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Post by nardling on Feb 13, 2009 2:33:43 GMT -5
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.
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Post by Jersey on Feb 13, 2009 2:36:34 GMT -5
Did you bet on em?
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Post by nardling on Feb 13, 2009 11:32:41 GMT -5
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?
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Post by hoodrat on Feb 13, 2009 16:39:23 GMT -5
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.
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Post by Sunny D on Feb 14, 2009 14:36:37 GMT -5
Nice job!
Mr. Finn delivers again.
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Post by campfirewood1980 on Feb 14, 2009 20:22:39 GMT -5
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.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 15, 2009 19:40:27 GMT -5
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
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Post by hoodrat on Feb 20, 2009 7:47:36 GMT -5
anyone want to chat more about horses?
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Post by seann on Feb 20, 2009 10:01:43 GMT -5
anyone want to chat more about horses? I think that it's time to leave poor Camilla Parker Bowles alone.
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Post by Elwoodii on Feb 20, 2009 10:14:33 GMT -5
Did you spend the whole next week getting high?
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Post by Rhinovirus on Feb 20, 2009 10:15:35 GMT -5
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.
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Post by nardling on Feb 21, 2009 13:23:56 GMT -5
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.
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Post by john k on Feb 22, 2009 12:46:19 GMT -5
just back from my local track. shit day
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Post by Deleted on Feb 22, 2009 18:39:07 GMT -5
naked horse skulls are some of the creepiest things ever
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