Enjoyed reading it too, I\'m sure you are aware but with 50 cent tris you should break your bets out that way to protect from the tax man (you may have already planned this). Granted, if you do hit most of those combinations will probably pay more than the limit on 50 cent anyway, but just make sure to protect yourself from Uncle Sam as much as possible!
Strange they allowed the 50 cent tris but super min is $1.
Also interested in your thoughts on the Woodford, that is one of the most challenging races I think I\'ve ever seen. Not knowing the condition of the surface just makes it even more difficult, especially considering the course if firm (!) today after 6 inches of rain over the last 4 days. I\'d love to see Rahystrada come back into form at a huge price, but he is an older horse now and might be getting long in the tooth.
The one horse I\'d disagree with you on is Twinspired. Harlan\'s Holiday is not nearly the confirmed turf sire many of the others in this field are and while his only dirt try looks awful it was also during a time when his non-dirt figures weren\'t really that great either and he made big improvements since. His dirt try was also in the middle of December, and who knows, maybe there were sub zero wind chills and he didn\'t like it. I realize this is kind of a reach excuse-wise, but the price is right to consider it.
It has been a few months since his 3 at Turfway, and if he finds the conditions more to his liking and can run back to that and/or improve slightly here, he merits consideration. If the track is drying out and favoring closers with most of the speed tiring, this is one that could really be moving at the end. Good Luck!
