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	<title>Comments on: Saturday Derby Shakeups</title>
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		<title>By: Kevin Stafford</title>
		<link>http://theaspiringhorseplayer.com/2008/04/19/saturday-derby-shakeups/#comment-1289</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Apr 2008 02:03:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#039;m actually the same way, Zenca.  That&#039;s one of the reasons I&#039;m so fond of journalists/public handicappers like Ron Correll of the State Journal-Register and always link back to him where I can.   The guy taught me so much by patiently answering all of my off-the-wall questions.  

I&#039;m starting to rethink my use of tags/categories as well and may spend a healthy weekend updating mine.  It&#039;d be a huge undertaking though.  Not really sure I&#039;m up for it.  I&#039;m definitely using more tags now than before as they do seem to drive google traffic.  

I&#039;ll always stay positive, buddy.  Here&#039;s hoping your year has been a bit better as well.  It had been tough treading from where we last left off.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;m actually the same way, Zenca.  That&#8217;s one of the reasons I&#8217;m so fond of journalists/public handicappers like Ron Correll of the State Journal-Register and always link back to him where I can.   The guy taught me so much by patiently answering all of my off-the-wall questions.  </p>
<p>I&#8217;m starting to rethink my use of tags/categories as well and may spend a healthy weekend updating mine.  It&#8217;d be a huge undertaking though.  Not really sure I&#8217;m up for it.  I&#8217;m definitely using more tags now than before as they do seem to drive google traffic.  </p>
<p>I&#8217;ll always stay positive, buddy.  Here&#8217;s hoping your year has been a bit better as well.  It had been tough treading from where we last left off.</p>
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		<title>By: zenca3</title>
		<link>http://theaspiringhorseplayer.com/2008/04/19/saturday-derby-shakeups/#comment-1281</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2008 05:26:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[How about you just add a note at the end of every post: &quot;Put $10 on so-and so-horse for such and such to win&quot; (or whatever the terminology is) for us horse racing newbies? Just kidding! I&#039;m not that interested in the gambling part, just nice to watch horses. They&#039;re such beautiful animals.

Besides, I&#039;m more of a learn by seeing, hearing and &lt;strong&gt;asking questions&lt;/strong&gt; type of person AND not by reading (which is unfortunate as I have bought many astrology books recently... lol)

I&#039;m still getting used to the new Wordpress--the Tag box is irritating as I repeat a lot of tags, but I guess that is my main complaint so it&#039;s not too bad.

Hope the year gets better for you. Remember to stay positive and things can&#039;t get you down!]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>How about you just add a note at the end of every post: &#8220;Put $10 on so-and so-horse for such and such to win&#8221; (or whatever the terminology is) for us horse racing newbies? Just kidding! I&#8217;m not that interested in the gambling part, just nice to watch horses. They&#8217;re such beautiful animals.</p>
<p>Besides, I&#8217;m more of a learn by seeing, hearing and <strong>asking questions</strong> type of person AND not by reading (which is unfortunate as I have bought many astrology books recently&#8230; lol)</p>
<p>I&#8217;m still getting used to the new WordPress&#8211;the Tag box is irritating as I repeat a lot of tags, but I guess that is my main complaint so it&#8217;s not too bad.</p>
<p>Hope the year gets better for you. Remember to stay positive and things can&#8217;t get you down!</p>
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		<title>By: Kevin Stafford</title>
		<link>http://theaspiringhorseplayer.com/2008/04/19/saturday-derby-shakeups/#comment-1274</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Apr 2008 14:22:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Man...looks like I&#039;ve been slacking on my replies to comments here.  My apologies guys. 

@Kanadianbacon - Big Brown does appear to be a worthy favorite now.  Still, I have a feeling we&#039;ll get some good drama leading up to the Derby.   It won&#039;t be like last year, but their will be plenty of folks shying away from a Derby favorite with just 3 races under his belt (doubt I&#039;ll be one of them though - he just looks too impressive).   Post position draw could make or break his chances.  I&#039;m still convinced the 2 hole did Curlin in last year.  

@ Paul - glad to hear at least one person won&#039;t think I&#039;m crazy.   It&#039;s very hard to &quot;rank&quot; #&#039;s 2, 3, and 4 in my opinion as you could have Colonel John, Pyro, and Gayego in any of those spots in my opinion.  It may get a bit more interesting if Eight Belles and Proud Spell toss their hats into the ring though.   What a story it would be if a filly won the Derby?  

