GP Post Time, is it just me ?

How is this a bad thing?

[Jasper131]

It's annoying but you know it's coming (they are coming back from the replays of the previous race and then the commercial and it's already just "11" MTP).

In New York, for example, a 2:20 post means you better have your bet in by 2:19. But everyone knows that too.

Gulfstream could change if they wanted to - it would take one weekend of recognizing their actual post times and the problem would go away. They choose not to, which is their right, and again, we all know what the deal is. (edit - should add...they probably think they make a lot more money by doing it this way but I just think it's the way they trained their players.)

Maybe I am wrong about this but I feel it gets a bit worse now that the days are longer and they don't have to rush to beat sunset. It won't be as bad for the Pegasus, and I guess their Derby preps if they are on TV (not TVG but NBC or NBCSN).

[Benny]

Tampa also now running late posts . Ridiculous for each race, but useful for p4 /p5 starters race.

[pointman]

Originally Posted by helicopter11

How is this a bad thing?

It is a bad thing because you never know exactly when the race is going to go off and therefore you have a much harder time trying to time placing a bet to get odds that you believe are favorable. There is nothing worse than having a horse sitting at odds you believe to be overlayed only to watch the odds plummet in the last seconds.

What GP has been doing for sometime now is ridiculous, it is often five or more minutes after it hits 0 MTP before they actually get the race off. It is bad enough to watch odds change significantly after a race goes off which is understandable as many pools are combined a few seconds after the race but to never accurately know when a race is going to go off is inexcusable.

Is it really too much to ask a racetrack to post accurate minutes to post?

[fantini33]

It reeks havoc in tournaments.

[jms62]

While they are at it they need to get a better Morning Line maker.

[Alabama Stakes]

Morning line ha been soft

[jms62]

Originally Posted by Alabama Stakes

Morning line ha been soft

GP 7th winner goes of at 5/2 of a 15-1 Morning line... How can someone be so far wrong? How often do you see something like that happen in New York or So Cal? I can't remember an instance

[Holybull1]

Originally Posted by jms62

GP 7th winner goes of at 5/2 of a 15-1 Morning line... How can someone be so far wrong? How often do you see something like that happen in New York or So Cal? I can't remember an instance

Green Gratto on Monday was similar. But yes, it is so much more rare in NY.

[alysheba4]

Originally Posted by jms62

GP 7th winner goes of at 5/2 of a 15-1 Morning line... How can someone be so far wrong? How often do you see something like that happen in New York or So Cal? I can't remember an instance

.......yeah, you only see it on a daily basis at Woodbine.......

[Holybull1]

Originally Posted by pointman

It is a bad thing because you never know exactly when the race is going to go off and therefore you have a much harder time trying to time placing a bet to get odds that you believe are favorable. There is nothing worse than having a horse sitting at odds you believe to be overlayed only to watch the odds plummet in the last seconds.

What GP has been doing for sometime now is ridiculous, it is often five or more minutes after it hits 0 MTP before they actually get the race off. It is bad enough to watch odds change significantly after a race goes off which is understandable as many pools are combined a few seconds after the race but to never accurately know when a race is going to go off is inexcusable.

Is it really too much to ask a racetrack to post accurate minutes to post?

Very much this.

Also, Steve talked about it on his show a few weeks ago. He made a great point that if you're playing/watching multiple tracks from home you never know when to switch your video feed over. It's just annoying, inconsiderate and unnecessary.