... 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?
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Yell at the jocks.
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?
I will sit in my box when I first get there and talk to the folks who sit around me. After that, I'm walking back and forth from the paddock to the finish line with trips to the machines in between.
Do you drink? Drink too much? Eat? Get there early for workouts and stay all day? Leave after the big race?
I never drink at the track. I'll have a corned beef po-boy or maybe some gubmo or maybe some red beans and rice. I usually arrive mid-card and will stay to watch the last race.
Do you cap the night before or when you're there?
Cap the night 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?
Smacking the form and yelling at the jockeys, which embarrasses my kids and amuses my nieces and nephews.
Do you bring your kids, your significant other or go with friends? Alone?
I'll bring my kids and wife if they want to go. Usually some of my brothers and their wives and kids will be out there. Of course my mom will also be there.
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 figure if I get shutout, then it wasn't meant to be.
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?
It depends on which track and the company around me.
Are you helpful to new-to-the-sport types or do you wish they would go the fuc* home?
Helpful to the point that they wish I would shut up.
Do you tip the tellers?
Sometimes, but I hate it when they expect a tip when I'm cashing out a voucher.
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?
Jeans at the track for me. FG has a relaxed dress code for clubhouse, basically your shirt should have at least one button. The lowlifes bring color to the sport.
Tell me what it's like when you go to the track and which track you usually go to!
I am truly happy when I am at the track. I'm 41 now and have been going to the track and betting regularly since I was 13 or 14, and I've never grown tired of this great game. I go to Fair Grounds about 15 times per meet, Louisiana Downs at least once per meet, and Oaklawn at least once every other meet. My outings to the track definitely decreased once Louisiana first permitted account wagering in 2000.