TIOGA DOWNS... Pen or the Micro-Chip

[tone3]

My picks for Day 1

R1 9-6-1
R2 7-3-6
R3 4-6-1
R4 1-6-9
R5 8-6-4
R6 7-8-1
R7 5-3-1
R8 7-4-1
R9 4-3-2
R10 4-6-9

Good luck to all and Happy Profits

[JFGHarness]

197
375
514
1679
682
3421
175
142
9451
good luck to all leaving for tioga!~

[Ray2000]

Glad to have you playing JFGHarness

need to know which race you're passing or is it R1-R9?

[beaucap]

Does tioga downs have second tier for post 9..10..etc. How many across do they run? I never handicapped that track. I am now$$$$
Would appreciate the help.
Bo

[traynor]

TgDn May1 R01 - PASS

TgDn May1 R02 - 7-8-4

TgDn May1 R03 - 4-6-5

TgDn May1 R04 - 6-1-3

TgDn May1 R05 - PASS

TgDn May1 R06 - 8-7-4

TgDn May1 R07 - 9-3-5

TgDn May1 R08 - PASS

TgDn May1 R09 - 2-5-7

TgDn May1 R10 - 1-9-2

I don't normally pass many races, but I am using a computer application that ignores qualifying races. The problem should disappear when the entries have a race over the track.

[Ray2000]

OK traynor glad to have you playing along


Bo... 9 behind the gate Here's the USTA fact sheet

http://racing.ustrotting.com/tracksi.../2010/tgdn.pdf


JFGHarness,

I think I cracked your code so .. based on superfectas in R4-R7-R10, you are passing race 6, at least that's what's you will have for May 1 unless corrected before 5:30 pm


Here are the robotic picks for Sunday, May 2, post time 1:30

(One more Mint Julep and I won't be up and around tomorrow 'till 2:00 )

Rays bot picks

7 longshots?..... "Joshua what are you doing?"

Sunday, May 02, 2010 Post Time 1:30

Race 1... 6-1-7 ...Don'twanttobeblue-8/1
Race 2... 2-3-4 ...Jadestone-5/2
Race 3... 4-3-1 ...Armbro Beachbaby-8/1
Race 4... 1-3-2 ...Hey Its Only Money-12/1
Race 5... 5-4-8 ...Sheezacredit-7/2
Race 6... 3-5-4 ...Alexanderthegreatn-3/1
Race 7... 2-5-3 ...Eagle See-4/1
Race 8... 3-2-4 ...Earnest Kash-12/1
Race 9... 8-3-9 ...That's Justice-5/1
Race 10... 7-4-5 ...Counter Top-12/1
Race 11... 6-1-2 ...Basso Hanover-8/1
Race 12... 3-6-7 ...Iam Billy The Man-8/1
Race 13... 4-1-7 ...Star Stepper-3/1


Chatworth's Selections for Sunday day 2

r1 2-5-3
r2 2-3-6
r3 4-6-3
r4 4-2-7
r5 5-2-4
r6 3-5-6
r7 2-1-5
r8 4-5-7
r9 5-3-7
r10 5-2-3
r11 1-6-2
r12 4-3-6
r13 2-1-7

GLA

[RaceTrackDaddy]

Since the blog will not start live action at Tioga until next week I am free to move about. My buddy Randy and I are now heading down to Mountaineer to spread the word about Tioga's move in retention rates and the contest.

Have a great night to one and all!

rtd
bobby z

[beaucap]

Thx Ray

[DeanT]

Ray and Bob can not be stopped

Nice job Nick and Jason with the opening stuff. Looks like a nice night there!

I supported the pools with some advance bets, so I will check later to see how many "0's" I bring home

[DeanT]

Nice ex in the third Ray. Good job. I used 5-48 tris and did not use the three for third. Yep, that's about right

Whoops. Missed the INQ. Yikes.

[melman]

Picks for Tioga
Sunday
Day 2

R1 2-3-6
R2 4-3-9
R3 6-7-1
R4 4-2-6
R5 5-6-3
R6 3-5-4
R7 2-3-6
R8 6-2-1
R9 5-7-9
R10 2-9-5
R11 5-1-6
R12 6-4-1
R13 6-4-8

[RaceTrackDaddy]

What a day this turned out to be for me. First off, I switched ADW's in March and never checked the track listing for this month but I did see Vernon listed somewhere earlier so I (and we all know what we are) assumed that Tioga would be one. Guess what, they do not have Tioga Downs available at BetAmerica...

Ok, couple emails and I was assured that they will try to get them as soon as they can to which I replied should not be too hard since you all ready have the sister track at Vernon..

