Hilarious. Thank you for my first out-loud laugh of the morning (as opposed to the ones that are only in my head).

did you take off your shirt again???

Hey Lori it's in the 40's today here in Chicago and with 2 weeks of sub zero weather it feels like 60. Still would rather be celebrating Fat Tuesday on your balcony than here. My God Fort Lauderdale is a nice place.

Holy shiat! (No pun intended. :p )

haha no... this time i didnt have an undershirt on!

I am glad you finally can go outside again.. its been chilly here lately.. right now prolly high 60's low 70's.

Come back down for the florida derby!!!

;) i wish all flying rats were extinct!

LOL well most people here definately didnt agree with the way i dress when i posted a win picture from this past winter@hawthorne. i guess only ateam and me are the only ghetto fabulous ones here. so with dat being said southside leave dat mutha f'n mouthwide

LOL! Very good one Dell!

It is hot in West Palm Beach right now. It is probably in the 80s. I want to go lay out in the sun and bake!

yes it has warmed up today... very nice!

I guess I shouldn't have posted that and had some consideration for others that aren't so lucky right now. It is just what I was thinking as I was driving back from getting some Chick Fil A for lunch.

haha.. well all the DT'ers are welcome to move to florida!

we can all hang out with Steve Byk and Sweetnorthernsaint at gulfstream

Most of the Generalizations are true.

I'm 25 and from Suburban Minneapolis. I'am single... and it might have something to do that I spend a lot of times at Canterbury on the weekends. But, I don't stay so late that I can't go meet friends for a drink around 10 or so.

To maybe take it in a different direction, at least for me- I'am independent enough where I can spend the $$$ on gambling right now. No wife and kids to direct my $$$ towards. One day hopefully I'll meet a nice woman (or a Cajun Gator) that will be worth my time and $$$, so I'm not at the track. I of course plan on having my priorities in order in terms of expenses once I have a stable family life, but my wife will have to be comfy with me goin to the track when time and $$$ can spare it haha.

You can't really blame PointGiven1985 for losing $900 at the track -- it actually could have been much worse -- hell, he could have sold the kid for gambling money.

I may just get to meet you guys on FL Derby day! I don't know yet if we are doing the FULL weekend show that weekend and if we are I won't be able to make it, but it is still up in the air. If we aren't doing the horse show, I will be there!

:o

well Jamie you have just won the 'Jan Brady Most Popular Girl Award'

CAJUN, CAJUN CAJUN...

I guess I'm just average:

1. White

2. Graduate degree

3. I was 15 my first time (1981 Haskell at Monmouth)

4. New Jersey

5. 41

6. Never been to another board. Checked this one out to find Byk's Picks after listening to ATRAB.

7. Bet +/- $ 20 per race although this is increasing as I play more Pick 3s & 4s after reading Exotic Betting & having some success.

8. Not applicable as I'm over 40. But I am married and have a 5 yo son (He's already been to Monmouth, Saratoga, Aqueduct, Belmont and Tampa Bay Downs) My wife had never been to the track before she met me. He first trip to the track was Smoke Glacken's Sapling at Monmouth. She now picks winners simply by looking at the horses in the paddock and has had a fair amount of success usually better in sprints.

Interesting Thought
 

1. White.

2. College Degree

3. First went to the races at about age four at Arlington Park with my mom. Been going ever since.

4. From Chicago, though spent my share of time on the coasts. Best of both worlds!

5. 23, slightly outside your demographic prediction.

