LeMale

23:45 Will Rogers Downs (USA) - Race 10: Red Red Wine @ 33/1 Bet365

The price is just informal.

Race 4 wrd
Long ride home. 
Hope everybody's safe and well. ???

First trip to the US !
returns 96.25, proft 76.25, bank 1063.64
and I had Shallow River in the Naps Comp ..... so a good day all round !

bank 987.39
Having a crack at US Claimers to see how it goes ........
WRD 7.15 - Golden Luulabye 9/4 and Shallow River 9/2
WRD 8.15 - Race The Moon 2/1 and Maverick Brown 5/2
prices bet365
4 x £5 doubles

Going to give this meeting a spin to relieve the boredom for a while -
Will Rogers Downs    8.15    Raise The Moon    15/8
Will Rogers Downs    8.45    Long Ride Home    5/2
Will Rogers Downs    9.15    Sheza Rockstar    13/8
Will Rogers Downs    10.45    Daisy Can    3/1
above 4 all singles and also in a yankee
also fancy
Will Rogers Downs    10.15    Karate Hottie    11/10
 
Some at more fanciful prices -
Will Rogers Downs    7.15    Quiet Spring    16/1ew
Will Rogers Downs    7.45    Blended Lute    25/1ew
Will Rogers Downs    8.15    Affirmatif Song    13/2ew
Will Rogers Downs    9.45    Sha Blush    33/1ew
Will Rogers Downs    11.15    Drip Brew    11/1ew
Will Rogers Downs    11.45    Miss Gemma B    10/1ew

I know what you mean @Valiant Thor, was thinking the same until recently, only reason i carried on is this site. They're trying to keep the comps going, even offering more money in the naps comp and i'm finding the Punters Lounge community a nice break in a boring day, even striking up some nice friendships through messages. 
Also, i agree @Trotter about racing grade and that the way to judge this is by prize money. I've used At The Races for OR, previous races/runs, jockey info and replays of races...not that it helped much with my naps? I've found it very hard to find "my type of pick" something with good ew value. 
Something i have noticed is the standard of jockeys seem very different in the States, as is the way most try to run their race. Position seems key on these tracks. If you're not there or there abouts entering home straight, they're going to struggle, but so many seem to want to come from way back with a late burst because it looks good.(look good first, win second) Nearly all fail when it appears they were on the quickest horse but left it too late. On more than one occasion i've seen horses entering the home straight, jockey whipping away head down, and the horse veers hard right for 2 to 3 seconds before the jockey even realizes. Have also seen some jockeys whipping away on horses that are out on their feet and have no chance of winning.
Their bad are very bad, their average are bad, their good are average, at best. This leaves a handful of very good jockeys and imo find the decent jockeys and they should find you a few winners every day. I've been betting on Tyler Gaffalione and Luis Saez the past week (almost all low odds and favorites, not my normal cup of tea) in accas, lucky 15 etc and have done ok. Tyler Gaffalione seems to me to be a very good jockey and has had quite a few winners recently and i've done well with him, as is the same with Saez, i just personally don't like him as much. I'm sure they won't win again all year now i've said that lol and they don't race again until 9th at Gulfstream anyway. I know you have far more knowledge and experience than me and i'm just stating the obvious but just thought i'd share my recent experience of what  i've read and watched and how i got there. I'd be interested to find out how you're going to tackle it? 
Jason (LeMale) 
 

@LeMale
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This is the article I read which gives an outline of the different races ..... 
https://www.dummies.com/sports/examining-different-levels-of-competition-at-the-racetrack/

@LeMale
I've had a look at a couple of these Claimers tonight ...... selections in the £20 thread
I had a bit of a read of 'Racing For Dummies' which gave an outline of how US racing is structured ........ of course we all know the Grade One races, the Kentucky Derby and Breeders Cup but I had no idea about the day to day racing out in the sticks which is what appears to be on at the moment
I've got in my head that Allowance races are better than Claimers and Claimers are better than Maidens ........ and then after that just look at the prize money. You'd expect that in the USA it would be all about the money !
As I don't know the form or anything about the different tracks I'm being guided by the market more than I might in the UK ..... I'm letting the market pick my short list of 3 or 4
So in the 7.15 tonight I've got it as a 13K Claimer. 
The front 3 in the market are Nocturnal Mission (Fav), Golden Lullabye and Shallow River
Nocturnal Mission has won a 13K Claimer but it was over a Mile and today is 6 furlongs so I'm inclined to oppose that on the basis that it probably wants further
Golden Lullabye drops in class after running in 23K Allowance races but on the negative has never won. Finished 3rd in what I assume were better races the last twice and is lightly raced but maybe it jus doesn't stick it's head out ... not really enough  info to go on
Shallow River has won a 23K Maiden and a 13K Claimer and has won 2 and placed 3 in her 5 runs (by the way I don't know if the ATR site shows all their career runs?). The negative here is coming back from a break but the trainer has a terrific record at the track 
I'm opposing the favourite and going with the other two. If I had to pick one it would be Shallow River
Let's see how we go!

