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Originally Posted by my miss storm cat
Wait a minute....
Tell me dear... during the Wood what did you call Bellamy Road? By his number? I find that hard to believe. 
I was SCREAMING for Pavo (Oh shut up! I liked him!).  I mean, while he was still in view (which wasn't very long.....), poor thing. |
The track can be quite exasperating
most of the people there are undesirables
with little horse racing knowledge, (handicapping or history)
they don't rely on the form, only from the track program, betting odds & numbers~and jockeys
it just struck me as odd you don't like when people call the horses by #
when the majority do this, at least at all the tracks I've been to
some quotes from the past CD spring meet:
"Don't bet Robbie, he hasn't won all day" (after the third race)
"C'mon Bridge, do what you do" (on a hapless nag)
Me: "Damn, Barbaro ran on of the best derbies I've ever seen!"
Guy next to me:"You mean the 8?"
at the windows:
"Who you like, man?"
me: "Well I kind of like the 4"
"The 4? 4 ain't won all day!"
Don't get me started on betting names.
I'm pretty stoic at the races...I mean would you see The Fonz
jumping up and down and acting like a nut over a horse?
win or lose, I'm cool as a cucumber...
(don't get any funny ideas about "cucumbers"
)