Tips/Thoughts on Breeders' Cup tickets this year?

[Bigsmc]

Originally Posted by Scurlogue Champ

Look at the silks of your horse, those kind of help.

Didn't work last year. All the silks were brown.

[GPK]

Originally Posted by Bigsmc

Didn't work last year. All the silks were brown.

You sure bro??

[Indian Charlie]

This horse reminds me of French Deputy.

Insane early promise and rushed into the BCC. I think he was making his 4th or 5th lifetime start, against Cigar.

[KirisClown]

Originally Posted by Indian Charlie

This horse reminds me of French Deputy.

Insane early promise and rushed into the BCC. I think he was making his 4th or 5th lifetime start, against Cigar.

If he's anything like French Deputy, he'll lose his allowance prep at extremely short odds...

For anyone that doesn't remember him though... here's the 95 Jerome.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LtGa8jcCp5g

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by GPK

You sure bro??

er, i think he means muddy.

[Bigsmc]

Originally Posted by Danzig

er, i think he means muddy.

Thanks Danzig, some people can be a little slow to catch on around here.

[VOL JACK]

Originally Posted by the_fat_man

BINGO

Do away with TRACK ANNOUNCERS -- they're about as accurate as chart makers --

and invest the money in TRAKUS. Watching races is EASY when the NUMBERS on the screen are ACCURATE. With Trakus, you don't even need the colored cloths.

Time for the industry to CATCH UP WITH PRESENT TECHNOLOGY (and thus gain some desperately needed ACCURACY).

Why isnt TVG using trakus at KEE this year? I guess, like everything else in this game, it makes too much sense.

[Hickory Hill Hoff]

Originally Posted by Bigsmc

Didn't work last year. All the silks were brown.

and wet!

[pgiaco]

The purple saddle towels are a pain in the a$$ to follow, but it's really no worse than trying to watch European races, especially Ascot where the numbers are microscopic and the saddle towels are all the same color.

[letswastemoney]

from drf.com

"To win Sunday's race, Casino Drive has to beat horses with proven Fairplex Park form. Dakota Phone finished a wide third in the Pomona Derby on Sept. 20, Gregorian Bay was third in the Phil Shepherd Stakes on Sept. 6, and Sensational Score was a wide third in the Ralph Hinds Pomona Invitational on Sept.o21."

lol

[ddthetide]

so much for hammerle's influence and all the emails sent to him.
this just shows the disreguard the BC has for fans and players.

[GPK]

Originally Posted by Bigsmc

Thanks Danzig, some people can be a little slow to catch on around here.

[RolloTomasi]

Originally Posted by letswastemoney

They really aren't that bad....no one is going to mistake Zenyatta for Hystericalady. You know most of these horses.

Horses? Who said anything about horses?

We're trying to watch colored squares here.

Horse racing has finally been distilled to a live-action version of super lotto. They just substituted some beasts of burden on a dirt track for the wind machine that blows the balls around in the plastic bin.

[10 pnt move up]

The purple cloths, and purlple and white are in general the brand of the breeders cup, I think they are more concerned with that then the player. I look at silks anyways.

[MaTH716]

Originally Posted by ddthetide

so much for hammerle's influence and all the emails sent to him.
this just shows the disreguard the BC has for fans and players.

[Indian Charlie]

Originally Posted by KirisClown

If he's anything like French Deputy, he'll lose his allowance prep at extremely short odds...

For anyone that doesn't remember him though... here's the 95 Jerome.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LtGa8jcCp5g

Yeah, come to think of it, he looked highly suspect going into the BCC, and I mean that besides going in with such a light resume of races.

Edit: I just watched the Jerome again, thanks. That horse was so promising early on in his career. I hate the way that horse was handled.

[hi_im_god]

Originally Posted by 10 pnt move up

The purple cloths, and purlple and white are in general the brand of the breeders cup, I think they are more concerned with that then the player. I look at silks anyways.

great for win bets.

but when i have 5 horses in a leg of a multi or multiple horses for 3rd in a tri i miss the simplicity of a color/number that's ingrained.

it actually feels like the lottery with all purple. i have no f'in idea in a loud crowd what the announcer is saying.

all purple is the triumph of the horse racing is a "sport" argument over "gambling". no one who bets understands this.

[Cannon Shell]

I dont understand why they are so stubborn with the saddle towels. I mean it is seemingly a minor issue that virtually no one outside of the BC offices seems to support. I understand when people say that they dont care about the people watching the races, it certainly rings true but I dont know why they wouldnt change at least for the positive PR? Lord knows they need some.

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by letswastemoney

He's good enough to compete in this years Classic already. Whether he's good enough to win is a different story. The "point to next year's Classic" logic is boring! He's better than Smooth Air.

The new battle cry for the overmatched!

[MaTH716]

Not to mention that ABC/ESPN will probably have all these crazy camera angles where you will not be able to see the number on the saddlecloth, but maybe pick up a color. At least if it was color coded you would have some idea where your horses are.
God is right about the silks theory too.

At least we will have Trevor there to give us an accurate description to what's going on.