Nick Canani at Arlington

[Scav]

Originally Posted by brianwspencer

Good point, Tom. Until right this second, I had no idea how horse racing worked.

I am enlightened now, and I'm a better person for it.

Please. You're as much a "stranger" to paying bills as I am, so stop with the better than thou sh*t that you're trying to pull above.

I wasn't about to get personal on this but hey, it will lead to good internet.

Explain how I am as much as a stranger? Have you seen a vet bill ever? What about a feed bill?

Better than thou? That is your area buddy, and I'll leave this at that.

Lets go back to your original asine post, "unlike alot of guys on the backside". You make a general assumption that you are probably repeating from some Arlington schill(sp). Explain what a horseman is suppose to do if last year they had 20 horses, and now they have 10? What about the guy that has 10 and now has four? These two examples are REAL. You understand that what you read from your media buddies about a full backside is absolute BS, there is about 5-6 EMPTY barns back there. EMPTY. Each barn back there has between 5-10 EMPTY stalls also. Why don't you get to the track sometime at 9am and see how many horses are on either the main track or training track? Maybe 10? training track probably 5?

Explain how a horseman makes money without running? Explain how a horseman is suppose to run when the right races are not in the condition book.

What you are saying is that horseman should rush their horses, the very asset that for some people, puts food on their table, to help out a racing office and racetrack.

The idea that horseman are sitting on horses is asine and stupid. There is no perfect spot at Arlington because the only guaranteed races to go are the nickel claimers and maiden 10k. The others you have at best a 50/50 chance of the race ACTUALLY GOING. So if I have a maiden 25k horse, should I drop the horse to maiden 10 to help out a racing office? What if i actually want to try and develop the horse, what if I do not want to be claimed, what if that is one of my few horses and I can't afford to lose the horse?

Lastly, why don't you throw some names out there of people that aren't entering like they should be...

[PSH]

I guess the next logical step would be to look to ship out of town if the particular race you are looking for doesn't fill numerous times at your home base. That of course depends on a race filling in a track that is somewhat close, the right distance, surface and level..... It seems a shame that tracks such as Arlington Park, or whomever can't fill races with their own population every once in a while beyond the low level claimers but if that is the reality then as has been stated owners and trainers and their help don't make any money by keeping their horses in the barns. I suspect having a base like at Phila Park is good because there are numerous tracks one can ship to. Arlington is a bit more challenging as you have Indiana, Churchill and not much else. The economics and reality of the game is forcing all players to reconsider how to operate....

[The Bid]

Psh. Chd is having issues filling the better races too. They are going w very short fields or not going at all.

[Scav]

Originally Posted by The Bid

Psh. Chd is having issues filling the better races too. They are going w very short fields or not going at all.

Exactly...It has become a game between Arlington and Churchill who they are going to steal next to make a race fill. And they are owned by the same company!!