Handicapping Selections - 02/27/09 - Gulfstream Park

Race 1:

BEST BET: #2 - Disperse (5-2)
MOST VALUE: #7 - Red Hot Baroness (6-1)
LONGSHOT: #3 - Wild Envoy (15-1)

Race 2:

BEST BET: #11 - Mr. Dr. Professor (5-1)
MOST VALUE: #8 - Ethan the Monster (12-1)
LONGSHOT: #3 - Grand Gulch (12-1)

Race 3:

BEST BET: #4 - Beer Boy (3-1)
MOST VALUE: #3 - Skyebay (12-1)
LONGSHOT: #5 - Seminole Warrior (30-1)

Race 4:

BEST BET: #6 - Notecard (6-1)
MOST VALUE: #8 - Clash of Arms (8-1)
LONGSHOT: #3 - Perfect Officer (12-1)

Race 5:

BEST BET: #3 - Golden Weeked (5-1)
MOST VALUE: #4 - Granizo (BRZ) (6-1)
LONGSHOT: N/A

Race 6:

BEST BET: #2 - Fortyninegeorgest (4-1)
MOST VALUE: #6 - Weekend Pass (10-1)
LONGSHOT: N/A

Race 7:

BEST BET: #4 - Mount Wilton (5-2)
MOST VALUE: #9 - Armament (8-1)
LONGSHOT: #7 - Big John G (20-1)

Race 8:

BEST BET: #4 - Bordeaux Bandit (8-1)
MOST VALUE: #5 - The River Mon (10-1)
LONGSHOT: #8 - Sun Scorpion (20-1)

Race 9:

BEST BET: #11 - Stomp (7-2)
MOST VALUE: #4 - Answer Man (6-1)
LONGSHOT: #7 - Ourwingman (10-1)

Handicapping Selections - 02/27/09 - Aqueduct

Race 1:

BEST BET: #1 - Zegarra
LONGSHOT PLAY: #3 - Devi

Race 2:

BEST BET: #3 - Here I Go Again
LONGSHOT PLAY: #2 - He's A Lumberjack

Race 3:

BEST BET: #2 - Weekend Action
LONGSHOT PLAY: #3 - Call Michael

Race 4:

BEST BET: #1 - Precious Pride
LONGSHOT PLAY: NONE - Use #4 for 2nd

Race 5:

BEST BET: #1 - Hi Daddy
LONGSHOT PLAY: #3 - Put it in Play

Race 6:

BEST BET: #2 - Melody Queen
LONGSHOT PLAY: - #3 - Wheelinandealin

Race 7:

BEST BET OF THE DAY: #2 - Magical Devotion
LONGSHOT PLAY: #1 - Brock N Roll

Race 8:

BEST BET: #5 - Distorted Passion
LONGSHOT PLAY: #4 - Labadeel

Race 9:

BEST BET: #5 - Special Trip
LONGSHOT PLAY OF THE DAY: #1 - Sinister Storm

ROAD TO KENTUCKY - WEEK 3

Race 1:

My Selection: #1 - Deb Doright

RACE RESULTS: #7 - Presentee broke from the outside at 6-1 and went gate to wire relatively easy. I would have never selected the #1 at odds of 0.50 on the dollar. Over bet and not close. #3 and #8 rounded out the trifecta both at odds of near 5-1.

POINTS EARNED: 0
OVERALL CONTEST POINTS: 1612

Race 2:

My Selection: #6 - Mary's Message

RACE RESULTS: Big favorite #2 - Silken Creek went straight to the front but wilted in the stretch. My selection #6 with Adolfo Morales aboard pounced and a couple longshots, #4 and #7 ran up into second and third.

POINTS EARNED: 198
THIS WEEK'S POINTS: 198
OVERALL CONTEST POINTS: 1810

Race 3:

My Selection: #6 - Dbl Ott

RACE RESULTS: My selection broke terrible and never got into the race. Cassie Papineau got the favorite out and won easily by 6 or so lengths. #1 and #3 ran into second and third at short odds.

