Shanthi - Just an FYI.
There is a FF-owned horse entered in Race # 8 tomorrow whose status is Broodmare. The horse is:-
finalfurlong.org/viewhorse.php?horse=6408 (Asterope)
Don’t have time to do them all today, but at least I managed to get over half done. 
- Stained Glass
1: Art Of Love
Here are my picks for Wednesday, Sep 25 [color=red](Starfish horses in red):-
1 Sound Of The Ocean - Stained Glass - Art of Love
2 Morticia - Thunder Dove - Cressant
3 Spring Regatta - Seabury Palace - Gold Meridian
4 Spirit in Code - Skittles - Tallonian
5 La Bebe - Alyglass - Eight Ball
6 Moving Blackwards - Spin The Bottle - Rumor Mill
7 Shadowed Magic - Kashgar - Smooth Singer
8 Rain Dancer - Grand Jury - Fighting Demons
9 Just Because - BareKnuckleDebate - Thrifty Fifty
10 Torero - Riddikulus - Silverthorne
11 Fool For You - Jane Eyre - Brilliant Protege
12 Fire in the Belfry - Triple Threat - Mambo Meister
13 Dark Spell - Double Trick - Arctic Daisy
14 Windlord - Amaretto - Political As Usual
15 Rockslide - King Of Angels - Melkotians
16 D’angelo - Void of Luck - Socialist
17 Silverwingstoflyon - Kiss Me Now - Suchacomedian
18 Five Rivers - Party Doll - Classic Dreamer
19 Sydney Harbour - Lonely Ness - Crownette
20 Hot Danish - Fly Away Home - Boehle
21 Raven’s Glory - Silver ‘n’ Starz - Classic Sin
22 Ring of Smoke - Motifs - Jagged Stone
23 Comediante - Own Opinion - Cherokee Messenger
24 Legendary Glory - Starting Point - Lady Of Winter
25 Forgotten Rites - Little Harbor - Storm Song
26 Firedancer - Kutman - Prince Lymerick
27 Hoodwinked - By My Lonesome - Thinking of You
28 DoubleTheDeelite - Grani - Sea Magic
29 Silver Mage - Seattle Sorceress - Tarkalian Tea
30 Lake Travis - Athykea - Hollywood Dreams
31 Perpetuity - White Chocolate - Leroidesamour
32 Kitten Heels - Almost Found - Song of Eagles
33 Forbidden Jazz - Highland Dancer - Abbies Last Hurrah
34 Angel of Crystal - Jack the Ripper - Taps
35 Taromina - Work Mate - Stovel Kor
36 Greta Garbo - Swanson - Shuttle Craft
37 Wait For The Dream - Meet The Press - March of Honor
38 Three of Twelve - Nassif - Direct Kick
39 Elgin - Skulk - Highland Devil
40 Patriotic Lady - Machair - Stormin Like Crazy
41 Twisted Continent - Alluring Girl - Twirl Top
42 Straticus - Canaan - Gotta Triumph
43 Hard Knockin’ - Essentail Oils - Obsidian Dream
44 Seven Veils - Nairobi - Excessive Passion
45 Song and Sixpence - A.P. Dark Star - [color=Red]Golden Miracle
46 [color=Red]Hogwarts - [color=Red]Last For More - Devil’s Walk
47 Exit Poll - [color=Red]Hogsmeade - Fruitloop
48 Quest For Victory - [color=Red]Sovereign Glory - One of a Kind
49 Coined - Northern Angel - Hidden Ocean
50 City Upon a Hill - Crafty Magic - Out of the Ashes
Wins 14 x $250 = $3500
Places 2 x $100 = $200
Shows 8 x $50 = $400
Exacta (changing this from Quinella to Exacta, because a Quinella is the top 2 in either order and an exacta is the top two in exact order) 4 x $500 = $2000
Trifecta 6 x $1000 = $6000
Total: $12,100
TOTAL FOR SEPTEMBER SO FAR: $59,850
Today’s Handicapping
Wins 14 x $250 = $3,500
Places 7 x $100 = $700
Shows 5 x $50 = $250
Quinellas 5 x $500 = $2,500
Trifectas 5 x $1000 = $5,000
Total $11,950
Total so far for September is $23,600 for the first 4 racedays using the my old system and $32,150 for the last 3 racedays using my (Chicago and North Oak Farms influenced) new system.
Even considering the extra time needed to work out my picks, it is very much worth it.
Had horses down in the wrong order a lot this time. Still can’t complain about the results, especially because I didn’t handicap all 50 races.
Wins: 13 x 250 = $3,250
Places: 2 x 100 = $200
Shows: 2 x 50 = $100
Quinellas: 1 x 500 = $500
Trifectas: 2 x 1000 = $2,000
Total: $6,050
Even though I had 5 Trifectas, I also had quite a few races where my picks finished 2-1-3 or 1-3-2 and 2 races where they finished 3-2-1. If there was a “bet” where you had to pick the first 3 home in any order, I would probably have had about 12 of them.
I find it amusing that you would say this, given that your horses’ earnings so far this year are $43,796,900 - the extra $5,000 or so per race day has to be chump change! Now, if you’re talking about worth it in terms of excitement/satisfaction about getting more picks right, I definitely understand. I just can’t imagine having as much money as you do, and being motivated to handicap based on the money. I’m currently on a handicapping hiatus due to time constraints, but my favorite part of handicapping was that it made race days more exciting, going through each race result (increasing my suspense/anticipation for races my horses were actually in), and getting excited when I got quinellas and trifectas, or a bunch of wins in a row.
I’ve never really thought about it but suspect that you are right. I guess that it is the excitement. I probably make about as much in handicapping in a year as my horses earn in a week, but, the suspense, satisfaction and anticipation is what keeps drawing me to it. When I first started in FF and was struggling for money, handicapping was a good way to boost my Bank Balance. It just became a force of habit to do it each raceday, and now, to me, it is a part of the FF experience. I like to see how well I can predict the race results every day, and I like to see how I do in comparison to everybody else.
In the words of my 5yo, “HOLY COWY MOLY!”
You make $40m a year? I can’t even fathom that amount. Educate us!
I see you have, like, 100 racers. How do you keep them all straight? I get overwhelmed approaching 30!