6. Came from ESPN, after about an 18 month horse-message-board hiatus

7. Usually bet between $125-$200 a day. Usually focusing on win bets and pick-3 wagers.

8. Most of the under 40 crowd are not married. Especially the men on here. Not married.

Why is the bigger question? Has nothing to do with horse racing......:mad:

First time what? :eek: :D

ok, i'll play....

white.
high school diploma.
no one in my family interested in racing. have loved horses for as long as i can remember, and i guess that combined with a sheer competitive spirit made me a natural horse racing fan.
grew up in maryland, moved to arkansas about 12 years ago.
on the cusp of 40 (ouch).
started posting on the espn board back when war emblem won the derby.
not much of a bettor-no opportunity from home. don't make it to the track much either, certainly not as much as i would like.
happily married for 21 years. tony enjoys going to the track-or maybe he just enjoys me enjoying going to the track! he's taking me to arlington this year, sweet!

ME!!

The track of course. Where is your mind at girl?

The track of course. Where is your mind at girl?

When are you going?!

Cajun's mind... considering the talk about her on this thread... somewhere in the gutter!

Cajun's cool. Let me find the oyster thread...it's gotta be here somewhere.
Me?
Purple at birth. Turned pink later. Now, mauve.
Age?
Old enough to be your daddy.
Racing and horses? Very young when it started, still in my blood.
Amount bet? Huge! I'm a breeder...'nuf said.
What were the other questions?
Help me out Mera. Yikes!:eek:

I just want to say that I don't see how race, gender, work ethic? has anything to do with racing. Why take somethng that brings people together and try and divide them up. Ofcourse if we were all together then the horse's odds would suffer..

I am working on a theory that will tie the Derby attendance to global warming.

mid july. i think we're leaving here on the 18th.

tony has green eyes, mine are grey.

For what it's worth:
 

1. White
2. Seton Hall Univesity
3. 16 Years old my first time at Yonkers,then Freehold, Roosevelt, Belmont quickly after that.
4. Long Island-NY
5. 53...feel like 33 :p
6. Came to the board after meeting Steve B at his Saratoga Carolina BBQ morning handicapping seminars. Many years on PaceAdvantage and PaceFigures boards.
7. Average bettor, but I bet more on the ones I own with partners when they race. A little inside info doesn't hurt!:D
8. Married, but live almost separate life because of our professions. And when I'm home, it's off to Saratoga or Belmont with my youngest son who loves to visit my horses at the backstretch and spend a day at the races with his dad. Get to meet a lot of great single gals at the races, especially Saratoga Travers week. Have been with the same group of single college grads who love horse racing & travel from Boston each Travers day. Bring them to paddock, backstretch for AM workouts and clubhouse for lunch. We always plan to meet the following Travers day at the same spot.;)

Keep us all posted, I may be living back in Chicago by then. If not, I can take a day off and come down for the weekend and hang out!

Seton Hall... memory lane....

I think a mini DT Arlington get-together might be in order. What do you think?

why would i not want you? come on now.
all the chi people should do it, dell, scavs, you, brian, playa, plus any out-of-towners. maybe this should be officialized in the meeting area.
believe me, Dell will be there, it will be official.

Count me in for an Arlington trip this summer. Canterbury invaders always do well at Arlington lol.

8. Most of the under 40 crowd are not married. Especially the men on here. Why is the bigger question? Maybe b/c our hobby is not conducive to meeting women, which is undoubtedly true. More likely, b/c serious gamblers do not often make good mates. I think they are less likely to want commitment and are independent types in general. Plus, handicapping, if you are serious about, is a time consuming process.



I told my first wife I would, and never did, get in trouble by meeting a girl at the track. It was largely true, and I believed it.

The only exception had come on a day when I was not married and I was at the Easy Goer-Sunday Silence Belmont. Near the paddock I met a girl I spent the rest of the day with.

THAT was a nice day.

After my divorce, I was at an OTB in Indianapolis late one Saturday afternoon.

A girl showed unusual interest in my wagering and well being, and struck up a conversation with me.

After I placed my bet for the next race, I asked her in a kind, good natured way, "You're a hooker, aren't you?"

She wasn't. She was just a horsey girl out of her home town on a business trip.

Turned out "You're a hooker, aren't you? was a heckuva good pickup line.

Whodathunkit!