One last thing and then I will depart the board forever having spoken my piece. Today at Belmont where the races were taken off the turf, it was evident in the comments by Steve Mathews in Newsday that he was handicapping races that were taken OFF the turf. Same in the Daily News and NY Post. Guess who the only handicappers who made Turf picks for Belmont's Sunday card. If you guessed the guys who charge $25 for their picks...bingo...you win the prize. For $1 cause it was Sunday's paper....during the week it only cost 35 cents....I got the picks of handicappers with enough responsibility to their patrons to make picks for prevailling conditions. For $25 you didn't have that same "edge".



James Howard