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Subject: Sim Sports Horse Racing -- Week 1075
Posted by: Madman
- [29246911] Mon, Jun 25, 00:48
Well, I'm only going to have 10 runners going this week. The "Dynamic Duo" of Madman3 stables -- Rakida's Plug and Agriculture Bomber will be tag-teaming in North America and Europe. Our Nooses will be going down to Florida to compete in the Real Florida Flying (Light Jupiter won the Fake one last week -- there was a problem getting the races carded). And then a ton of mediocre 3 yo's will be trying to make their case to avoid becoming the next Louis' Gals (who was claimed from me previously, and just tanked a turf sprint for his new owner, hehehe).
I'm posting this, however, because I'm doing a Stable Review. And this isn't an ordinary sort of review. I'm going through my stables and trying to envision what I want them to look like by this time in 2002.
What I found was shocking. Consider:
* Rakida's and Agriculture Bomber will be 6 year olds -- on their last legs.
* I only have 4-5 horses that are core to each of my stables (age in 2002)
Madman4: Skin Jumping (5 yo Horse) -- should be competitive in Starter Allowances if I'm lucky. I'm also hoping that Sal at the Bell (4 yo colt) will be a solid runner. MiswakiXDamascus -- he better be!
Madman3: Straight Time (5 yo filly) -- I think this filly will prove to be effective in marathon dirt stakes races. If so, I can hang on to her. Hopefully, Rakida's or Agri. Bomber will develop some more. If not, however, I can't consider them as locks for the 2002 stables.
Rotciv -- Snow Storm (3 yo colt) -- he's going again this week. He ran a 65 speed. This means that he should be able to run 85+ when he matures. Or better. Thus, I'll be holding onto him for at least a year while I experiment around.
Everyone else is totally expendable. I feel a bit sorry for Zinc Dad. I think I should be able to keep him around in low CPU allowance races. But I may also breed him off. The rest of these nags are here simply to be useful. If December Chop doesn't start perking up, he's a goner despite that 80+ speed MSW win.
Madman999 -- Light Jupiter (5 yo colt) He's the weakest horse listed here -- outside of Agriculture Bomber. But he has a useful low-tag, so I can score some in Starter Allowances, even though he'll be limited to dirt sprints. By this time next year, however, that tag will run out. . . Prompting a major decision.
Well Bert *might* make it as a dirt sprinter. But I doubt it.
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I guess what I'm getting at is that there are 3 ways to play this game.
First, you could try to maximize your speed ratings today, and hang on to any horse that seems competent.
Second, you could play strictly for the future -- try to break into the ranks of competitive stables by 2003 or so.
Thirdly, you could just play blindly and hope for the best.
Personally, I think I may be headed for option 2. This means that I'm going to start cycling through any horse that doesn't look like it has 95+ speed potential. An open stall space is an opportunity to snag another prospective 95+ or 100+ speed horse. Everyone else better be scoring some serious breeding points -- which means they have to be In the Money (top 3) in 1/2 or more of allowance races, or they go to the claimers.
I guess what I've come to realize is that there are only three types of horses that I'm really interested in -- Stakes Grade horses, Claimers (for points), and low-tag Starter Allowance horses (get your ego boost from 90+ speed horses snagged in claimers, and keep a bit of cash-flow, and still get some wins).
Unfortunately, most of my draft horses just don't fit those descriptions. I think the toughest win to get is the Second Allowance win. After the protection of Nw1x dries up, these decent horses run a real risk of not having any useful niche.
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| 1 | Toral
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ID: 1418917
Mon, Jun 25, 11:56
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Just a quick thought. I need to look at your stables more thoroughly to say something intelligent. But I've never thought from the beginning that *any* of my current horses would necessarily be around in 2002. (Excepting City O' Gold). As you say, once you get some success, you start "cycling through" them. You look for 10 solid producers. When your stable is full of them, the bottom guy goes, even if he's producing well at his low level. You cash out the $10K claimer and pick up the $25K claimer. Eventually you have enough to go for the $100K claimer, and then later to pay the extortionate prices at auction. In the meantime there are allowance horses who can't cut the next level and get dropped down to claiming ranks, even if you lose them. You've been making money I believe a lot faster than me so you're seeing the tough decisions that eventually have to be made sooner.