POINTS EARNED: 0
THIS WEEK'S POINTS: 198
OVERALL CONTEST POINTS: 198

Race 4:

My Selection: #6 - Nautical Candy

RACE RESULTS: I got a terrible trip from J.Rivera as he usually gives his horses. Vergara and #4 - Latino Summer one relatively easily as favorite. #3 and #8 rounded out the tri at short prices

POINTS EARNED: 0
THIS WEEK'S POINTS: 198
OVERALL CONTEST POINTS: 1810

Race 5:

My Selection: #3 - Woody's Bluff

RACE RESULTS: I should have went with my second choice #1 - Vikkilee after I found out the scratches. My choice never got rolling under Eikleberry. Came in a very formful 4,6,1

POINTS EARNED: 0
THIS WEEK'S POINTS: 198
OVERALL CONTEST POINTS: 1810

Race 6:

My Selection: #7 - Louder

RACE RESULTS: Big favorite won again easily as they usually do down at TUP. Gate to wire relatively easily M. Hernandez brougth in #2 home for second and #7 rounded out tri.

POINTS EARNED: 32
THIS WEEK'S POINTS: 230
OVERALL CONTEST POINTS: 1842

Race 7:

My Selection: #1 - Albacore Bob

RACE RESULTS: #5 - Mayor Marv trained by Baffert won in hand on the front end and it wasn't even close. Second choice #6 - Hidden Bounty ran second and Eikleberry brought home the #7 for third.

MY POINTS: 0
THIS WEEK'S POINTS: 230
OVERALL CONTEST POINTS: 1842

Race 8:

My Selection #8 - Peter's Charity

RACE RESULTS: #8 went gate to wire by a head the entire way. Impressive win for having horse flanked the entire way around the track. Chalk #2 ran second. Longshot #9 ran third.

POINTS EARNED: 174
THIS WEEK'S POINTS: 404
OVERALL CONTEST POINTS: 2016

Race 9:

My Selection: #9 - Last Cowboy Song

RACE RESULTS: My longshot gave me a lot of hope going into the final furlong dueling with the leader. Quit at the top of the stretch and 9-1 longshot of the day #8 rolled up on the outside for victory. #5 and #3 rounded out the prices.

POINTS EARNED: 0
THIS WEEK'S TOTAL: 404
OVERALL CONTEST POINTS: 2016

Handicapping Selections - Aqueduct 02-20-2009

Race 1:

MOST LIKELY: #7 - Democrat Taxes (4-1) - Finished 3rd
BEST VALUE: #5 - Linda's Baby (12-1) - Finished 5th
OVERRATED: #1 - Blushing Juliet (2-1) - WON

Race 2:

MOST LIKELY: #5 - Touchof Perfection (3-1) - WINNER
BEST VALUE: #1 - AP Grace (15-1) - 3rd/4th
OVERRATED: #2/#2B - It'sallaboutus/Sister Kathleen - 6th/7th

Race 3:

MOST LIKELY: #5 - Globalization (4-1) - WINNER
BEST VALUE: #2 - Windication (12-1) - 4th
OVERRATED: #3 - Hurricane Heat - LAST (6th)

Race 4:

MOST LIKELY: #7 - A.P. Light (5-1) - WINNER
BEST VALUE: #4 - Caffre Cat (12-1) - 2nd
OVERRATED: #1 - Grif's Corner - 4th

Race 5:

MOST LIKELY: #9 - Successful Sara (4-1) - WINNER
BEST VALUE: #7 - Fort Carillon (5-1) - 3rd
OVERRATED: #6 - Big Shadow - 5th

Race 6:

MOST LIKELY: #4 - Kaptain (3-1) - 2nd
BEST VALUE: #6 - Perfect Precision (8-1) - 4th
OVERRATED: #1/#1A - Path to Success - 9th

Race 7:

MOST LIKELY: #1 - Kokoro (7-2) - 2nd
BEST VALUE: #4 - Smokin' Stephanie (10-1) - 6th
OVERRATED: #5 - Luau Bay - LAST (8th)

Race 8:

MOST LIKELY: #4 - Gimmearoutine (6-1) - 4th
BEST VALUE: #8 - Southern Spirit (12-1) - 7th
OVERRATED: #1 - Tax Man - 8th

Race: 9

MOST LIKELY: #9 - Melody Queen (4-1) - 4th
BEST VALUE: #5 - Christine's Design (6-1) - 6th
OVERRATED: #3 - Sage the Rage - WON

What this blog is intended to do?

