Hello everyone, and Happy Monday.
I've been playing the races, lurking, and not tweeting a whole lot (since I have very little to say of importance). But thank goodness for the blog where I can type in Twinky-form with impunity.
Here goes.
First off, I had a nice plane ride listening to part one of the Dennis Montoro Bet with the Best pod, but somehow I missed part two was released. It's here and I'll be listening to that tonight. Dennis provides insights on the pools that you won't hear in a lot of other places.
A quarterhorse trainer really got nabbed last week, as reported on the Bacon Report. One of the drugs was not approved by the FDA way back in 2010. Seriously. So how is it around on a backstretch (allegedly, of course)? When people on the twitter complain about exotic drugs and get shot down like they don't exist, I think this is why they have that opinion.
Despite takeout and all the rest of the bad, bad things, horse racing can be the best bet in the history of the universe. How can it be any other way when we analyze the late pick five at Gulfstream on Holy Bull day?
Leg one was Mike Maker, going a marathon distance off the claim.
Leg two was Todd Pletcher with a surface switch going first time dirt, second off a layoff who opened at 5-2 (so someone knew something we should've been able to see).
Leg three was a Eurton mare that was my best bet of the day. And I'm no Pittsburgh Phil.
Leg four was a horse liked by many sharps, including Gallo on the Sport of Kings pod, and the great Marcus Hersh from the DRF/NFL.com.
Leg five was a key for me (I hit the pick 3, yay me), so I am sure it was a use for everyone. See leg three.
This assembly of very logical winners paid around $80,000 for 50 cents.
I hope the people who run this sport start doing some good things because that kind of value on the mind-bending yet scrutable chess board should never, ever die.
As most know, Donald J. Trump did some serious tariffs on us poor souls in the Tundra last weekend. Our dollar sank, cold Canadians booed the U.S. National Anthem at hockey games, substituted US booze for Canadian booze (spoiler alert, you end up with the same hangover) and probably cranked a lot of Rush in the minivan. It was a wild weekend.
For those that don't know much about tariffs, you've come to the right place because this is what PTP was built for. I took economics classes in the 1980's. Here's what it all means.
Those of you with US betting accounts (how dare you, Benedict) just got a raise. It's like getting a rebate without being a CRW.
Woodbine handle is about to go up. Tundra Dollar down, US dollars in, more handle. We'll see if they report the good news by attributing it to marketing.
It's been reported that it costs 25% more to read Swifty twitter rants. Apparently Tinky is in the EU this week, so his 34,874 word tweets about the breeding of this new Chilean horse racing at Gulfstream in the sixth can be read by Canadians at the same exact price as it was last month.
CJ and his lovely wife are about to take time off making speed figures and make more trips north, probably to the Curling championships. Bundle up my Oklahoma friends, it's been a cold winter.
Speaking of speed figures, word is, all Canadian races that were scheduled for a mile are now only 0.66778 of a mile. And you guys complain about run up.
ITP is about to release his new e-book titled "It's More Important than Ever for Canadians to Listen to Me Over Andy Serling About Ticket Structure."
Ray Cotolo is taking advantage of the strong Yankee dollar (like the rest of Hollywood, he's gone corporate) and he's making a new film in Vancouver. He plays a drifter who spends the entire Kentucky Downs meet underneath a trackside tent that they raised takeout to pay for. The film is only slightly less confusing than 12 Monkeys, and he did a good job making Hastings Park look like Kentucky Downs.
There's a rumor Philadelphia Park has found a way to increase the takeout for Canadians based on the new tariffs. Starting tomorrow, when you hit a superfecta at the storied Pennsylvania oval you will owe them money.
Everyone on the twitter knows I built a new shed in the back a few years ago after mispunching a superfecta and scoring a couple of K ($CDN). I've invited Bucky and Beem to come up this summer and they accepted at the low price of $1,000 CDN shed rent for the week. I'm happy to report that I just photoshopped the original email and changed the currency to $US and I'M FREAKING RICH.
California horse racing is short on horses and short on time. On Friday they signed a deal with Canada to import racing stock to get those field sizes up (and possibly find Baffert his next Derby winner). Now the horses cost way more, and border security is holding them until things become clearer. Lisa Lazarus just held an emergency meeting and it looks like the Kentucky Breeders Fund might have to step in.
Well, late breaking news - the above could all be knee jerk. The Donald is apparently meeting with Trudeau today, which is kind of weird since JT resigned because of approval ratings that were lower than Belinda Stronach's. But if something comes out of it I'll report the good news.
Which reminds me, I better get that $1000 US from Bucky and Beem right now just in case.
Have a nice Monday everyone.
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