Between Patent and I, I came out ahead, losing about $350, while Patent lost something over $400. I'm not sure how much of this difference is attributable to the actual superiority of the TG figures, but looking at the results, one would have to weigh that in somewhere.

Certainly my betting strategy was a huge factor, where I was able to make more of my one win while still managing to skillfully get just enough of those scratches to stay comfortably ahead.

Probably my best play was the late scratch I scored on Peeping Tom (who would have won), which maintained my scratch parity given David's masterful $180 return on the scratch of Transcendental, on which I was sucking wind, having gotten back about $80 less. But in such a close game, it's always that one little thing that the more masterful player does to win that makes the difference, as it was here, and my 'in' with the vet clinched it.

I thought Nunzio won overall with $500 on Gygistar. Math is not what I'm good at (okay, I'm not very good at handicapping either - although I would imagine I did just as well, if not better, than the guys who get paid to put their picks in the paper).

By the way, that parlay stuff was WAY out of line.

Wait till next year. HP