Then I found out that my friend wanted to go to Mountaineer. I agreed when I found out that the blog was not going to be active tonight. Upon arriving at Mountaineer, I was checking the track listings on the wall near the show paddock. Guess what? Your right, Mountaineer did not carry them also.

Now you have this 300 lb beard old fart (me) on high looking for the mutuel manager. Guess what? Nope, he is none other than a busboy that worked for me when I waited on tables at the meadows years ago. He told me that he will run it by the powers that be at the mountain and try to get it.

Did notice that all superfectas night also carried a 50 cent minimum. Still lost my butt when I intended to bet Tioga. The only thing I bet today at Tioga was the first race (via Twin Spires) prior to leaving for West by God Virgina. I bet the 1st race in case we have traffic problems seeing how it was Derby Day. It was the only ticket (live or online) that I cashed. My favorite puppy, Kelsos Rockaway had road trouble today to start all off at Wheeling in the 4th.

Yes, my secret is out. I like the puppies,flats and harness. No descrimination here...

Tomorrow begins a new day and I look forward to the challenge.

rtd
bobby z

[willphorse]

Any chance anybody saw the Total Attendance or Total Handle for last night?

[Pacingguy]

First of all, here is a link showing who is carrying Tioga Downs.

http://viewfromthegrandstand.blogspo...simulcast.html

With regards to the A-B-C system, I like it. If you check the TIoga Downs website under racing information, you will see a brief explanation regarding how the classified system is going to be used. That being said, a very brief explanation is here.

What happens is the racing secretary will rank each horse against the horses being dropped in on the particular day of racing for classified system. Based on the level of horses entered, the horse will be ranked. Let's say a horse raced in B last week and assume this week there are some stakes races so a trainers decide to ship in some of their Meadowlands and Yonkers horses alongwith the stakes contestants. Because of this, the horse ranked B last week can drop into the C's for this week. The idea being to form competive races each week with no horse going off below 3-1 (wouldn't that be nice).

As for stiffing a horse to get dropped into a lower class. One of the factors being used is money earned the last five starts. So unless you are willing to stiff a horse for as much as five weeks, you are not necessarily going to drop down that much; dare I say the trainer/owner will not come out ahead earnings wise by doing so? Also, for those who think a trainer will stiff a horse in a classified race, don't you think the same trainer will do so in a conditioned race? Yes, I know the racing secretary may seem to have too much control, but if done right, it can make for some exciting racing with decent pay-offs. I personally am sick of seeing a parade of horses less than 2-1 winning races. If a trainer doesn't like classified racing, they can race in claimers and may I remind them, Saratoga, Pocono, Monticello are close enough for them to race at.

Also, classified racing makes it easier for novices to be attracted to harness racing. This is particulary helpful for the Tioga area market and elsewhere. If you don't have novices betting, where is the 'dumb' money going to come from?

Yes, some of us will have to change the way we handicap. That is unfortunate, however we are smart and should be able to adapt relatively quickly. However, if something is not done, there won't be any racing to bet.

Of course, the proof is in the pudding. Let's see how it goes.

[Ray2000]

Way to start off tone3.....great picks...

Attached is the Pencils vs Chips status that will be at Tioga Downs site when they get the website modified.

	 
Contest Standings as of May 1, 2010	 
 
Race		 Win	 Win	 Win	 Win	 Exacta	Exacta	 Exacta
Summary		 Bets	Hits	 Return ROI	 Bets	 Return	 ROI
 
tone3		10	 5	 $47.90	 140%	 20	 $156.40 291%
Morning Line	10	 5	 $38.00	 90%	 20	 $31.30	 -22%
traynor		7	 3	 $24.80	 77%	 14	 $10.40	 -63%
tamaharbor	10	 4	 $35.00	 75%	 19	 $0.00	 -100%
mirror Image	10	 3	 $25.40	 27%	 0	 $0.00	 -
JFGHarness	9	 2	 $14.00	 -22%	 17	 $0.00	 -100%
TM Chatsworth	 10	 2	 $14.30	 -29%	 19	 $10.40	 -73%
Bobby Z		 10	 3	 $13.10	 -35%	 20	 $8.10	 -80%
Rays Robot	 10	 2	 $9.50	 -53%	 19	 $8.10	 -79%
Mel		 10	 2	 $6.30	 -69%	 20	 $8.10	 -80%
markgoldie	 10	 2	 $6.30	 -69%	 8	 $0.00	 -100%

Unofficial handle $110,561

Lets see if we can reverse order those standings today, post time 1:30,

Good Luck All

Any mistakes let me know there may be a bug or 2