I didn't have 900 dollars

[nardling]

But I was at the OTB tonight and the 5th horse won the 6th race at two different tracks. I don't know anything about horses, but I know who to take gambling advice from.

[Jersey]

Did you bet on em?

[nardling]

Oh, of course! My friends were vaguely amused by my "strategy", but they came to appreciate the genius after the two wins. One came in at 7-1 and the other at 3-1. Trotters, too, which are just painful to watch. Does anyone know how they decide which horses become trotters and which ones get to race in the real races?

[hoodrat]

Feb 13, 2009 11:32:41 GMT -5 nardling said:

Oh, of course! My friends were vaguely amused by my "strategy", but they came to appreciate the genius after the two wins. One came in at 7-1 and the other at 3-1. Trotters, too, which are just painful to watch. Does anyone know how they decide which horses become trotters and which ones get to race in the real races?

different breeds. most well-known racing is thoroughbred racing, and thoroughbreds are rangier and longer-legged than trotters. quarterhorse racing is probably only done in the US (quarterhorses are so called for their sprinting ability at a quarter-mile, i believe).

harness-racing is done at two different gaits - trotting and pacing. i think more racing is pacing than trotting. and i think the breed commonly used is Standardbred.

man, i should open up shop like brendan.

[Sunny D]

Nice job!

Mr. Finn delivers again.

[campfirewood1980]

As a kid with my parents at a business luncheon held at Remington Park, I tried to convince my dad to bet on a horse named "Rap King." Rap King, according to the stats, had a habit of stopping cold during races. To humor me, Dad bet on him to show.

Rap King won.

[Deleted]

i read a great sci-fi book that involved an alien using the bitterness of horseplayers to destroy the earth
at one point he gave them psychic tips that turned out to be wrong
it was one of the darkest books i'd ever read
the gal i like CLAIMS to be psychic and i live near a racetrack... but i've never bet
tho i did win the Melbourne Cup office pool once

[hoodrat]

anyone want to chat more about horses?

[seann]

Feb 20, 2009 7:47:36 GMT -5 hoodrat said:

anyone want to chat more about horses?

I think that it's time to leave poor Camilla Parker Bowles alone.

[Elwoodii]

Did you spend the whole next week getting high?

[Rhinovirus]

Man I love the horse track, We have Arlington park right in my old neighborhood and I adore that place. Beautiful park, excessively expensive beer, sunshine, and gamblin. I could spend hours wrapped up in the program working out the stats for which horse is gonna win, lose that bet, then go back to my stats. Can't wait for the season to start up again.

Also I saw horses on the way into work today. It throughly made my day.

[nardling]

Feb 20, 2009 10:15:35 GMT -5 Rhinovirus said:

Man I love the horse track, We have Arlington park right in my old neighborhood and I adore that place. Beautiful park, excessively expensive beer, sunshine, and gamblin. I could spend hours wrapped up in the program working out the stats for which horse is gonna win, lose that bet, then go back to my stats. Can't wait for the season to start up again.

Also I saw horses on the way into work today. It throughly made my day.

Yeah, I was down at the Mud Bug for the races. Bunch of old Serbian dudes yelling at the TVs. That's ambiance.

[john k]

just back from my local track. shit day

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naked horse skulls are some of the creepiest things ever