As I will continue to update http://drdansdailydose.blogspot.com regularly for all of the friends and customers I made at Running Aces., the Canterbury Report is going to be intended for the new friends I hope to make at this track.

I usually only go to Canterbury on Saturday's, but am going to start making an effort to make it their more often. My goal is to be working their this Summer and I hope everything works out, so I can establish myself with a company who actually CARES about their employees.

The simulcasting staff and marketing team at Canterbury headed by Jeff Maday is elite and I hope to establish a good, working relationship with them.

This industry needs new flavor and I bring that to the table. I have proven it to everyone I use to work with and the older horse players who looked for new ways to make money at the track.

Please contact me via e-mail if you have any questions and I hope you all enjoy the blog. Contribute as much as you can. I will post as often as I can over the next few months leading up to the Derby.

Best wishes, stay healthy

Dan Adams
adam0487@umn.edu

THE CANTERBURY REPORT

As I move forward with my career in the horse racing industry I am looking to make a stamp on thoroughbred racing in Minnesota. Some people call me Dr. Dan, some people just Dan. It's pretty obvious that pari-mutuel wagering is suffering everywhere in the country. There is talk of Hollywood Park closing following their meets in 2009. They handle millions of dollars a day compared to Canterbury's less than a million handle. Canterbury Park has established itself over the past decade and has some of the best racing in the midwest. It is too bad the state has not not permitted them to install slot machines to save the sport. It's tough to compete with the other midwest tracks that have slot machines because horsemen would rather race for higher purse amounts at those tracks. Therefore, we do not get the horses we could possibly be getting. There is no reason in this size of a metro area that we can't compete with Arlington in the Summer. The amount of money that is gambled by Minnesotan's at Native American casino's is astounding and if just a percentage of that went to the horse racing industry it would be well worth the risk by the state.

Canterbury Park has done so much for the economy here in Minnesota since the Sampson family inherited it in the early 1990's. They have done exactly what the original owners could not, they have established an industry within the state. Minnesota does not breed horses like other states, but it has many people at work, making an income and that is exactly what this economy needs.

Running Aces in the Columbus, MN has made no attempts to grow the standardbred industry in Minnesota. They could ask for tax breaks due to their millions of dollars in losses, but I would not give it to them. I tried as a low-level employee to inform as many people as I could that if they did not improve their relationship with the racing industry in Minnesota than they would never succeed. The same thing happened to Canterbury Downs back in the 1980's. As a new track, I tried to instill a lot of the information that I had from what I learned at Canterbury Park. Their management team is oblivious to what's going on around them. They have one thought on their mind and it is the "Card Room". Granted that it is the primary source of income, but they are negligent to the horseplayers that come in and spend thousands every week. They have not established one, big player because they don't listen. There mutuels manager is young and has an ego that would get most people fired. He knows nothing about racing and nothing about Minnesota. When they let me go, they lost their one chance for survival. I can't believe that Running Aces will make it past 2010. They through a lot of money into the place without a thought about horse racing. The set-up is terrible. If Canterbury Park paid for self-wagering systems they would have no benefits over going to Canterbury. Now that Running Aces has established their points system I am hoping Canterbury will take the next step in ordering the same systems from Scientific Games. Many of the major horseplayers like them because they do not have to wait in lines and can get a printout for all their bets made at the end of the day. Other than that Running Aces has nothing comparable to what Canterbury offers the everyday horseplayer. They don't have a race-replays machine, they don't have an information booth, they rely on their tellers to know everything about racing when it's not their job, their only decent handicapping tournaments were created by me, basically they have nothing to entice you to go there.

Summed up shortly, GO TO CANTERBURY PARK..... The Best and Brightest Simulcasting Facility in Minnesota. Hands Down