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Originally Posted by robfla
This is not only true for those 2 races, but for races in general. I see all the time GP/MTH going off at same time, as well as SAR/DMR, and many others. You would think someone could do a better job at scheduling. You would think the smaller tracks would schedule their races 10-12 minutes after the larger tracks, and monitor/adjust during the course of the day.
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It doesn't help that "0 MTP" means nothing anymore. Gulfstream is worst offender by far, but Arlington and DMR are becoming bad as well. I understand giving the big players time and squeezing the last second cover/panic bets but...
I am fairly confident that some of these TB tracks and ALL of the Harness interests want to get to "0 MTP" well before the horses even approach the gate for a more subtle reason. If you are betting on an ADW/Internet account (most of us are), it probably has a section on wagering screen that contains "Next Races" which are obviously based on MTP. I have bet through 4 different ADW's and all of them have this feature showing 5 or 6 in the Next Race Window. If they get to 0 MTP 5-8 minutes before actual start, it keeps their track in front of you. That will attract the "Action Player" to their track. "Let me put something on the Balmoral 5th while I wait for the TB action". A harness track has one race go Official and then they flash 5 MTP for the next race. At 0 MTP, they haven't even come out on the track. Silly.