The Audacity of Hope...in the 7th at Aqueduct

Yes siree..Cavallo Pazzo in the 7th...can't miss.

A big shout out to Johnny A who was quick to point

out to me yesterday that old CC Lopez won the 1st at Aqueduct

on a hopeless plodder...Dr Silver Packet paid $28.60 completing

a $79.00 exacta with My Horse...I didn't have it...but it was nice to get

the heads up...

So Cavallo Pazzo in the 7th, Apple in the 8th to

Divorce Court and My Fair El in the 9th...what an easy Pick 3.

Put on your aluminum foil hat Claire, the money's on the way!

and remember this little jem...

"the louder he spoke of his honor, the faster we counted the spoons"

RW Emerson...

reminds me of something...

See ya at post time,

Spanky

Climate change, global warming & an inconvenient horse at Big A...

It's snowing in Ozone Park and they have cancelled the races...

driving an ice pick through the heart of my Mortal Lock Pick 3.

Majhood can get back to the carrot munching, Contessa and Levine can

resume the backstretch poker game and Alan Garcia can finish his

Happy Meal with Jessica Simpson. 

What a world...Al Gore is a friggin' idiot!

San Naa in the 8th tommorw...6-1...can't lose.

See ya at post time,

Spanky

The Year of The Ox...it's not on the Value Menu.

Happy New Year to all my Chinese friends.

If Tony Dutrow wins the 1st race tomorrow at Aqueduct,

I'm going back to Bernie Madoff...with Bernie at least you know what you're

getting. In the 7th race  I'm betting Claire's car on Majhood...a $600,000

3 yr old  who lost her first and only race by 17 lengths...don't ask me,

I got a feeling. Majhood in the 7th to Mr Fantasy in the 8th to 

Next Day in the 9th...a Pick 3 that will take you clear through

The Super Bowl betting pool... 

That's a Stimulus Package.

See ya at Post Time,

Spanky

Old Habits not only die hard, they die broke...

Being an astute observer of all things weird, it was difficult to

come to grips with what in hell is going on at Aqueduct this winter.

As a child I learned two hard and fast rules about The Big A inner

dirt track...

#1: Speed on the rail

#2: Speed on the rail

After losing way too many races playing the front running speed it

finally dawned on me it just wasn't working anymore. 

As Marvin Gaye asked, What's goin' on..? 

Well dang, if you go into The Racing Form's on line Formulator

there's this little  tool called Racing Flow Update.

They have a system called BL12, or how far back was the winner

at the first two points of call.

Shocked...I say, shocked, cause one things for sure, that old

early speed rail bias ain't what it used to be. A lot more closers from

off the pace. It's playing like a much different track. 

This may be boring to some people but, hey,

it's something to ponder while I wait on my trust fund check.

By the way, I just read that raccoons mate in January...clink.

See ya at Post Time,

Spanky

Screaming like Little Richard...

It could be just another morning beer buzz but I am swearing off

any horse with the name Jack...unless, of course I really need something

that's gonna finish fourth. I'm taking the remainder of my inheritance

and putting it on Shaunna in the 9th in Philly on Tuesday and with 

what's left, Majhood in the 7th at Aqueduct on Wednesday.

If this doesn't work out, it's off the end of the deck for me.

See ya at post time,

Spanky

Honest Spanky's Carbon Credits

Hey, really, who knew yesterday was National Pie Day?

There I was wasting my time with Gulfstream Park and

Aqueduct and all the while I should have been rolling out a crust.

Dang! Ah, well...I'm waiting on all my "Jack" horses today,

hoping I didn't miss my pie for nothing.

Loquacious Lover is running in the 5th tomorrow at Philly.

I'm gonna bet half my pie on her.

Thanks to Claire...I know she's making a pie.

See ya at post time.

Spanky

Too many Jacks...

So...a guy puts in a $24 phone bet out of NYC OTB last Monday

on the Pick Six at Santa Anita. He not only hits it,$653G, he gets 

4 consolations...$8,442... total take, $687,371.

Yah, well somedays you're walkin' around lucky and don't even know it?

Saturday I got Ju Jitsu Jax at Gulfstream, Jack's Wild and

Lucky J.H. at Santa Anita...I mean you have yo play 'em...

last Saturday, Jack Sprat payed $30 at Gulfstream...Jack's on a roll

that's what I think....but I still have to go with

Dry Martini in the 10th at Gulfstream tomorrow...

Hey, Claire...put on the chicken, I'll be over for dinner.

Keep you posted...

Spanky 

Great Expectations, is Miss Havisham in the house...

Yah, well Lottaexpectations didn't quite live up to 'em

yesterday in Philly...she ran, or plodded and came in 6th...

Fortunately for me, "The Spankster", I had Lottaexpectations

in a 3 horse exacta box with Kid Freud and Chittlin...Kid Freud won

for $7.40 and Chitlin got up for 2nd at $18.20 completing

a $113 payoff. Sometimes my own stupidity really pays off.

Got a hot one in the 8th race today at Aqueduct...

Cellar Dweller, sure thing at 6-1...I'd bet my brother's wife on this one.

Keep your eyes on The PAMPLEMOUSSE.

He won last Saturday's San Rafael Stakes, a G3 at Santa Anita...

and he won it for fun. Looks like the connections have The Derby in mind.

The Santa Anita Derby that is, on April 4th. He wins that...watch out...

Hey I'll keep ya posted. Hi T.

Spanky 

Lottaexpectations

Anybody out there checking the Breeze Figs in The Form for

January 21 has to have the same reaction I did, "whoa"... when they see the

numbers for Lottaexpectations, running in the 5th at Philadelphia.

She is a 3yr old making her 2nd start for trainer Allen Randy.

Well, I got a lotofexpectations...15 to 1...I'll keep you posted. 

PS...Claire, if you can't understand any of this, put down

the merlot and I'll get back to you.

Spanky

Duh

 Monday, Aqueduct posted early scratches and changes.

Rider change, 2nd race, a real open MSW affair

with a very overbet false favorite, Drivenby Solar due to bounce.

...Inger Management, at 4.5-1 was now 

being ridden by CC Lopez.... Hello! If anyone paid any attention

they were sitting on an easy $357 early Pick 4.

Nobody takes 'em out of the gate at Aqueduct like Chop Chop Lopez!

Sheesh, it's tough being so smart...well, I missed it...Pick 3, the double,

oh I got those ok...but dang, when it's handed to you

and you ignore it...well...back to the Form.

Spanky

Hey Sportsfans

Anybody catch the second race at Aqueduct on Sunday?

Tour of the Cat, running at Hialeah when I was a child,comes bounding

down the inner dirt stretch in a $7,500 claimer...Great

grandson of Secretariat...my gawd, and he was the friggin heavy favorite

at 6/5...it was his 75th start and 20th win...

That's racing...in New York...in the winter.

Spanky

Up and running soon...