY) 4/F L A S Arroyo 113 J M Coronel
8 Classic Point (FL) 4/F L A O Solis 116 H A Jerkens
9 Dance to Bristol (KY) 4/F L X Perez 121 O L Figgins, III

A - Coupled Entries - Villanesca, Dance Card

see this link for full information on these two races and other races on the card.

http://www.equibase.com/static/entry/BE ... A-EQB.html

I know I got your blood pressure pumping saying you could double your money because there was only one stakes race and you could pick a horse in another race on the card. I don't want to go back on that. So pick a horse in both stakes and if they both hit the board, you double your money. If only one horse hits the board you get that money.

Now PLEASE don't tell me how complicated this is. I've read some of y'all's posts, and they make my eyes roll back in my head with the complexity of them. So no whining.

Don't understand? Just ask.

serenassong · Wed Sep 18, 2013 2:38 pm

This looks like fun, and my buddy, Bad Debt is running in the added stake, so I know who my top horse in one of them will be anyway, lol.

GotaDunQH · Wed Sep 18, 2013 4:57 pm

Ok....I'll be the first one in the gate:

R8: #3 Big Screen
Alt 1: #2 Plainview
Alt 2: #6 Bad Debt

R9: #1 Cluster of Stars
Alt 1: #9 Dance to Bristol
Alt 2: #3 Holiday Soiree

Raven · Wed Sep 18, 2013 8:30 pm

So if there are multiple stakes races we pick in any two of those. And if it's only one we do the any other race thing.Right?

Ballerina · Wed Sep 18, 2013 11:07 pm

Raven wrote:So if there are multiple stakes races we pick in any two of those. And if it's only one we do the any other race thing.Right?

No - it's just this week alone. Wasn't aware there would be two stakes races and I was giving everyone a chance to double their money. I didn't want to take that benny away, so we made it pick a horse in both stakes, but IT'S JUST FOR THIS WEEK or any future week where there is only one stakes race.

Hope everyone understands that.