Thanks nc, but all of the credit for the sheet reads goes to you & Henry, particularly when it comes to the 9-1 winner of the 7th at Dmr, which was the race where I used my last optional play. Henry was ahead of me at the time, and even though he liked the horse as well, suggested I put the horse on my entry since: he had three bullets remaining, there were still three races left at Dmr, & that would be the best strategy for the team. Quite a gesture from the kind of guy it's nice to have as a partner.

Henry's clutch plays down the stretch after learning he still needed $20 or so to qualify were more impressive than anything I did on Sunday. Assuming I copied it down correctly, there's a brief story at http:www.emdowns.com/?cat=6&id=1321&type=news

The real contest story of the weekend, however, was John Buckley playing one entry to win the Gold Coast & take home the $80k 1st prize check for the 2nd yr in a row. Previously, no one had ever won what I learned is a grueling 3 day contest twice, which makes John's back to back victories even more impressive & improbable than the feat I've always thought was number one, namely winning two nhc qualifying contests on the same day, something Bill Shurman, who won the $6k entry Dmr contest on Sun, was able to do when he won the Youbet online contest while he was winning the Bradley Autotote contest three or four yrs ago.

At least we won't have to deal with those two at the Cnl contest on Sat, although I see that team Wolfson is now entered. I haven't recovered yet from this past weekend, but I'm already looking forward to Sat. See you then.