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    Louisvillekid1
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    Why aren't there more threads about Saratoga?

    Best meet of the year, barely any handicapping discussions

    Wish we had a few more horse guys on this site,

    Used to go to travers every year, great times man, beautiful women, great card daily, and u can pack your own coolers. Food...

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    We love talking Saratoga, why don't you start a thread for discussion?

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    and then if you start a thread i will post in it

    hey i guess that already happened

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    Its not a horse forum man

    Sports
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    i got out of horses years ago..it takes dedication and a lot of knowledge of trainers and jockeys.

    otherwise you might as well throw fuckin' darts

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    Travers is this weekend. Looks like the big guns are not running like Bode, Paynter, etc. Keeneland and Saraotoga- 2 of the best meets. Maybe we can get a discussion going for the Travers.

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    maybe the travers day card will be ok as usual. but the daily cards so far have been maiden laced with 4-6 maiden races every day. some prefer these but 2 yr olds with no lines are not easy to pick. lucky numbers or jockeys or dart throwing is the only way to play these. somewhat lackluster meet so far as is del mar also.

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    Saratoga is tough, the pools are made up of mostly sharp players.You have to be extremely patient to catch an overlay.

    As for the jocks, their win % might not show it but Irad Ortiz and Wimer Garcia are capable jocks you just have to wait for them to get on a live one.Dominguez is the best there is and Lezcano has really stepped up this meet.Castlellano and Velasquez are underlays in just about every race so its when you think you can beat them that opportunity arises.

    As for the trainers, George Weaver and Cristophe Clement have been killing it . Serpe is getting his usual Saratoga bump where he always does better than anywhere else. Everyone is catching on to Weavers horses now though so may have missed the boat and Clement is back to getting bet no matter what the horses form looks like.I think Mott is the one to watch with what is left of the meet, he has gotten unlucky quite a few times.When Junior Alvarado rides for him the horse is live most of the time unless its a firster.The only time Rosie is live is when she rides for Anthony Dutrow.

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    Lkid until 2009 i went to 13 straight travers guy....one of the most underrated sports days in the country...its like the equivalent of a 9 hour college football tailgate with gambling mixed in

    used to always go to hatties chicken shack after

    just cant make it these days with geography and other shit getting in the way for my crew

    greatest travers day bet: there was an early race "jerry bailey invitational" maybe 7 or 8 years ago and one of the jockeys got scratched and they announced on the pa that jerry bailey would be up instead....we didnt walk, we ran to the fukkin window and hammered that guy to win....won by like 4 lengths

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    Went to the spa annually for 15 years before 2010. Hit my first pick 4 there. Haven't had time these days. Never been to Travers. Can't wait for the Belmont fall meet to start up, I love weekdays at the races its like back in the day cutting class.
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    Quote Originally Posted by InTheDrink View Post
    Lkid until 2009 i went to 13 straight travers guy....one of the most underrated sports days in the country...its like the equivalent of a 9 hour college football tailgate with gambling mixed in

    used to always go to hatties chicken shack after

    just cant make it these days with geography and other shit getting in the way for my crew

    greatest travers day bet: there was an early race "jerry bailey invitational" maybe 7 or 8 years ago and one of the jockeys got scratched and they announced on the pa that jerry bailey would be up instead....we didnt walk, we ran to the fukkin window and hammered that guy to win....won by like 4 lengths
    I went to 5 in a row, used to camp out fishing, studying form by fire...

    Last one it was pouring so hard, you couldn't see 15 feet in front of you...

    But hit bird stone @ 36/1

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    Quote Originally Posted by Louisvillekid1 View Post
    I went to 5 in a row, used to camp out fishing, studying form by fire...

    Last one it was pouring so hard, you couldn't see 15 feet in front of you...

    But hit bird stone @ 36/1
    Classic day...we were on the picnic tables at the top of the turn that day...went from like 100 fukkin degrees to storm of the century. I was standing on a table under the umbrella watching those mother fukkers head for home trying not to get hammered by the rain. Totally surreal experience. Felt like fukkin midnight.
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    I have to get to Saratoga one of these years..missing out

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    Racing has been on the decline for years

    Biggest sucker game In the world. Takeouts too high

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    Quote Originally Posted by jjgold View Post
    Racing has been on the decline for years

    Biggest sucker game In the world. Takeouts too high
    Sad but true

    Too easy for guys to make plays on regular sports.

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    slot machines and keno are the biggest sucker games in the world. horse racing, which will be gone in 20 years due to aging clientele, with no replacements looming, is still better than getting hosed by some casino.

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    Quote Originally Posted by jjgold View Post
    Its not a horse forum man

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    Get your ass back to the degen Saloon.

    Travers day may be great, but unless your a
    Maiden Capper, Saratoga sucks

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    I make an annual trip to Saratoga but always after the Travers, which is a zoo. You'd have to pay me to go to the track that day.

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