[JLG]

Thank you for all the well wishes. Didn't quit my job, perhaps if there were a few more zeros at the end of the payout I would have.

As far as pace line selection, I am somewhat still finding what works for me. I have read a lot of the articles, but here are the basics

- I almost always start off with more than one pace line (again, Tim Y gets some props) for each horse if they are available. Later in my analysis, I will whittle it down many times because I don't think the projected pace will fit that race, the horse is going off form, etc..
- I am not afraid to go back more than 3 or 4 races, particularly if a horse is coming into their 2nd or 3rd race off a long layoff, and is improving in energy and %med.
- Turf I use pizzolo method, or at least my understanding of it. At least that is my starting point.
- I leave horses in the selections that I think have no shot, mostly because I want to see if they will effect the early pace to make an E type contender vulnerable.
- Some of it is non rdss and pace line related. Alex Solis going to the 9 horse in the Del Mar Oaks for example (which didn't pan out, but I considered it enough to use that horse). I also own a horse or two at times with some friends, and we have gotten to know many of the trainers and assistant trainers in southern Cal. I am not afraid to give them a call to get their opinions, particularly on maidens and first timers.

I will say it is unorthodox, as I am still finding my way sometimes, and race two is a good example of that. The race was on the poly track, but I used a turf line on the #2 horse. I did this mainly because the horse was improving, in my opionion, even if it was on the turf. I couldn't find any poly lines that looked like they would fit, and turf form has transferred to the poly track. I put him in there.