Derby Trail Forums - When you come, do you scream?

Derby Trail Forums (http://www.derbytrail.com/forums/index.php)

- Esoteric Central (http://www.derbytrail.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=8)

- - When you come, do you scream? (http://www.derbytrail.com/forums/showthread.php?t=38014)

When you come, do you scream?

... and are you the type who yells at the jocks and calls all the horses by their numbers only or are you the quiet type (well what didja think I was talking about in the heading you pervs? :p )?

At the track, do you always hang out in the same area? Do you stay in one place or go to the paddock and the finish line, anywhere and everywhere?

Do you drink? Drink too much? Eat? Get there early for workouts and stay all day? Leave after the big race?

Do you cap the night before or when you're there?

Do you have superstitions... a good luck charm of any kind?

Are you the type who smacks the form during the races and who barks out orders to the jocks?

Do you bring your kids, your significant other or go with friends? Alone?

How much does it annoy you when you're in line and the race is about to go off and the person in front of you has no clue what they're doing? Do you feel like you're going to have a heart attack, going to kill them, or both?

When you make a great hit do you announce it to the people around you? Do you congratulate strangers if they're nearby and you know they nailed whatever race?

Are you helpful to new-to-the-sport types or do you wish they would go the fuc* home?

Do you tip the tellers?

Do you get dressed up at all? Go to the turf club? Hang with the lowlifes? Have a table at a restaurant for the day kinda thing?

Tell me what it's like when you go to the track and which track you usually go to!

Depends who I come with...............

Quote:

Originally Posted by my miss storm cat (Post 688174)

... and are you the type who yells at the jocks and calls all the horses by their numbers only or are you the quiet type (well what didja think I was talking about in the heading you pervs? :p )?

Occasionally will yell at a particular #At the track, do you always hang out in the same area? Do you stay in one place or go to the paddock and the finish line, anywhere and everywhere?

Move around often

Do you drink? Drink too much? Eat? Get there early for workouts and stay all day? Leave after the big race?

Yes, often too much, seldom eat, come for the 1st usually stay all day
Do you cap the night before or when you're there?
Night before, update day of.

Do you have superstitions... a good luck charm of any kind?

Have to buy a pencil or pen at the track.

Are you the type who smacks the form during the races and who barks out orders to the jocks?

No

Do you bring your kids, your significant other or go with friends? Alone?

[COLOR="red"]Friends or alone. Wife has little interest[/color]

How much does it annoy you when you're in line and the race is about to go off and the person in front of you has no clue what they're doing? Do you feel like you're going to have a heart attack, going to kill them, or both?

Usually bet with plenty of time, because I would want to kill hem.

When you make a great hit do you announce it to the people around you? Do you congratulate strangers if they're nearby and you know they nailed whatever race?
Don't announce and I'm happy for others.

Are you helpful to new-to-the-sport types or do you wish they would go the fuc* home?
Try to help when possible
Do you tip the tellers?
Yes, but not excessively.

Do you get dressed up at all? Go to the turf club? Hang with the lowlifes? Have a table at a restaurant for the day kinda thing?

Hang with the great unwashed.

Tell me what it's like when you go to the track and which track you usually go to!

I usually only go to live racing a few times a year.

Quote:

Originally Posted by my miss storm cat (Post 688174)

... and are you the type who yells at the jocks and calls all the horses by their numbers only or are you the quiet type (well what didja think I was talking about in the heading you pervs? :p )? If it's really intense and I'm excited I scream

At the track, do you always hang out in the same area? Do you stay in one place or go to the paddock and the finish line, anywhere and everywhere?
Now that Saratoga has the greatest place on earth with their paddock bar, there is no need to go anywhere else

Do you drink? Drink too much? Eat? Get there early for workouts and stay all day? Leave after the big race?
I'll go to workouts occassionally and go home and shower get ready. Drink a glass of wine or two -- stay through simulcast in CA :D

Do you cap the night before or when you're there?
Night before, for Breeder's Cup I'll start the week before

Do you have superstitions... a good luck charm of any kind?
Nope

Are you the type who smacks the form during the races and who barks out orders to the jocks?
Nope

Do you bring your kids, your significant other or go with friends? Alone?
Alone, unless I meet my favorite track buddy

How much does it annoy you when you're in line and the race is about to go off and the person in front of you has no clue what they're doing? Do you feel like you're going to have a heart attack, going to kill them, or both?
Zero patience

When you make a great hit do you announce it to the people around you? Do you congratulate strangers if they're nearby and you know they nailed whatever race?
No, I just smile to myself

Are you helpful to new-to-the-sport types or do you wish they would go the fuc* home?
Depends if they are generally interested or being a douche bag

Do you tip the tellers?
no

Do you get dressed up at all? Go to the turf club? Hang with the lowlifes? Have a table at a restaurant for the day kinda thing?
Dressed up, hate the dining room, would rather be outside enjoying the weather

Tell me what it's like when you go to the track and which track you usually go to!

