A great day for the sport.

[Calzone Lord]

Originally Posted by MaTH716

I think you could be on to something, but what about educating these people? I have always thought that one of the biggest problems that the sport faces, is the so-called "homework" that needs to be done. Let's face it, it can be a very time consuming process. To make matters worse, the majority of these people are going to need some sort of introduction even before they get to the "homework" stage.

I had two casual bettors come up to me on Belmont Stakes day and ask me about Mizzen Mast and if he is a good turf sire.

They were wondering about a horse in the race after the Belmont named Tazered who had been repeatedly entered on the turf but never got to run on it yet.

I told them that Mizzen Mast actually moved up on dirt for Frankel but that he is a fair turf sire. I told them both the name they should know is the damsire Spinning World. He won a Breeders Cup Mile and was 2nd to DaHoss in another.

I told them the dam of the horse was 2-for-2 in France and Team Valor paid $400,000 for her to bring her here -- but she never held up to race here.

I told them where they could find such information on the Internet for free -- and I told them that if they're too lazy to look it up -- just pay attention to that tracks tv show because BTW will give a lot of information like that out.

These guys enjoy themselves here and play on the weekends...but they are hopeless against a 15-to-20% takeout. If they started to hold their own and taste winning more often ... they would try harder and bet more.

I see a poster here named Ogygian at PID a lot. On Saturday, he was telling me stories about how Jean Cruget is a terrible bettor and bets numbers off the board. Maybe even Jean Cruget would try and do some homework if he wasn't so up against it.