Still:

Handicapped Wednesday's card when the form and TGs came available Sunday night.
Looked forward to seeing ETD run and cashing a bet. About to leave the house at
11:30 for the ride to Belmont when the phone rings.

Its my job and they have a big project and could I come in and work for 12
hours. Since the only thing that makes me angrier than passing an opportunity
to get some overtime is thinking of someone else making that money instead of
me,I peel out of my jeans, get corporate and go to work (after stopping of
course at NYC OTB to make a deposit).

So I just got home at 4:30 and cranked up the replay. Durkin says ETD is "hard
held at the back of the pack" and they hang up a half mile fraction of 49 and
this is not where you want a stretch out sprinter to be. I am feeling pretty
good about having decided to go to work about now.

Will have to watch the gallop out on a decent monitor to see if this colt and I
have any future.

POST SCRIPT: Just looked at the charts... 7 to frickin 5 on this horse?
And Contessa wins the feature with a reformed NYB slow rat carrying penal
weight off of a NYB stake win? Thank god I worked today... it would have been a
long ride home from Belmont. I'VE HAD IT WITH THIS GAME...until Saturday at
least.