WV Derby and Travers Post Time

[Needing the Wire]

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.

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.