The holiday season got away from me this year so no holiday cards to many on here as I sent last year.

Happy Holidays to everyone I've met on here.

Can't name them all but esp the backyard crew at Saratoga as up there Xmas comes early for me every year: Uncle Bill most of all as well as Jerry. Alan I hope to see you this summer of 2020. I've already started buying airplanes tickets while they are cheap.

Thanks to everyone that made this year another fantastic year for traveling to watch racing.

Shanahan: You are on deck at Oaklawn that I may see next. Hope you have recovered well from your surgery?

But thinking opening weekend at OP, Fountain of Youth to see the FrankD crew he has organized, Rebel, Ark Derby, (Bluegrass a maybe at moment), already bought Derby tickets and certainly Saratoga twice is on the list. Preakness is a maybe this year.

Hope everyone has a wonderful and meaningful holiday season. Like richiebee, I look at racing less than I used to (more than him still probably). But I still love attending the big events.

All that being said, Oaklawn is going to be a meet to follow with LARGE pools compared to past years. This will be a meet any player can follow periodically and find some terrific angles. Hoping I can follow it very, very closely as I did in '17 and '18.

(Santa Anita opening day moved to Saturday I hear).

Tis the season to find some winners.