Chad was 0 for 2 on Dirt on Saturday. One trailed throughout and never looked interested. The other, Occult, ran fairly well but ended up 3rd but never looked to be a winner. Molesap, I always enjoy intelligent posts that add to the handicapping of a race.

Shanahan,

No BC this year. My friends and I (group of 7 Friday and 13 Saturday) from the area are going to Churchill for BC weekend. They do a solid job of spacing their live races between the BC races and switching back the feed in between each. It gets us all out of town for a weekend, get to spend time together, and still get to see live racing and the BC simulcast. Our experiences at SA for BC years back have been pretty good but some BC experiences have been awful esp last year and it is way overpriced. I'd rather spend my travel/hotel/dining money on Oaks and Derby weekend live and in person than on BC live without a doubt.

Hope all is well your way. I've booked my plane ticket for Southwest weekend at Oaklawn already and have a good group going. Also booked my FOY tickets. Hope you make it and I'm sure I'll show up and surprise you once or twice during the OP meet at the last minute (aka Rebel or Ark Derby likely haha).