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rileyoriley (Post 688179)

Depends who I come with...............

:tro::{>:

Thank you, Ms. Sightseek!

Herk H. is forgiven cause i love him.

Deb o Deb and 3 kings.... come on. I wanna hear about it!

Where do you go, Mr. Kings? What area are you in?

Do ya need to bring a Cah Sol buddie Ms. Deb?

Quote:

Originally Posted by GPK (Post 688187)

:tro::{>:

Well that's a short post. :p

Quote:

Originally Posted by my miss storm cat (Post 688191)

Well that's a short post. :p

Consider the source.

:D

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sightseek (Post 688192)

Consider the source.

:D

:mad:

Quote:

Originally Posted by GPK (Post 688193)

:mad:

Frowning only makes it worse....

I'm kidding! I hope you are doing well. :)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sightseek (Post 688194)

Frowning only makes it worse....

I'm kidding! I hope you are doing well. :)

:p doing ok, thanks.

Quote:

Originally Posted by my miss storm cat (Post 688174)

... and are you the type who yells at the jocks and calls all the horses by their numbers only or are you the quiet type (well what didja think I was talking about in the heading you pervs? :p )?

Quiet

At the track, do you always hang out in the same area? Do you stay in one place or go to the paddock and the finish line, anywhere and everywhere?

One place. Usually clubhouse.

Do you drink? Drink too much? Eat? Get there early for workouts and stay all day? Leave after the big race?

I take bong rip breaks between races

Do you cap the night before or when you're there?

Both

Do you have superstitions... a good luck charm of any kind?

12 troll dolls I put on the table and a miniature slot machine

Are you the type who smacks the form during the races and who barks out orders to the jocks?

No. I just usually say God Damnit if I lose a head bob for a decent payout.

Do you bring your kids, your significant other or go with friends? Alone?

Loner

How much does it annoy you when you're in line and the race is about to go off and the person in front of you has no clue what they're doing? Do you feel like you're going to have a heart attack, going to kill them, or both?

I consider it a sign that baby Jesus didn't want me to bet that race.

When you make a great hit do you announce it to the people around you? Do you congratulate strangers if they're nearby and you know they nailed whatever race?

No. When I hit it's to the exits.

Are you helpful to new-to-the-sport types or do you wish they would go the fuc* home?

I keep to myself. Track people are scary.

Do you tip the tellers?

Depends.

Do you get dressed up at all? Go to the turf club? Hang with the lowlifes? Have a table at a restaurant for the day kinda thing?

I'm always dressed. Unless I'm real high.

Tell me what it's like when you go to the track and which track you usually go to!

Haven't been to live racing this year.

Great answers Coach (and funny cause i almost put in do you get high along with the drinking line but decided not to).

Trolls, huh? :D

Quote:

Originally Posted by my miss storm cat (Post 688198)

Great answers Coach (and funny cause i almost put in do you get high along with the drinking line but decided not to).

Trolls, huh? :D

Yeah I have names for them. I had to throw 3 of them away and I replaced them with Smooth Operator, CSC and Riot

Quote:

Originally Posted by my miss storm cat (Post 688188)

Herk H. is forgiven cause i love him.

OK, for you I'll scream, I mean answer

Quote:

Originally Posted by my miss storm cat (Post 688174)

... and are you the type who yells at the jocks and calls all the horses by their numbers only or are you the quiet type (well what didja think I was talking about in the heading you pervs? :p )?
horses have names?
At the track, do you always hang out in the same area? Do you stay in one place or go to the paddock and the finish line, anywhere and everywhere?
all ova
Do you drink? Drink too much? Eat? Get there early for workouts and stay all day? Leave after the big race?
stay all day, eat when hungry, drink when dry, bongs with coach and princess doreen
Do you cap the night before or when you're there?
both
Do you have superstitions... a good luck charm of any kind?
ain't tellin
Are you the type who smacks the form during the races and who barks out orders to the jocks?
smack the form only if betting harness
Do you bring your kids, your significant other or go with friends? Alone?
It's better alone
How much does it annoy you when you're in line and the race is about to go off and the person in front of you has no clue what they're doing? Do you feel like you're going to have a heart attack, going to kill them, or both?
not worth getting upset about, but if you miss a winner it's time to go
When you make a great hit do you announce it to the people around you? Do you congratulate strangers if they're nearby and you know they nailed whatever race?
once walked through south Tucson after hitting a super at the dog track, best to keep quiet
Are you helpful to new-to-the-sport types or do you wish they would go the fuc* home?
I'm not weird about it
Do you tip the tellers?
if they deserve it
Do you get dressed up at all? Go to the turf club? Hang with the lowlifes? Have a table at a restaurant for the day kinda thing?
I'm no Steve Byk
Tell me what it's like when you go to the track and which track you usually go to!
someone's going to win, Oaklawn baby, something about that southern drawl.