Being as my aspirations are really just to be a claiming stable, I like option 3 best :). Any stakes winners I get are going to come from breeding (or extraordinary lucky claims or purchases). So Larot Stables, for example, is banking its 250 pt breeding bonus and should be able to go for a 600--700 pt 2-year old next year. As for the rest of them, I just like to be able to move them up in their classes, whatever they are, and watch them run well.
Re your position: I think you're quite right about allowance horses. The structure of the sim creates a disincentive to keep them around. In looking at pps I see a lot of allowance horses who are running decently but producing nothing for their owners. To maximize production, something has to be done with them.
Toral
P.S. When you start dumping your stock into claimers, please let Gurupies know first!
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| 2 | Madman
ID: 29246911
Mon, Jun 25, 14:19
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Well, I think I already started, Toral. I droped Louis' Gals into a 20K claimer, and he got snagged. Tehee! I actually had gotten a 2nd place from him. His new owner is 0/1. Hahaha.
I also lost East A La Run. This hurts a bit, because he just ran a marathon dirt route in 75. But, I got 2 2nds and a 15K claimer win from him, so his new owner is going to have to drop him right back into the claiming ranks. And I don't think he'll win at anything higher than a 15K level.
I'm not sure you really want my stock. Actually, that's the point. I'm going to finish up some experimenting with the 3 yo's. But check out the 3 yo races right now -- they are disappearing. From here on out they have to compete in the 3 yo+ races. So I'm not going to waste a lot of time with them.
How quickly I put them into claimers depends on how quickly I can acquire new claiming stock. I have 6 slots open in my stables, and I'd like to get at least 3 claimers this week.
The reason I was doing a long-term stable review is that I have a bunch of draft horses with adequate breeding who have broken their maidens, and are getting their 1st allowance wins. Like Zinc Dad. Or December Chop. How long do I keep pounding my head against the wall trying to get them to win at the allowance level?
My original stable strategy was to breed West on the Fan. But he's turning into an awful runner (note: he could take off if I can find his optimal conditions, so I'm not done with him yet). But if West on the Fan turns out to suck -- how should I build the rest of my stable?
For rotciv, I'm planning the following, in case West on the Fan can't race:
a) Alot Under Run goes into higher claiming ranks - 15K or so and tries to score. And drop from there.
b) West on the Fan goes to Maiden Claimers to break maiden.
c) December Chop goes to 15K+ ranks to get points.
d) I hang onto Zinc Dad (a Rubiano progeny), and do a male-breed with HIM instead of West on the Fan. The advantage here is that Zinc Dad has some ability as a runner, but is probably just getting old (he did pound an 87). I have 170 odd breeding points already with that stable, so I can put a nice sire with him in the near future.
e) That would give me 2 2 yo's in the stable -- about all I think I can handle at the moment. Then keep cycling through the remainder for points.
I'm working through similar scenarios with my other 3 stables (although Madman4 is on probation, since I know so little about the horses -- stable is too young).
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I disagree a significant bit with the idea that you want to "move up" the claiming ranks. I think that's the way it works IRL. However, the sim is different. I think you should keep an eye out for quality 10k or under claimers -- especially those with 5K or less tags. If you find some, then hit the Starter Allowance races hard, the weak Stakes fields, and an occasionally CPU-Allowance or Track-Allowance event as situations dictate.
I really never see a situation where I'm thriving on 50K+ claimers.
To see why, consider my acquisition, Alyrun Wing. He's a decent horse. He WILL break 95 for me. But he's not going to rake in the points for me. I was hoping he would find a niche like Straight Time has. But he can't handle the distance like I was hoping for. Thus there's a good chance he's going to go back into the high-claimers.
I should have been more patient, and stuck with less glamorous low-tag claimers who can score me more points, and who also have more options.
Thus, my strategy is to stick with the low-tag claimers (note: may have to get 7.5K to 10K since they don't get claimed as much) and hope that they can either become Stakes quality or Allowance quality (like Skin Jumping) or Starter Allowance, or at least you can put them right back in at their current level without losing too many breeding points.