@ Zenca - LOL - that just means I&#039;ve been slacking.  I&#039;m supposed to be making it easier for outsiders to understand the game and the terminology.  Give me two days of undivided attention and I&#039;d turn you into a horse player for sure!   Will you at least be watching the Derby in two weeks (May 3)?  You&#039;ve got to - it will all start to make sense then. 

I actually hadn&#039;t seen your reply.  Kind of lost track of my comments across other blogs when WP did the whole re-engineering of our dashboards here.  It&#039;s been a rough year for horses indeed.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Man&#8230;looks like I&#8217;ve been slacking on my replies to comments here.  My apologies guys. </p>
<p>@Kanadianbacon &#8211; Big Brown does appear to be a worthy favorite now.  Still, I have a feeling we&#8217;ll get some good drama leading up to the Derby.   It won&#8217;t be like last year, but their will be plenty of folks shying away from a Derby favorite with just 3 races under his belt (doubt I&#8217;ll be one of them though &#8211; he just looks too impressive).   Post position draw could make or break his chances.  I&#8217;m still convinced the 2 hole did Curlin in last year.  </p>
<p>@ Paul &#8211; glad to hear at least one person won&#8217;t think I&#8217;m crazy.   It&#8217;s very hard to &#8220;rank&#8221; #&#8217;s 2, 3, and 4 in my opinion as you could have Colonel John, Pyro, and Gayego in any of those spots in my opinion.  It may get a bit more interesting if Eight Belles and Proud Spell toss their hats into the ring though.   What a story it would be if a filly won the Derby?  </p>
<p>@ Zenca &#8211; LOL &#8211; that just means I&#8217;ve been slacking.  I&#8217;m supposed to be making it easier for outsiders to understand the game and the terminology.  Give me two days of undivided attention and I&#8217;d turn you into a horse player for sure!   Will you at least be watching the Derby in two weeks (May 3)?  You&#8217;ve got to &#8211; it will all start to make sense then. </p>
<p>I actually hadn&#8217;t seen your reply.  Kind of lost track of my comments across other blogs when WP did the whole re-engineering of our dashboards here.  It&#8217;s been a rough year for horses indeed.</p>
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		<title>By: zenca3</title>
		<link>http://theaspiringhorseplayer.com/2008/04/19/saturday-derby-shakeups/#comment-1266</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Apr 2008 06:28:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lol, every time I go on here it seems like you guys are speaking another language :) I don&#039;t understand other sports talk either...

Hi, Kevin, how&#039;s it going? Did you ever read my response to your last post regarding taking care of yourself as this is going to be a bad year for horse signs? (I discovered how to answer posts by editing original posts and maybe you never got my response. I also found out how to increase the number of viewable comments.)

My friend who is a horse says that she is having the worst year ever! Hope yours is faring much better.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Lol, every time I go on here it seems like you guys are speaking another language <img src='http://s0.wp.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' />  I don&#8217;t understand other sports talk either&#8230;</p>
<p>Hi, Kevin, how&#8217;s it going? Did you ever read my response to your last post regarding taking care of yourself as this is going to be a bad year for horse signs? (I discovered how to answer posts by editing original posts and maybe you never got my response. I also found out how to increase the number of viewable comments.)</p>
<p>My friend who is a horse says that she is having the worst year ever! Hope yours is faring much better.</p>
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		<title>By: paul</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Apr 2008 03:38:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[lets see, your dream and my futures bets, perfect together.
so rooms in lexington are $3000 per night and big brown as
the favorite will have history as the favorite against him. i&#039;m sorry
war pass and the other fella are out as they could have pumped the
odds making gayego an even more rewarding bet. you realize this horse 
has had just 5 life time starts and has only succumbed once to a soft 
poly track and the other time to human error?
racing luck and mike smith say this horse is destiny. furthermore
he is a LOCK @ 1 1/16 in Johnwatersland.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>lets see, your dream and my futures bets, perfect together.<br />
so rooms in lexington are $3000 per night and big brown as<br />
the favorite will have history as the favorite against him. i&#8217;m sorry<br />
war pass and the other fella are out as they could have pumped the<br />
odds making gayego an even more rewarding bet. you realize this horse<br />
has had just 5 life time starts and has only succumbed once to a soft<br />
poly track and the other time to human error?<br />
racing luck and mike smith say this horse is destiny. furthermore<br />
he is a LOCK @ 1 1/16 in Johnwatersland.</p>
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