SARATOGA SCORECARDYou can compare the standings at the halfway point at this link. And you can see the scorecard through the end of Week Five at this link.
The final scorecard for 2003 is here.
Note: Discrepancies in total number of races played is due to some handicappers losing races due to scratches or adding races with simulcast plays.
Kudos to Tom Cunningham of the Times-Union for repeating as the top man on the totem pole. Last season he topped Russ Harris of the NY Daily News 128-121. This year however it was more of a battle to the wire. Bill Taylor of The Saratogian gave Mr Cunningham all he could ask for with Taylor only one-win behind heading into the last day of racing. Both competitors were up to the challenge -- and both had exceptional afternoons, each scoring five times on the card. Great job on top.
The next pack -- in the 107-113 range -- also had a spirited battle over the last few days. Those positions, #3 through #10, were juggling back and forth among the players all weekend long and the final order was undecided well into Monday's card. Eventually the show spot was grabbed by the Troy Record's Nick Kling who had three straight winners on top to end the meet.
Last year Merrow's win-bets returned $702.90 after 343 races. This year, after the same 343 races, a $2 win bet on each Merrow top pick would have returned $731.90.
It's worth noting that a mere $1.20 behind Merrow was the Post-Star's Brownell. Since the beginning of 2004 Merrow and Brownell have been the Saturday afternoon handicapping team on Capital OTB's 'Prime Time Live' television program. In fact, upstate NY viewers of Capital OTB's television network can watch the programming with a certain degree of confidence as five of the top ten handicappers on the list below are regulars on the weekly TV schedule: Merrow, Brownell and Kling, as well as Mark Cusano of the Daily [Schenectady] Gazette and John Pricci of The Saratogian.
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Tom Cunningham Albany Times Union |
122-343 |
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Bill Taylor Saratogian |
121-346 |
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Nick Kling Troy Record/Saratogian |
113-345 ... $708.90 |
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Mark Cusano Daily [Schenectady] Gazette |
112-346 |
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Mike Jarboe Albany Times Union |
112-343 |
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Debbie L NY Post |
111-342 ... 635.70 |
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Seth Merrow Best Bets - equidaily.com |
110-343 ... $731.90 |
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Kyle Brownell Post-Star [Glens Fall NY] |
108-343 ... $730.70 |
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Dave Little NY Daily News |
108-344 ... $594.40 |
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John Pricci Saratogian |
107-344 |
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Eric DeGrechie Saratogian |
104-346 ... $591.30 |
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Russ Harris NY Daily News |
104-344 ... $561.00 |
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Tom Law Saratogian |
103-346 |
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Tim Wilkin Albany times Union |
101-343 |
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Matt Graves Albany Times Union |
99-343 |
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Bill Heller Daily [Schenectady] Gazette |
99-346 |
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Bev Swimm Albany Times Union |
99-343 |
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Mark Hoffman The Recorder [Amsterdam NY] |
96-345 ... $642.60 |
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Sherry Ross NY Daily News |
96-341 ... $580.30 |
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Ed Fountaine NY Post |
95-343 ... $658.30 |
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Mike Lipack NY Daily News |
88-342 ... 696.20 |
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Jerry Bossert NY Daily News |
84-343 ... $484.20 |
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John DaSilva NY Post |
83-343 .. $561.00 |
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Vic C NY Post |
82-342 ... $619.40 |
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Tom V NY Post |
65-276 ... $466.50 |
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