I agree that the only way to get a Graded Stakes quality horse is to breed him or her. There is indeed a very slim chance of picking up a horse like that as a claimer. But not likely.
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| 3 | Toral
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ID: 1418917
Mon, Jun 25, 15:13
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You're quite right about the idea of moving up the claiming ranks -- that's for real life. It occurred to me after I posted that in the sim,with BP the goal, most of the real bargains/good shots I've found were at the $5K level or so. When cash allows, I still expect to take a close look at the higher level claimers, but a BP strategy would indeed call for a lot of churning at the $10K and less level, as you suggest.
Toral
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| 4 | Madman
ID: 29246911
Wed, Jun 27, 17:07
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Dang. I just had an epiphany.
I've been having troubles getting 5K or under horses. Actually, I now think you're partly right, Toral. You should try to get out of the 5K claiming business as soon as you are able. Why?
Well, the idea is that you want to move up to 7.5K or higher ASAP so you actually have a chance to snag the horses. But, BE CAREFUL about which horses you buy in that range. Potential attractive targets:
a) Horses with zero allowance wins.
b) Horses who haven't won their maidens.
c) Horses who have run in a low tag claimer lately.
One of (a)-(c) MUST be satisfied. Further, if the horse has been tried on all surface combinations, I'd only go for horses with an 85+ speed rating somewhere in their background. If the horse hasn't been tried at all distances, then I'd be more lenient. Or, if the horse has been over-raced.
The best horse is one that has been over-raced, untried on certain surfaces or distances, AND who has an over-85 speed rating. I.e., Skin Jumping. :) He's even got a $2,500 tag that dates to week 1012! Wu-hoo! 10 months of 2.5K starter allowances!!! hahaha.
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| 5 | Madman
ID: 29246911
Wed, Jun 27, 21:10
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Well, races are up! Highlights from Madman stables (not going to give the full run-down).
Race of the Week: Florida Flying. Our Nooses (3828) is going off at 10/1 odds from the #2 position in this race (0210). We'll see how it goes. I've got a trick up my sleeve. We'll see if it works. Our Nooses will probably break the 100K barrier this week if he finished 4th or better.
My older AlNW2x horses are still struggling. Agriculture Bomber is going off at 28/1 and Zinc Dad is going off at 27/1. Ouch. This is their 5th race, however, so it will open up the CPU value allowances. Honestly, I may have to let them hit the claimers. Or keep them for breeding. I think both of them could be a good bet for the barn.
My second biggest race this week? Snow Storm. Many 2 yo's drop off in their second race. He came up sharp early, so I put him in the 6.5fD race in Nevada. A reasonably big purse, there are only 4 horses in the field, so I'll boost his earnings a tiny bit regardless. And get some BP's. I'm pretty nervous, because he can go one of two ways. His initial 65 was solid and indicative of a great deal for a bargain breed. On the other hand, if he falls apart, maybe it was a fluke. But that one 65 was worth several races in experimenting.
Oh yeah, I should also mention that I saw that there were dozens of 2 yo races carded this week. So I didn't want to wait. Strike while the fields are thin! That's also why I stuck with a shorter race. I figured many would be anxious to jump to the 8f races. And some might stick with where they had had success. Thus my choice of 6.5. Where there's a method, there a madness!
Interestingly, Private Count is going off at a big favorite. I had actually forgotten about her -- I thought I had saved her for the ASR Divisional War in week 1089. Damn. This sucks. This race is going to be almost worthless, and she's going to bust her maiden. Unless she collapses from the distance. This is a no-win situation. If I win, I lose. If I lose, I lose. Sigh. 7/5 odds. Not worth a bet, since we don't know if she'll handle the turf or the distance. And even if she wins, she'll probably run slow given this weak field. . .
Well, that's about it. Well Bert is looking fine at 10/1 in 4605. He's turning out to be my best 3 yo. Which doesn't say a lot. Stinky the Urban is going off at 24/1, Drunken Badger at 27/1. Sigh. All these worthless 3 yo maidens . . . Got to figure out when to cut them off and start over.
But Stinky was the first horse I ever drafted. Sigh. Going to be tough.
