Racing New Years Resolutions?

My resolution is to closely follow my 2 yr old filly's progress and training and to make sure that Iam present when she runs her first race in SoCal next fall. Hopefully she will break her maiden on this first outing!....

Added Info: Hey Jess! Make sure you wager some of your money on the progeny of "Good Journey" He's a great stallion in AussieLand as you probably know. He's now on his second crop of youngsters here in America.

...Billy Ray

Definitely to be more selective with my punting dollar. Instead of spending an afternoon at the local pub-tab and more times than not going home with less money than I started the day with, I intent to only have a wager on a horse when Im almost certain it will return a dividend. That could mean waiting weeks on end for the right bet.

I had a great year this year...Your resolutions are my resolutions, plus beside the norm..I'm going to pay more attention to..

- Workouts

- Turf vs. Dirt- Horses are either main track horses or turf horses, not both. It is very rare that a horse will run well on both surfaces. Breeding plays a major factor here, as there are physical aspects of a horse which make the horse better on the turf or dirt.

- Track Condition- Even though I do now, I plan on taking track condition more into consideration.

- Class Drop-downs - I do usually take this into considering normally, however, I've notice more so then in the past, that horses that are significantly dropping in class from their last race, are usually a threat. Most significant class drops are, Maiden Special Weight to cheap Maiden Claiming, Claiming to another Claiming with a significantly lower claiming price, Allowance to Claiming and Graded Stakes to Allowance or Claiming. Normally, I just get into stake racing, but if time permits I like to dabble in these as well.

- Layoffs- I noted a lot of Layoffs this past year. And, noted if the horse(s) last race was coming off a layoff, the horse is bound to improve this time out. The past race was "needed" and will usually not indicate the horse's true ability. In the past performance section if a race was coming back from a layoff..going to pay more attention to this.

Usually, I pay attention to the basics (as well as in the above) and do quite well..however, I want to incorporate more to my handicapping skill as to incorporate more of the above than normally..if I don't improve or get worse, I will then go back to the basics and what I know...Good Question for us race fans..

Best in 2010 :)

put more money on Black Piranha,Rafael Nadal and the Cronulla Sharks

my goal is to barrel race, because i love to go fast, but it is just a faint hope, because i am only 13...ugg, why does being young have to hold you back so much?

Have more $ on Black Caviar.