[cecil127]

another season of south eastern pa's finest harness racing gets underway friday night in chester @ harrahs casino.
i love nighttime racing and have yet to go to a card under the lights at chester but ive made a resolution to be there on opening night.
anyone else planning on being in attendance? ill be in need of a tip or two im sure and could use all the help i can get.....
sneak peek at the entries:
http://racing.ustrotting.com/chart.aspx


*partnership horse races friday night at the meadows. racing in the 12th while already being at chester-with the sexy dames dancing upstairs is gonna make it tough getting to work early on saturday.-thats your

[josicoyote]

*partnership horse races friday night at the meadows. racing in the 12th while already being at chester-with the sexy dames dancing upstairs is gonna make it tough getting to work early on saturday.-thats your

hahaha...
I haven't been up there yet. I l live in Northeast Philadelphia by Parx but I must get up there to check out Chester Downs. Have fun..

[unusialsusp5]

chester will benefit from the meadowlands closing on 4/1. they pretty much took most of it away from m' anyway. the trouble is it's a 5/8 mile track. not the end of the world. but they need to add dime superfecta's to lure a whole new customer base. it's out there and once you've bet dimes, it's tough to go back to dollar minimums.

[DaHoss]

i like 5/8's racing , the turns arent quite so severe that you can race a horse from an outside post and there is quite a bit of action more horses pulling at the 1/8 th pole as opposed to our lazy single file woodbine dashes thats why the bigm rules

good luck with the horse on fri cec

[cecil127]

hahaha... I haven't been up there yet. I l live in Northeast Philadelphia by Parx but I must get up there to check out Chester Downs. Have fun..

real nice setting with the delaware river as the backdrop to the races

they need to add dime superfecta's

you got that right! nickel/dime machines upstairs in the casino but not downstairs in the 'lowly' racetrack. and while we're on it: i dare ya....no, i double dog dare ya to find a t-shirt, fridge magnet or even a free pencil there that says "chester downs". quite odd. i know where i rank there......but i still love it.

*thanks DaHoss-feel free to post any picks/thoughts for chester ahead of time in this thread-always appreciate another point of view. after all-its what makes the world go around

[Brewers in 7]

I think i might get there on opening day, going to be out drinking all afternoon watching basketball, but with the nighttime card ill have plenty of time to get there..

[Brewers in 7]

chances are ill have my brewer jacket on, at worst my keeneland hat...

[cecil127]

"hartline racing" hat. purple USTA t-shirt. thats right, purple

[marksinger]

Are they experimenting with the night racing at Chester Downs?
The horseracing is nice but the casino looks rundown already. Feels like you're in a big barn.
Bring back Brandywine!!!

[Brewers in 7]

"hartline racing" hat. purple USTA t-shirt. thats right, purple

ill have a green I "shamrock" in Conshy shirt on...

[marksinger]

Chester Downs picks for March 18, 2011
Race#1---1-Slimspace
Race#2---2-Western Artwork
Race#3---3-Kings Road
Race#4---6-Jims Guy
Race#5---6-Autumn Magic
Race#6---4-Youth Uprising
Race#7---2-Announcement N
Race#8---6-O Narutac Pat
Race#9---4-Pembroke Prayer-Best Bet
Race#10---4-Miss Sparta-Longshot
Race#11---3-Third Day
Race#12---5-Wayward Son
Race#13---7-Michaels Marvel
Good luck!!

[josicoyote]

real nice setting with the delaware river as the backdrop to the races

Sounds nice. Their improving Parx racetrack, better than it use to be but still needs improving.

[sq764]

PA's takeout is still disgusting... Chester, Meadows, Parx, Pocono... I wont touch any of them with that ridiculous takeout

[cecil127]

thanks for the picks mark! just got home with the program. didnt even look at it yet but one i definetly will wager is:
meadows race 12: secret image.....
just looked at the entries at the usta site:
chester
r2: #3 & #8 to show
r4:#8 to win, #4 to show and while im at it: tri: 8 with 2/6 with 4

C U There

[marksinger]

I did horrendous at Chester Downs. I should stay away from there.

[marksinger]

Caecil, maybe you can post your picks on a regular basis. You do a very good job.

[marksinger]

I meant to say "Cecil".

[cecil127]

Caecil, maybe you can post your picks on a regular basis. You do a very good job.

i tried that and i end up feeling like im forcing myself to make a pick...then i lose and of course feel like crap for posting chit picks...its a deadly cycle.
im trying to develop a more subtle approach to horse capping. now if i could only pullout a $20 to Show on any given selection rather than $2. those $5.60 to place would become $56 but id feel like a real heel when said pick doesnt hit the board and im out 5 or 10 races worth of $2 show bets.....

as for last night: i was up a few dollars, down a few dollars but came away +$ when Speed McQueen won the finale at the meadows (i had $2 to w/p on him if that gives you any inclination of the massive amount of $ i spend playing ponies)

Secret Image in the 12th?....we wont even got here right now the horse is having issues and im not sure what the problem is.

*Brewers-great meeting you and we'll hafta do that again real soon. too much fun watching my degenerate buddy pacing/circling with a fistfull of tickets from just about every track-isnt it?

[sq764]

anyone going to chester this weekend?

[cheeese]

cant wait

[cecil127]

anyone going to chester this weekend?

i may try to make it for the friday afternoon races but weather and work have more say in it than i do at this point....
i snuck a peek at the fridays entries and here's what i like so far for Chester-April 8th, 2011:

r1: #7 Dandy Di
r2: #2 Youth Uprising
r3:#7 I Look Special- TT driving Pena training. no brainer.
r4: #2 Red River B
r5: #1 Shayna Babay
r6: #4 Home Stretch
r7: #7 AJ Corbelli but keep 3/4/6 in mind as well. im a softie for a Hartline trained horse-and his Roman nose can get around the oval with the best of them.
r8:#8 Lenny K
r9: 3/4 exacta box as i cant decide on a favorite Winning Mister or Anders Bluestone-too close to call.
r10: #1 Roll Call
r11: #5 Premier Flash
r12: 2/3 exacta box as i cant pick a winner here. Standing Tough with TT driving and Life Up Front with David Miller in the bike. your call...
r13: #5 She Just Rocks-Woodbine invader with Yannick set for the drive.
r14: #2 Ive Got the Power-Miller tries to milk another 151.3 with a final 1/4 of 27.2 Hold on to your hats folks!

bol and if ya see a dude with a "hartline racing" hat take it off and start pulling his hair out, chances are that will be me.

[sq764]

I might hit up there saturday for a bit.. only been once

[cecil127]

no live racing saturdays in april. friday/sunday afternoon YES!
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