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| 6 | JKaye, Guru Jr.
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Wed, Jun 27, 21:25
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Races posted.
Light week for my stables.
jkaye--
Light Award--5205. Moves from Italy to Sweeden for this week. The best horse across all 3 stables makes his second start. After he ran an 85 in his debut, he is the second choice at 9/5. Not much speed in this race and if he improves at all on his 85 he should win. Anything worse then 2nd is a disaster.
Net Can--0701. 23/1 shot. He has improved in speed over his 3 starts from 51--61--66. Is more improvement in the cards? I doubt it.
Dynarun Form--3404. I placed him so well 2 weeks ago in a 25000 claimer, but this week I goofed. In a 10K claimer he will need to run mid80s speed to compete. Ah well, there is always next time.
jkaye1-
Dixie's Bungess--3910. 12/1 shot. Finally back at a speed he can run mid 70 speed level. Was overmatched at 9+ furlong races.
Frank Music--2003 17/1 shot in 10K claimer. Came home 2nd last time out at long odds as well. Has top jockey aboard and if he can duplicate his 86 from last time out, he can compete.
sunday89--
Out with Colony--2209 Potentially my 2nd best overall horse behind Light Award, he is a 7/1 shot in his 2nd start. Wide open race with 6 horses listed at 5/1, 6/1 and 7/1.
Could be a good week. Only 6 horses, but I could see half of them in the money, with Light Award a solid bet to win. Good luck everyone in 1075!
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| 7 | StLCards
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ID: 3505622
Wed, Jun 27, 22:14
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Looks like CO isn't posted yet, which is my only entry. Hopefully I get in.
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| 8 | Madman
ID: 29246911
Wed, Jun 27, 22:35
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StlCards -- Country Jodie is in 7108. She's on the rail, and tied for 3rd seed going into the race at 10/1. The two lead horses are on the dead outside. This might work for you.
You need to refresh your browser. The races are there. Once one is posted, they all are. :)
Jkaye -- Did you pick your jockeys well? I could see the jocks making a big difference for you this week. Your stables are clearly starting to perk up. Congrats!
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| 9 | StLCards
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ID: 3505622
Wed, Jun 27, 22:53
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Thanks Madman. The problem seems to be the AOL browser, or as deepsnapper likes to say AOHell. I used Explorer just now and I can see the race. Apparently refreshing AOL doesn't change the cache.
Country Jodie has the number 3 jock, but he only has 4 years experience. CJ went wire to wire in her last race and won easily. I think she should be capable of more as she wasn't challenged last time out. Should I set the riding options to have CJ jump out to the lead or let the jock decide? The number 6 horse on the inside seems to like 8f and also to take the lead. The other threat is from the outside like Madman said. Should be a good test of CJ's capabilities. If she likes 8f it could be a good day, but if not...
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| 10 | cab
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ID: 10541722
Wed, Jun 27, 23:29
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Five races for me this week...All longshots again..I really didn't have the time this week to study the entries so it was pure guesswork...even forgot to put in jockey selections..sigh...(My golf team is gonna suffer again this week too!!!)
CAB stable:
Yankee alphabet..0615..34/1..There are several horse with 100+ sp in this race(a NW2L!) so it doesn't bode well for Yankee unless he puts in a good one...I tossed up between this race and one in North Florida(same race as Rakida ,Madman)but the track conditions put me off that race..Looking at the fields the NF race would've been a slightly better race and i guess a try on the slop sooner or later wouldn't hurt..
Red sal...First time back after a very long layoff..At odds of 88/1 atOklahoma it would seem he has no chance...Then again...I will always think of that 99/1 shot last week!!!
PEPE31..
Crowded for water..1111...17/1..Another try at 8f on the dirt ...Don't really expect too much..
Girlfriend parking...1712..10/1..First try at a sprint for him..Sticking with the turf but a dirt shot is on the way if he fails again...Of all the horses in this stable i believe he has the best shot at making me some money and bp's ...He's letting me down so far...
Rules in the burn..1306..23/1...Realistically probably should be in the claimers...Can't see her getting into the money..
I have a distinct feeling it is going to be a skinny week for me!!
