Full of Run

Well, I am slowly getting back into the swing of things here. Thanks to all those who showed us support and had patience during my Dad’s illness (which is not over). Today is Thursday, September 4th, and I will use the next few days as well as the weekend to get totally caught up.

The first order of business will be a slight restructuring of the podcast schedule. In speaking with a few advisors, I learned that it was probably a little too ambitious to start off offering two podcasts per week. Not only is it difficult to simply keep up that schedule, it is also a challenge to keep a twice-weekly podcast listenable. So, once a week it is. Without comitting at the moment, I am thinking that Thursday afternoon is the best time to release the show. That way, the upcoming weekend’s races are taking shape, and I can still reference the previous weekend without being too out of date. Of course, I’ll need to post regular blog entries here and there as well.

Today Jess Jackson announced that Curlin will make his next start in the Jockey Club Gold Cup at Belmont on September 27th. It is a great race, rich in history, that Curlin will be attempting to win for the second time. My only complaint about the race, which I bring up every year, is that it is very difficult for me to say “Jockey Club Gold Cup.” I suppose we are all luck that this is a blog post rather than a podcast.

I recently read some of the most informative handicapping information I have ever come across. Well, it’s not really handicapping information; it involves money management. Managing the “business end” of one’s handicapping is easily the most difficult part of this game. It is easily 50% or more of the recipe for success. I’ll post more about this topic as well as where I got it in a future post/podcast.

Thanks again to everyone who has been so patient with me during this time. The world keeps spinnin’ ’round, and I’ll try to cover our little portion of it the best I can.