I know what you mean @Valiant Thor, was thinking the same until recently, only reason i carried on is this site. They're trying to keep the comps going, even offering more money in the naps comp and i'm finding the Punters Lounge community a nice break in a boring day, even striking up some nice friendships through messages. 
Also, i agree @Trotter about racing grade and that the way to judge this is by prize money. I've used At The Races for OR, previous races/runs, jockey info and replays of races...not that it helped much with my naps? I've found it very hard to find "my type of pick" something with good ew value. 
Something i have noticed is the standard of jockeys seem very different in the States, as is the way most try to run their race. Position seems key on these tracks. If you're not there or there abouts entering home straight, they're going to struggle, but so many seem to want to come from way back with a late burst because it looks good.(look good first, win second) Nearly all fail when it appears they were on the quickest horse but left it too late. On more than one occasion i've seen horses entering the home straight, jockey whipping away head down, and the horse veers hard right for 2 to 3 seconds before the jockey even realizes. Have also seen some jockeys whipping away on horses that are out on their feet and have no chance of winning.
Their bad are very bad, their average are bad, their good are average, at best. This leaves a handful of very good jockeys and imo find the decent jockeys and they should find you a few winners every day. I've been betting on Tyler Gaffalione and Luis Saez the past week (almost all low odds and favorites, not my normal cup of tea) in accas, lucky 15 etc and have done ok. Tyler Gaffalione seems to me to be a very good jockey and has had quite a few winners recently and i've done well with him, as is the same with Saez, i just personally don't like him as much. I'm sure they won't win again all year now i've said that lol and they don't race again until 9th at Gulfstream anyway. I know you have far more knowledge and experience than me and i'm just stating the obvious but just thought i'd share my recent experience of what  i've read and watched and how i got there. I'd be interested to find out how you're going to tackle it? 
Jason (LeMale) 
 

Kashan 8.04 Gulfstream

Tampa BayRace 6
Itsgottabemyway EW B365

8:51 Tampa Bay Downs Jais's Solitude

6:50 Queanbeyan, Pecuniary Interest

@LeMale The maximum number of reactions were set to 10 per day, that's default. It's now unlimited, so should be fine now.  

Congrats to you guys and girls in the money. Well done @BillyHills for inventing this comp. I still found it fun and i wasn't even in it!!
Also as Virtual tipping goes, it appears your the Master

Gulfstream 18:45 Im A Ginger EW
Im A Ginger hasnt been runnning very good this season but last season it was fast and was given an BHA of 93 late last season. I believe that it has a good EW shot if it can revert to some of that form

Gulfstream race 8  Lady Panda ew bet365

Gulf 17.45 Duallist

21-18 gulf lady panda

Congrats to you guys and girls in the money. Well done @BillyHills for inventing this comp. I still found it fun and i wasn't even in it!!
Also as Virtual tipping goes, it appears your the Master

DAMN computers!!! ⛔.........Anyway, now i've stopped sulking good luck to the chosen ones and cheers @BillyHills for this and for just keeping things going on here in difficult times, your work is appreciated. Stay safe everyone❤️ 

Congrats to you guys and girls in the money. Well done @BillyHills for inventing this comp. I still found it fun and i wasn't even in it!!
Also as Virtual tipping goes, it appears your the Master

Not surprising, I sit on a computer for most of the day, i know how their minds work
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Congrats to you guys and girls in the money. Well done @BillyHills for inventing this comp. I still found it fun and i wasn't even in it!!
Also as Virtual tipping goes, it appears your the Master

Well potters corner won! £190 , 100 to the NHS and 90 in my pocket, happy days