Good luck to everyone for this week!!
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| 11 | Toral
ID: 245122623
Wed, Jun 27, 23:46
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10 horses entered this week in the Toral Multiplex. Not a lot to expect in terms of results, but some important events in the careers of some of these horses. George Bamberger, Orioles' pitching coach, used to say "Do you want to win 20? Then listen to me. If you don't want to win 20, that's OK, though." Likewise, I'm having to say to some horses, "Do you want to spend time in the winners' circle? Or take children on rides the rest of your life, or maybe form part of their construction materials."
In North Florida, Earl Gal enters the claiming ranks for $7.5 K and attempts a first turf try, on the yielding stuff, at 6-1, 3rd favourite, under the capable Braun. A dramatic change in running style is possible for this horse. No bet.
In Pennsylvania, Alywagon takes one last shot at the MSW ranks at 10-1 from the 1 slot in 1204. Note this is Alywagon's first sprint, and first run on fast dirt. In addition, I doubt he can really be as bad as he's looked.
Later in the card, Tie Dixie goes off at 5-1 in 1214 under the capable Bedford. Tie's second race; improvement possible?
In Virginia 1706, Marisela is in tough at 9-1 from the 13 slot, attempting to build on her past good turfer in the $15.2 mile MSW.
From Larot Stables, the inaptly named Alsterimist, 2-year old homebred, goes off at 13-1 in South Dakota's 4301 MSW from PP5. Have to look at this card again; my first thought is to bet with both hands, but that's probably just papa pride.
Barefoot Morris goes off at 27-1 in his 2nd start, Washington's 1608, an $18.5 MSW with the track's best jock, Houston, at the reins. 27-1: pardon me? Barefoot ran a creditable 66 while RTG under orders to take the lead in his first start. I'll be placing at least a show wager on this one.
Last week's $1742 auction pickup, Double Jumble, arrived sharp and is the 2-1 favourite in a 6-horse field in Finland's $10K maiden claimer 6110.
3 horses run from Toral 2. All-Star Gator goes off at 3-1 in a $13.1 MSW in Minnesota's 4701. Napkin Kicking is 9-1 from the 2-slot in New Jersey's 0903. And the stable's turf hope, Kangaroo Minstrel, is 3rd favourite at 4-1 in an 8-horse field at Ascot 3306, a $32.3K
nw1x allowance.
All in all an exciting card of events for this Dominion Day [Canada's national holiday, On Sunday] weekend.
Toral
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| 12 | Madman
ID: 29246911
Thu, Jun 28, 01:26
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Yeah, I forgot to mention Rakida's Plug. He's going off in a wide-open 8f in the slop, obviously. Should be very interesting. I think he can pull a 95 and win the thing. Very serious. He's got the heart of a Champion. I can feel it.
Cab -- yeah, just keep in mind Skin Jumping! Although for a horse to win at those odds, the computer has to have a lot of bad information. In his case, it was the lack of any dirt speed races . . .
StLCards -- I always go with Jockey Decide unless I am positive that the race will have too much speed for my horse or unless the jockey sucks.
Toral -- looks like you have a good strat. Get a horse with all its conditions from the auction. Easy points that way. Also, looks like you have some betting ops. Although I hate to bet on 2 yo races . . .
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| 13 | JKaye, Guru Jr.
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Thu, Jun 28, 10:01
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Madman--Light Award, Dynarun Form and Frank Music all have the top jockey at the track. The others have solid jocks as well. I hope you are right, and this helps the horses get over the top and finish in the money.
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| 14 | Madman
ID: 29246911
Thu, Jun 28, 15:44
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JKaye -- check out my record -- 14-14-5. Or something like that. And those 3rd's have usually just been totally out-gunned (Diver J. B. in his 2 3rd's for example).
I think a lot of that has to have something to do with jockey selection. Or it could be a statistical fluke. Too early to really tell. But it SEEMS like if my horses are close, they tend to pull it out.
But I have a feeling that my horses tend to over-perform relative to their histories. I think that's because I run them sharp and run them with good jockeys. At least that's the only explanation I can come up with. I mean, Babified Opossum, based on history, should be throwing multiple 90s, and Light Jupiter is suddenly a consistent 95-97 at dirt sprints? Our Nooses goes from 86 to 92? Etc, etc. But that could be a fluke, too.
