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11-12-2007, 09:04 PM
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what got you in .. why is horseracing ...
your thing.. of all types of gambling ..from rec players to pros what is it about horse racing .. that drew you into this mess..lol.....for me it was the puzzle ..with reward.. of all other forms of gambling this one seemed to be the most un random.. no machines ..no 4 decks ..one drf and a puzzle....
save the smart ass answers please...... 
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11-12-2007, 11:28 PM
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I'm with you about Ruffian. For me it was Alydar. I tried to pm you about hip no 309 in the NY Breeders mixed sale at Saratoga. I hope S- Warrior is ok. Smart to scratch him out of the sale, as it was horrible for nybreds. I sure wish NYRA would settle things cause the instability is killing the NY market. Timonium was even worse! Joe Mc"s were all RNA's. PM me cause I have good news about Darlin' by Day and Daring Day. Both are 3X3 to Alydar. Also, keep your eyes out for Tomorrow's Dancer (a mare that Jose picked up at the sale). She's by Tomorrow's Cat (Storm Cat), and also Jim J's Be Fruitful, a full sister to Corinthian---that won on the last day of Belmont's meet, in the slop, by six lengths going away.
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11-13-2007, 05:47 PM
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 Glad to see you posting again...you sent me my first PM back when this board started. How's things down in the southern tier? I'm sure things will be picking up soon with hunting season starting on Saturday.
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11-12-2007, 09:30 PM
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My nextdoor neighbors dad was a mutual clerk in so cal. When we were in jr high we would handicap the daily double on sat am and do a couple of criss cross doubles. Then we would screw around till the Bill Garr daily double show would come on am radio and we would listen to the stretch calls. It was so addicting, buying that racing form for $1.25 and just trying to figure out the puzzle in front of us. No beyer numbers, trip quotes, heck they didnt even have fractions in the form. Had to put the post positions in, write the jockeys name, damn were spoiled now.. THis was the late 70's..Weve come along way baby!
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11-12-2007, 10:17 PM
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It was always all about the horses, not gambling. I'd still be as involved in horse racing if there was no gambling (but then, there would be no horse racing, would there)
But I agree, it's a fascinating, challenging, heavily mathematical puzzle, solvable by knowing the horse, applying critical reasoning and analysis. Very un-random is a good description. I think people that only have an interest in the sport for the gambling, and having no interest in the fascination of the horse as a living athletic creature, are missing out on something terribly satisfying. And I don't think handicapping alone off a DRF, with no knowledge of the horse as an animal, suffices for best possible success for most. For fun, try going to the paddock, and spending a day handicapping horses off how they look and act and walk, with no knowledge of odds or PPs.
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11-12-2007, 10:25 PM
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Churchill Downs. I was 10 years old and it was my first visit to a racetrack. I remember watching an old man yell for his horse and when he didn't win he said, "God damnit, Brumfield!! Horrible ride, you cost me the exacta, you sumbitch!!" I was hooked.
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11-12-2007, 10:26 PM
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His name was Smarty Jones.....
He got me interested and the 2004 Hollywood Derby, first race i ever went to, made me an addict.
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11-12-2007, 10:49 PM
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For me, my parents have always been racing fans and I went along with them a few times and was instantly hooked. I love the sound of the thundering hooves, the jockeys' silks sparkling in the sun and the determination of the horses in a great stretch duel, to name just a few things about racing that I love. And now my long-term interest is really paying off, I'm starting to see horses whose sires and dams I remember seeing race. Which is really awesome.
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11-12-2007, 10:57 PM
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First race I remember seeing as a kid was the Wood Memorial... a big chestnut horse named Easy Goer won it and I've been hooked ever since. I never have been into the gambling aspect of it in a huge way, but I'll admit that figuring out how to read the form a few years ago was 'interesting.' I miss picking horses based on their names and looks.
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11-13-2007, 12:34 PM
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That precludes my response.
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11-13-2007, 12:46 PM
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11-14-2007, 07:32 PM
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11-14-2007, 09:11 PM
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Summer of 1970.
The back up goalie for the NY Rangers, Gilles Villemure, was a harness trainer driver at Roosevelt Raceway. I had Ranger season tickets and had to see him drive. I found a friend who was 17, as I was 15 and too young to drive, and he was going to the track and got a ride with him. He told me we would have to ask an adult to walk us in thru the gate, so we asked some older folks, gave them the $2 admission and went in with them. I won the first night betting $2on each race. Bought my first horse 6 years later at 21 and have loved it since. Converted to mostly T-Breds about 20 years ago, but still follow the trots as some of my friends still own standardbreds. Never regret getting into the game or following it. Met way too many good people along the way, and some creeps too.
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11-14-2007, 09:19 PM
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An uncle took me to the Northampton fairgrounds when I was 7 and watching the TC races on tv with my grandfather. Derby and BC day are my holidays. I only bet a couple times a year but I tape all the races.
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11-13-2007, 08:51 PM
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For me it was the challenge to come up with the winner of a race. The stuyding, the projections how a race would unfold, the grace and beauty these animals have and the most of all, the companionship I shared with my father and grandfather.
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