Great thread.

thud!!

Quote:

Originally Posted by clyde (Post 688209)

Great thread.

thud!!

I don't believe "thudding" is allowed at most tracks.

!

It's OK at The Thisleydowns.

In fact...it almost has become a requirement on floor one.

Quote:

Originally Posted by my miss storm cat (Post 688174)

... and are you the type who yells at the jocks and calls all the horses by their numbers only or are you the quiet type

I bitch at the tv and or computer A LOT. Even when I win or am winning. There is always something that annoys me.

Quote:

Originally Posted by my miss storm cat (Post 688174)

... At the track, do you always hang out in the same area? Do you stay in one place or go to the paddock and the finish line, anywhere and everywhere?

Depends what track. At Saratoga, I'm almost always at the video replay machines all day - doing trip notes for the races from the day prior in between betting. At PID, I'm almost always at my fathers table in the clubhouse - on the laptop.

Quote:

Originally Posted by my miss storm cat (Post 688174)

... Do you drink? Drink too much? Eat? Get there early for workouts and stay all day? Leave after the big race?

I lose my edge when I drink alchool. I become a lot less salty, focused, and bitchy - a lot more pleasant and less focused. I drink lots of pop. It keeps me edgy.

Quote:

Originally Posted by my miss storm cat (Post 688174)

... Do you cap the night before or when you're there?

If I'm not screwing around - I already have the work done by that point and it's about just adjusting to the odds and trying to determine the correct way to be the race.

Quote:

Originally Posted by my miss storm cat (Post 688174)

... Do you have superstitions... a good luck charm of any kind?

Not really a superstition - but whenever I get a real costly bad break I back off with my betting and try to be more careful. Your instincts are to get mad and start pressing and betting a lot more without thinking clear is how you get killed.

Quote:

Originally Posted by my miss storm cat (Post 688174)

... Are you the type who smacks the form during the races and who barks out orders to the jocks?

It depends. My favorite cheer is "come on with the juice!" ... I reserve that cheer only for when I'm betting horses solely based on a key trainer change.

Quote:

Originally Posted by my miss storm cat (Post 688174)

... Do you bring your kids, your significant other or go with friends? Alone?

My laptop. My father is there like the furnature - so I see him and a lot of the same other horseplayers a lot.

Quote:

Originally Posted by my miss storm cat (Post 688174)

... How much does it annoy you when you're in line and the race is about to go off and the person in front of you has no clue what they're doing? Do you feel like you're going to have a heart attack, going to kill them, or both?

I always buy a betting voucher because of this.

Quote:

Originally Posted by my miss storm cat (Post 688174)

... When you make a great hit do you announce it to the people around you? Do you congratulate strangers if they're nearby and you know they nailed whatever race?

I like to pretend to be pissed that the horse didn't win by a larger margin. The horse could be 40/1 and win by 5 lengths - and the margin of victory wasn't good enough for me. This goes over really well with other people who have to listen to it.

Quote:

Originally Posted by my miss storm cat (Post 688174)

... Are you helpful to new-to-the-sport types or do you wish they would go the fuc* home?

It depends. If they are hopeless I won't waste my time.

Quote:

Originally Posted by my miss storm cat (Post 688174)

... Do you tip the tellers?

As cheap as I am - and even though I bet on the computer and use vouchers - I still do. I mess around with the tellers all day. I know mostly all of them pretty well.

Quote:

Originally Posted by my miss storm cat (Post 688174)

... Do you get dressed up at all? Go to the turf club? Hang with the lowlifes? Have a table at a restaurant for the day kinda thing?

Couldn't care less what I look like. There's no hot girls up there to impress - other than a few waitress ... and after hearing me bitch at a computer screen and tv screen all day .. that would discourage anyone.