Big A cancels; It's Not for Love pays 11-1

Cancellation of the Big A card because of frozen temperatures warmed my heart with an opportunity to score on an historic monster mover at Gulfstream Park. I have caught It's Not for Love both times that she was a go. This was no different. The mare was coming off two moves and returning to her favorite 1 1/16 distance on the turf. She paid $23.6, 10, 5.8. A textbook mover.

Mover Living a Dream, $48, thanks to Luzzi

Don't know how solid jock Mike Luzzi fell out of favor with this punter. But, after his ride on 23-1 Living Out a Dream for Jennifer Pedersen in today's fifth race at Aqueduct, Luzzi is now on my favored list. It was undoubtedly his perseverance against three other contenders through the stretch that made 'Dream' a winner. A small across-the-board wager returned balloons, including exacta, and a daily double wheel into the sixth. Hindsight is 20/20 vision. Next time Luzzi rides a mover, I'll load up on the wager..

$erpa no Surprise

Don't say we didn't tell you. Angel Serpa is the real deal. In a previous post at the beginning of the Big A meet (December 10), I recommended that players pay particular attention to any horse ridden by the phenom . There are few decent tips in this game. But I gave you one of them.

Serpa has been the source of several huge hits for me this meet, including two pick-three singles: Strummer ($!6.6) yesterday and mover Star Over Malibu ($20.20) --one of three winners--today. The apprentice rides like a journeyman. Nuff said!

Knowledge Power ditto

The few players who regularly read this blog need only look to my previous post to understand how I 'confidently' picked the 9-1 winner in today's first "dog" race at Aqueduct. Monster Boots won by open lengths, was a wheel in the upcoming daily double and a single in the first pick three. Why? Trainer Benjamin Perkins…an under rated master conditioner. The horse did not qualify with a monster move. But in a field as bad as this one, it was worth a decent wager.

Unicorn Girl continues move streak at Big A

Unicorn Girl, $27.4, 8.8, 6.2 in Aqueduct's fourth race, made three days in a row that a NY monster mover won at gratifying double digits. The mare, sent off at 12-1, benefited from a heady ride by CC Lopez who drove her to the fast- rail to just nip odds-on Positive Prospect, Trainer Ben Perkins is a master of the tactic so I loaded up on this wager: surrounding doubles, across the board mutuels, double exacta. Knowledge is power.

One Brave Cat fills me up in Big A second

Two monster moves in the second at the Big A. Shamroge opened at 6-5. Ed Lotruglio's One Brave Cat, Bocachica up, went postward at 17-1. Easy decision. Cat was never threatened in completing a $71 double with first race odds-on horse. Main meal mutuels of $35.2, 9.8, with a $196 exacta as gravy. Dessert will be served next as the smallest double in my wheel is $168. I'm full!

3rd race observation: Broadway Producer and More than a Reason, don't like to win. We'll see!

Wadi Suki, Ezzy get 2010 off to a bang!

Two monster movers, at the big A, got the new year off to a profitable start. In the last race on January 1, Wadi Suki lead wire-to-wire for a return of $34 , 12.8 and 6.9. Jockey Souza's first win of the meet. Time to watch trainer Gary Contessa.

Ezzy, trained by Bernardo Callejas and ridden by jockey Hill, wired the field to complete a $401 first double, yesterday and paid mutuels of $47.8, 13.4 and 8.20.

Hello 2010. I'm ahead for the whole year (sic).