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| 15 | Toral
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ID: 475312916
Fri, Jun 29, 16:38
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Aaargh! My (regular) computer has crashed. My advisers so far are divided as to whether it's a short in the modem or a virus. In the latter case, I blame it on this game, since I downloaded something from swirve.com, which I only visited to get an e-mail address for a fourth stable!
I'll likely be posting rarely for the next little while, but I'll catch up eventually.
Ironically I eventually got my e-mail from somewhere else, and toral6 is up. 3-year olds are pretty decent for this time of year, I think. Computer had to be mean and hand me a coupla dogs.
Happy racing.
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| 16 | StLCards
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ID: 2504849
Fri, Jun 29, 16:49
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I've put in for several claimers this week. We'll see what happens. I spent hours going through the horses again trying to find some decent ones that I probably won't get anyway! There is really only 2 or 3 I want, but would begrudginly settle on the others. Even the ones I want aren't sure bets so maybe I will get them. If not, next weeks strategy for claimers will resemble a random number generator.
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| 17 | cab
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ID: 10541722
Fri, Jun 29, 22:34
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Crank up those activity points Cards! :)...I have read several times on the Message board that this helps...Also it is a great advantage if you have a horse running at the track you are claiming from apparently...
I had a tinker with the riding instructions this week...Girlfriend parking is going for the lead ,while the others are going to be "more forward" than what they have been in the past when on jockey select(aside from Red sal who i have left alone...I used the riding option on him in my first week of racing(1019)...He has been injured ever since!..lol)
The reasons why?...After forgetting to put jockey selections in ,i got some crap jockeys...Girlfriend parking is droppping back from 8f to 6.5f and has got out fairly quickly anyway..Hoping to grab the lead and hang on!..Yankee gets a long way back as a rule and there is a horse in this race that will "wire to wire" it i think(no. 1)..He's the only real speed merchant with the rest of the field being closers in general..Despite being a NW2L,there are some horses with real good sp#s in this race..(90's and even 100 +)...The rest..Well, they just haven't done anything yet,i figured a change was in order!!..We shall see..
Actually the number one horse in Yankees race may be a good bet at 4/1..
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| 18 | StLCards
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ID: 3505622
Fri, Jun 29, 22:54
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Madman, I try to make sure I max out my activity pts every week. I think it has more to do with me not having much money and having to go with low level claimers. I search and find the best, but they must be picked over pretty well. Kind of like playing the lottery I guess, and I don't have much luck with that either.
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| 19 | Madman
ID: 29246911
Sat, Jun 30, 01:26
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The low tier claimers are hard to get. Although your best chance is when your stable only has 5 horses, since you then have 5 claim slots. I think I read somewhere that the number of potential claims is limited by the number of open stalls.
This means if you have 1 open stall, you better pick a horse that you have a good chance to get-- because your 2nd-5th choices will be ignored.
I know that this is how the auction works.
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| 20 | Madman
ID: 29246911
Sat, Jun 30, 01:32
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Toral I hope you get this. It's easy to distinguish between a bogus modem and a virus.
Simply unplug the modem and boot. If you don't have any problems, then it's the modem. If you have problems, then it's a virus.
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| 21 | Toral
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ID: 12573011
Sat, Jun 30, 11:13
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Madman20 Thanx for the tip. Sounds reasonable to me. Amazed I didn't think of that. When I first booted (after being unable to connect) things were funny on my screen -- icons and message boards were different sizes etc. I've also gotten messages about corrupted registries, but these might have been caused by my attempts to restore the modem, which included fooling around with the BIOS settings -- oh, woe is me!
In case you see this and are able to respond this afternoon -- much else on my computer seems to work. But if it is a virus, am I correct in thinking that I should leave the computer *off* until I can take it in, to prevent the virus from doing more of whatever it's doing?
I can't imagine using 4 and a half years of stuff. Shouldn't virus creators be executed? I guess that's more for the politics forum....
