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[pmayjr]

You truly can't learn to love this sport until you can learn to aprreciate the 5k claiming races at Mountaineer. It's the meat, the nuts n' bolts of racing. It still baffles me how so many of you guys refuse to even look at these races. IT'S WHERE THE REAL $$$ IS

[brianwspencer]

Originally Posted by pmayjr

You truly can't learn to love this sport until you can learn to aprreciate the 5k claiming races at Mountaineer. It's the meat, the nuts n' bolts of racing. It still baffles me how so many of you guys refuse to even look at these races. IT'S WHERE THE REAL $$$ IS

dude, i had ZERO shame playing 2500N3L races at Portland Meadows when I was there. It was so easy to win, I couldn't stand it. The only thing I hated were the exotics -- sometimes a combo that should pay $800-ish would pay about $180, and sometimes a trifecta that should pay $125 would be on the board at $600.

Made no sense, but it sure was easy to take down a huge part of the pool if you liked any longshot in a superfecta -- if you had a huge longshot in there, you'd likely only need to get the first three right and collect the "ALL" payoff in the fourth spot. It's too much fun. I'm going to start looking at mountaineer.

[Cajungator26]

Originally Posted by brianwspencer

dude, i had ZERO shame playing 2500N3L races at Portland Meadows when I was there. It was so easy to win, I couldn't stand it. The only thing I hated were the exotics -- sometimes a combo that should pay $800-ish would pay about $180, and sometimes a trifecta that should pay $125 would be on the board at $600.

Made no sense, but it sure was easy to take down a huge part of the pool if you liked any longshot in a superfecta -- if you had a huge longshot in there, you'd likely only need to get the first three right and collect the "ALL" payoff in the fourth spot. It's too much fun. I'm going to start looking at mountaineer.

DESHAWN!!! I'll play DeShawn's mounts at Mountaineer til the sun comes up. HAHA!

[Suffolk Shippers]

Originally Posted by pmayjr

You truly can't learn to love this sport until you can learn to aprreciate the 5k claiming races at Mountaineer. It's the meat, the nuts n' bolts of racing. It still baffles me how so many of you guys refuse to even look at these races. IT'S WHERE THE REAL $$$ IS

Kid swears by it, so it must be true

For me, gambling season is probably over until the new year. I still scan the form every few days for some possible big scores, but I gamble on the ponies Jan-Breeders Cup and lower the profile during the holidays. The girl likes her gifts ya know...

[ArlJim78]

I like to play some of the small tracks this time of year. Some I have a feel for while I find others just baffling. Some that I get a feel on are Mountaineer, Turfway, and Tampa Bay.

One way i look at it is like this is training in order to stay sharp and to practice good money management skills. Of course you don't handicap them like you would high end horses but it forces you to work hard to find winners.

Plus its just plain fun.

[packerbacker7964]

Well the Fairgrounds reopens near Thanksgiving Tampa Bay Downs (Kev's Fav track) the first few weeks in Dec and a little farther out My Fav. Oaklawn opens the 3rd week in Jan.