Thanks again guys. Every season that I remember to play I seem to get a little better at the strategery element even if my actual handicapping is tailing off.
And at this point having one demanding constant a couple of times a week is good for me to practice the grind. There were many a weekend especially in the mid-to-late stages where I was all-out to get motivated to look at the card at all. Between the contest and EMD's NYRA gabfest thread, it's a good kick in the ass to make me maintain some tether to horse racing as work in some form.