Toral
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| 22 | Madman
ID: 29246911
Sat, Jun 30, 13:05
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If it's a virus, it's probably already done what it's done. There's a slim chance that it hasn't. But if you've already shutdown and rebooted once, and if you hard-drive isn't continuously whirring, then it's over.
Actually, it sounds to me like you're probably having some other sort of OS failure. Using Windows 98?
Some possibilities:
a) bad sector on hard-drive in a critical system component,
b) that scouring program you used led you to delete something you shouldn't have,
c) Installed some software that accidentally messed with your registry.
Messing around with the BIOS should ever give you a registry error, I don't think. Corrupt registries will happen when you perform incomplete deletes and uninstalls. The registry was Microsofts attempt to get all computer programmers to have a common place where they put all sorts of software preferences. Most professional programs install something to the registry, like default directory locations, default drives, etc.
The only way the registry should have been affected by the modem stuff is if you were doing something software/OS related with it. For example, if you unplug your modem, you may get a warning saying that your modem isn't working or something. But it's not likely.
The most likely explanation is that you've deleted something or somethings that you shouldn't have, IMO.
The problem is what to do about it. Registries in Win 98 and earlier are a big pain in the arse. A complete uninstall and install of your O/S may be the only real solution. But I can't blame you for trying other stuff first.
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| 23 | Madman
ID: 29246911
Sat, Jun 30, 13:06
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Oh, one more thing you could try is a manual cleaning of your registry. It's quite possible that the registry error you're getting really doesn't mean much. You can go to the registry editor by going to run menu (off the start menu) and typing "regedit".
But I don't recommend messing around in there without professional help nearby.
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| 24 | Toral
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ID: 12573011
Sat, Jun 30, 13:21
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Madman 22 Windows 95.
Sorry to all for taking up space with my computer problems, but my access to other computers is limited (I'm using a public library and my time is up as soon as others want my computer -- luckily it's a beautiful day here and everyone but kids playing games have better things to do), and I need to take this advice from Madman while and where I can get it.
Madman -- your diagnosis was my first suspicion. Remember that Uninstaller I installed so I could make room for SSS? (Sob)Well, while I was at Swirve.com I on the spur of the moment downloaded a web accelerator. I tried to install it. A message said that it didn't support my browser. So I uninstalled it, using not Windows but my uninstaller (Power Cleaner 6.0) Foolishly I guess, I didn't make a back-up of it -- not thinking I would ever need it again. Following PC 6.0's actions as it uninstalled, it said it was doing something like 'reversing changes to files Wincelerator had made'. Perhaps it didn't do that right. It was when I next tried to connect to the Net that everything went to hades.
My 2 immediate questions:
1. Is it likely that a computer technician can fix this unknown problem at a reasonable cost?
2. Uninstalling and reinstalling Windows 95 means losing everything, right?
Toral
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| 25 | Madman
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Sat, Jun 30, 15:16
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2. Yes. Although it sounds like you haven't experienced a total crash, so you can hopefully make backups of stuff. It's not a great solution because it's a huge pain. But periodic "starting from fresh" does those older O/S's good, unfortunately. Not sure if this is necessary.
1. This is a hard question. Honestly, this sort of OS problem MIGHT be a very easy fix. Because it might be directly related to what you just said. That makes a lot of sense.
You can tell them to give you an estimate or limits on cost.
Before you do that, it's sounding more like this web accelerator thing might be the real kicker. Do you know which programs it "altered?"
If so, I'd uninstall and re-install those programs. (uninstall using the Windows OS if possible). Probably Internet Explorer, at least, right?
The Win 95 operating system (IIRC, been awhile) uses some pieces from IE, so a reinstall of IE might fix the parts of your OS that are giving you problems.
Can't tell you that it's a 100% shot. Or even 50-50. But cheaper than a consultant, and less drastic than a total clean-out of your harddrive.
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| 26 | Toral
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Sat, Jun 30, 15:27
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Madman 25 Thanks for the excellent suggestion. I know the accelerator looked at IE because it told me that I didn't have an up-to-date enough version of it. Worth a try.
See you guys on my next Web access, Wednesday.
