Well it's back to what I do best and the Top Ten Selections rule! We found the top three in each race at one track was redundant to the player since this feature has been a fixture in the DRF for as long as ever and I needed to present a clearer picture of what I do and this way the percentages are yours to judge. Yesterday back to those basics grabbed three winners, $8.60, $9.80 and $4.20 plus three others on the board showing a nice return on the Top Ten.
Some big news to come out with next months newsletter, hope you getting it, most find it a in your face update of some thoughts on handicapping with a sense of direction where The Track Maitre D is headed in this industry and why you should be on board be it on line for the 12 months offer or playing by the day. No pie in the sky as we stated before just basic winning selections more often than anyone and ALL YEAR LONG.

Where does the time go, can't believe the Preakness is gone, yes had the winner and the exacta but still hovering lower than normal on stats, more in the 40% range but still cashing tickets and making money. Thanks for the input about the full card we are agreeing with the responders and returning to the Top Ten format North to South and Coast to Coast at the end of this month. You will still see many selections from the New York tracks but not the top three in each race. I ran with some exactas and got good coverage with the card but prefer to crack the top ten for real results. Interestingly enough one of yesterdays picks was nosed out for a $20 winner that was my second choice. Just last week the Sunday phone gang also hit a large one that seemed to make the day by what you emailed me. Stay with it, the excitement builds and this sport is alive and growing look at the TV audience on Sat or the excitement about the return of Hialeah we need say no more. With The Track Maitre D your always at the post for winners week after week all year long!

Well they say do what you do well and the rest is history. Pushed to spend more time on reporting stats than I wanted to has indeed produced an interesting scenario as follows.......When you look at the Top Ten Selections vs the full card the numbers knock you over. Yes my numbers rival others for the top three in each race at any track but that's not what got me going down this road and hoping for some feedback and if received I may go back to day one and offer only my Top Ten Selections. Those stats for last week had me in at over 30% winners and over 60% hitting the board, I made money your had too! Wed I was in with 6 winners and 3 other on the board out of 10 picks, and looks like the trend continues as yesterday I again had 6 winners and 3 others on the board out of 9..........stay tuned.

No sooner do I pick Eddie and the rest is history, leaving the Doctors office today, sick by the pull out of my choice but really visiting Dr M to get this cold on track and off my back. No surprise to those who call in as I sounded like a cheap hood yesterday reading off my picks. Anyway , as I was leaving the receptionist put me on the dime noticing my New York OTB shirt and said " give me a winner for Saturday, we going to a Derby party. Now if you have ever been to the Derby you know no one can host a party to compare to the real thing but these millions of groups all over the world are what will keep horse racing alive so of course I oblige two fold. For the Oaks I give her, Justwhistledixie and encourage her on with a lean towards Pioneerof the Nile, because everyone knows to paraphrase Mr Baffert RIDE A HORSE NOT A COWBOY.

What a day, we move foreword to the "Big Tree" at Belmont and of course what are we hitting. Soft at times but still 127-29-71 and 43-19-28 keep paying for parking but not going to cover the bar tab this year at Siros yet the rolling bets keep the payoffs good enough to play another day. I like my old system and think that this months newsletter will spend a little time on it so you can perhaps try to push the chalk and get some cash for the ride home.
Many of my sunshine buddies are headed back north and should be in line at the simulcst for the Derby but there will be several hundred crammed in with me for what should be an interesting race. To take a shot here would be rash with some things that still need to play out but I can't get past Square Eddie and like the name of two of my followers he should be the contender. Love the jock and remember back in 2004 when he took Birdstone out our the darkness at Saratoga to the wire I believe the combination is a sure winner. Well there you have it one free pick that will be on the line and email Friday night as the day opens at Churchill Downs for the run for the roses.

Well you know that everyday is a learning experience and this format was designed to get and give some input and run with it accordingly however the questions arrive daily at the email and I'm not complaining since I know your out there when you prob those questions every week. I will therefore use this space to highlight the running stats that so many of you want. I thought that running the selections hits and misses with a nod to the highs such as the $ 248 tri on Sat 4/18 was enough to get you calling but if you need more your gone to get it. I will list the same format that you see so often under other handicappers selections.
NUMBER OF RACES PICKED*NUMBER OF TOP PICKED WINNERS*NUMBER OF PICKED FINISHES IN THE MONEY
Compare if you wish I know my stats are for real and not the pie in the sky multi thousand winners claimed by others.
By the way last week, Wed to Sun with weather that should have had its own show on the Weather Channel I had 106/ 29/ 68 STAY TUNED

Winners coast to coast and South to North is what you would expect from The Track Maitre D and you got it, we slammed them with 6 for 9 at the big A in one afternoon and hit 5 for 10 on the top selections as well. We need to mention the weather, it can and has been a factor and you should always know that what you receive or hear from The Track Maitre D is based on what I believe is the best horse in the race on paper from my experience and our tracking and in house handicapping programs , however old mother nature can mix it up and has this last week so go to the window accordingly. I know "sour faced Joe" a follower has taken the selections and run the picks into exacta wheels and done very nicely, he hit two at Gulfstream yesterday each paying over $100 with Algeiba in the first and Voodoo Momma in the eighth that may even put a smile on his face. Some callers are not realizing that if they dial in several times a month it pays to get the 12 month package, either way its a deal and what ever works for you just do it, winning with me day in and day out, action and winner's all year long.