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Originally Posted by Independent George
Oracle, you gave me something to do besides handicapping the cards at Gulf this year. I hope to be able to make daily comparisons of purses; types of races; trainers and jockeys at both Aqueduct and Gulf at least for the month of January and then we can see who shoves it down the other one's throat  .
One point I'd like to make is that we're arguing over who's going where; how much the purses will be; and what type of races will be run. What we're missing is, as a betting public, what races are more bettable at which track. I, for one, like full fields. I'd rather bet a 25k claimer at Gulf on the grass with a 10 horse field than a NW3x at Aqueduct with a 5 horse field. I see more value in a 15k claimer with 10 to 12 horses than a 40k claimer with 6 horses. Of course this is a point that is too subjective to get a definitive argument.
Someone take my soapbox away. |
IG,
Yes, lets do that comparison as an exercise.
And of course its subjective, just about everything is.
And full fields are nice, but please spare me. If you honestly think that a track cards 10 claimers to get a full field rather than to save on purse money you are kidding yourself.
You can gurantee full fields by writing a non one grass allowance race or grass maiden race. Tell me IG, why not write those instead of the ten claimers?
Gulf has a long tradition of being the premier track in the country in the winter time. Its lost that title to Santa Anita now, and its a damn shame.
I'd love to see winter racing at Gulf thriving, but if you think I'm off base over being upset with the races they wrote last year, then lets take a look at the charts from last year at Gulf and you can show me all the great cards I must have missed, even though I looked at the entries every day.