Toral
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| 27 | StLCards
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ID: 3505622
Sat, Jun 30, 15:44
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Toral,
Reinstalling the OS won't kill all your data on your harddrive. If you reformat your HD that is a different story.
You should try running an anti-virus program to see if there is a virus. It may be too late not of course, but you should have an anti-virus sw with current signature files anyway, if you are downloading things from the internet. The next step would be to reinstall Windows95. Taking it to a technician could wind up costing some money. Good luck.
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| 28 | StLCards
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ID: 3505622
Sat, Jun 30, 16:23
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The StLCards1 stable did OK this week. Country Jodie managed to Show in CO just barely holding on. This 8f race might represent her limit.
StLCards1 managed to pick up 3 claimers this week including the one I wanted, # 52025 Nine Rally a Forty Niner progeny who previously was 0/5. Unfortunately he won this race, so that will make it harder than I hoped. Storming Sal, (13282) a 3yo homebred Storm Cat progeny was also claimed as was Dinky Boy (56112)a 3yo Danzig progney. I plan to try Storming Sal on the grass and hope for better results. Dinky Boy came from behind and totally smoked the competition this week so that too is bad for me. Just increases the competition. I think Nine Rally will fare real well, and at least 1 of these should help my stable.
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| 29 | Madman
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Sat, Jun 30, 18:52
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StlCards -- it won't kill the data, but you're going to have re-install all your software. At least if you want it to run properly, no?
Plus, since you'll have to reinstall everything anyway, it's really safer, IMO, to back all the data up, and clean the hard-drive cold. You could have a bad sector or something. Plus, you don't want to fragment the OS anymore than have to, and installing onto a hard-drive stuffed full isn't a good idea, I don't think.
I got shutout of claimers. I'm getting really tired of this claiming business.
I snagged two horses in auction, both of which are just short-term "trying to get points" types.
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| 30 | cab
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ID: 10541722
Sun, Jul 01, 00:46
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As predicted, an uninspiring week for me..Yankee went okay but this field was just too strong for him...The first two placegetters both went over 100sp ...Am going to have to spend more time choosing races for Yankee if i want another win out of him..
Red sal went like a 88/1 shot should do!!
Crowded for water is probably destined for the claiming ranks..
Rules did improve again this week both in sp and placing but realistically is another for claimers.
Still have a few things to try with these two yet though..
Girlfriend parking didn't go any better in the shorter race..A couple of dirt tries for him and he also goes into claimers if nothing improves..
From the claimers i got Louisianna lass who will very shortly become a homebred...Sandy bat is a 7yo who just had her first race(not that good a race either!)but anyway i will tinker with her for a while and if she is no good she will be turned into a homebred as well...Jay theatre is another who has only just began his racing career...Was hoping there would be more improvement in this race and in the future(i think i am going to regret this aquisition!)...
Cab stable gets it's twentieth race this week so Bee stacking hits the fray in week 1089..If i run one of my rtg horses Pepe31 will also let Boldly wrap on the loose...
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| 31 | StLCards
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ID: 3505622
Sun, Jul 01, 01:56
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Only 2 horses Sharp this week out of 3 stables. Country Jodie came back a little groggy so I would take that to mean 8f is maybe a bit much for her?
I will definitely use those train for options from now on, as the ones I set are the ones that are coming up sharp.
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| 32 | JKaye, Guru Jr.
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ID: 4711592917
Sun, Jul 01, 11:20
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Light Award won his maiden with the same speed he came in third last time. And came back a little groggy.
Dynarun Form> ran 80 speed and came home 5th.
Net Can ran 66 and is now off to maiden claimers.
Frank Music ran 72 on off track after 86 last effort and was 9th of 14.
Dixie's Bungess ran a 68 and placed 6 of 13.
Out With colony improved speed from 74 to 81, but only came home 5th of 14. Still the potential is there.
NOTE: I told a friend of mine who likes sim hoops about sim HR, and he had no clue who to get, so I told him to see if he could find any Sunday Silence horses(since I couldn't). He did, and one of them Sixth Deputy ran a 98 in his first start! Anyway, I don't want a 4th stable, but since this guy really isn't that into horse racing, I may sneak in and take control of this one ace horse. ;)
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