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As I get older, I realize that I cannot continue burning the candle at both ends – on the days that I work at Oaklawn, I usually spend about 8 hours getting to and from work and working the live races. My handicapping time involves about 8 hours per day and that only leaves 8 hours to eat and sleep – my wife has been very understanding about all this and almost every day she tells me “see you in the Spring”.  In order to keep my sanity and still deliver a quality product, I realize that I have to cut out some things.  One of the easiest things would be for me to not update my website but once a week – I figure that will cut almost an hour a day, and that might just do it.  Please understand, my brain tells me I don’t really want to do it, but my body tells me that I really do want to do it.  So for the time being that is what I am going to do and the updating will occur on Tuesdays.  That gives me Monday and Wednesday to be with my first love, my wife.

8^th Week of Racing, March 4^th through March 7^th, 2010

 

On Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday at Oaklawn Park, a week’s summary of our attendance, weather, track conditions, and amount wagered is listed below:

 

Date	Attendance		Weather	Track Cond.		Wagered On-Site		Total Wagered
Fri – Jan 15	20,311		Clear 58 deg	Fast		$1,203,154		$3,613,400
Sat – Jan 16	18,592		Showery 49 deg	Good/Sloppy/Slow		$1,381,416		$3,155,880
Sun – Jan 17	8,132		Clear 58 deg	Slow/Good		$614,333		$2,284,115
Mon – Jan 18	13,627		Clear 61 deg	Good		$831,965		$3.361,145
Thu – Jan 21	2,872		Clear 56 deg	Fast		$275,313		$2,066,622
Fri – Jan 22	4,976		Cloudy 51 deg	Fast		$466,152		$2,659,117
Sat – Jan 23	10,457		Showery 57 deg	Fast/WetFast/Slop		$818,726		$3,123,422
Sun – Jan 24	4,726		Cloudy 52 deg	Good/Fast		$426,778		$1,612,586
Thu – Jan 28	2,637		Cloudy 45 deg	Fast		$256,582		$2,283,552
Fri – Jan 29	Races cancelled on Friday because of power outage. Races cancelled Saturday and Sunday because of weather.
Sat – Jan 30
Sun – Jan 31
Thu – Feb 4	3,311	Showery 38 deg			Sloppy		$346,817		$2,291,364
Fri – Feb 5	6,060	Cloudy 42 deg			Muddy/Good		$546,571		$2,186,558
Sat – Feb 6	15,313	Cloudy 46 deg			Good		$1,123,429		$3,370,789
Sun – Feb 7	3,975	Cloudy 40 deg			Fast		$334,953		$2,207,351
Thu – Feb 11	2,786	Cloudy/Snow 34			Fast		$247.777		$2,672,052
Fri – Feb 12	6,663	Cloudy 37 deg			Fast		$512,231		$2,065,781
Sat – Feb 13	20,178	Cloudy 39 deg			Fast		$1,485,542		$2,531,224
Sun – Feb 14	8,853	Cloudy/Snow 47			Fast/WetFast/Slop		$735,434		$2,550,950
Mon – Feb 15	???	Cloudy 31 deg			Fast/Icy (thru 4th)		$543,843		$1,355,710
Thu – Feb 18	3.297	Clear 52 deg			Fast		$310,508		$2.278,451
Fri – Feb 19	7,507	Clear 59 deg			Fast		$566, 732		$2,238,184
Sat – Feb 20	20,171	Clear 55 deg			Fast		$1,543,736		$3,186,901
Sun – Feb 21	5,907	Foggy/Cloudy 48			Sloppy		$496,762		$2,033, 269
Thu – Feb 25	4,655	Cloudy 44 deg			Fast		$407,897		$2,458,922
Fri – Feb 26	6,948	Cloudy 47 deg			Fast		$508,467		$2,077,308
Sat – Feb 27	17,122	Clear 54 deg			Fast		$1,231,986		$4,008,737
Sun – Feb 28	7,111	Clear 52 deg			Fast		$533,447		$2,414,850
Thu – Mar 4	5,034	Clean 55 deg			Fast		$392,760		$1,999,541
Fri – Mar 5	7,237	Clear 62 deg			Fast		$606,757		$2,145,077
Sat – Mar 6	19,292	Clear 60 deg			Fast		$1,238,689		$2,830,530
Sun – Mar 7	9,078	Cloudy 65 deg			Fast		$573,760		$1,780,403

 

On Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Saturday, the track was rated “fast” – The largest ticket I cashed for the week was on Sunday afternoon in the 4^th race where I once again used my strategy of playing my last 2 numbers over the 1^st three numbers – my 5 numbers were 1-6-11-3-8 -  I played a $1 Superfecta using the 3-8, with 1-6-3-8-11, with 1-6-11, with 1-6-11 – I was surprised that the ticket cost $24.00, but I thought “Oh what the hell” and played it anyway – it came 3-1-6-8, it paid off $741.00 and was IRS – one of my customers cashed the ticket for me and took the tax hit – I gave him $75, and netted $666.00.  I hit another ticket in the 3^rd race where my top selection won and the Trifecta paid $254.60

 

The horses are now running true to form and the payoffs are reflecting the same  - there is a definite rail bias and all of the outside horses have to come through on the rail to get into the money.

 

My strategy of playing my 4^th and 5^th picks over my 1^st, 2^nd, and 3^rd one again paid off in the 1^st race on Saturday, where I hit a small trifecta for $210.  

 

I also hit several Pick 3’s and 1 pick 4 by singling my Best Bets and my Long Shots and going 3 deep in the other races – 7^th race Friday for $88.80, 8^th race Friday for $72.80, 8^th race Saturday for $120.00, and 10^th race on Sunday for $42.60, and the Pick 4 for $222.00.

 

Something new has been added to the “Results” page of my website – click on “ponies” then click on “Oaklawn Results” then click on “comparative performance” – you can compare the performance of my pick sheets against four other handicappers by going to this web page and clicking on the date for which you would like to see my results displayed http://thorocap.com/results/main.htm.

 

All in all, it was a very good week end and we had a huge crowd of people witnessing our outstanding performance – a lot of new comers getting a first taste of Chef Jimmy Johnston’s famous “Corned Beef Sandwiches” and his fantastic “Bread Pudding With Whiskey Sauce” and the “Hot Fudge Sundae” that is to die for – makes you drool just thinking about it, doesn’t it.  Of course, the very cold beer on tap and all the other nice things to eat and drink were enjoyed by one and all – what a wonderful place – I will put our restaurants and food up against any food, any where, in the world.  And guess what – we’ve got a new Italian Buffet and the one and only “Oyster Bar” has been open for many years.