Racing boost???

[declansharbor]

Originally Posted by letswastemoney

A good video game might help.

You know how Tiger Woods has his own golf game every year and they call it Tiger Woods 06 or Tiger Woods 07? Well how about a....Funny Cide 07!! C'mon that would be the best idea ever! Funny Cide promoting horse racing to teenagers and young adults!

There was a video game with Ghostzapper on the cover but c'mon....the general public doesn't care about Ghostzapper!

Game was the pits. I was sooo excited when I first heard about it. I was disappointed to say the least. It was sooo bad, they didnt even bother making it better the next yr. ..One and done...Not even Tom Durkin's voice could help, lol...

[SentToStud]

The only horse racing game I ever played was in Vegas. The one that had 4 mechanical horses under a plastic dome. Bet quarters on which exacta would come in...the odds changed for every race. I spent a lot of hours in the 80's playing that game.

[hoovesupsideyourhead]

Originally Posted by SentToStud

The only horse racing game I ever played was in Vegas. The one that had 4 mechanical horses under a plastic dome. Bet quarters on which exacta would come in...the odds changed for every race. I spent a lot of hours in the 80's playing that game.

holy **** sts ive seen those..lol

[pmayjr]

I think the only way it comes back to prominence is if (pipe-dream about to follow... brace yourselves) these greedy owners let their horses run through the end of the 4-year old years. THAT'S ALL I ASK.

It's like asking a college basketball star to stay through the end of his sophomore season (the same pipe-dream: see Kevin Durant and Greg Oden)... not likely to happen. But just think-

If horses stayed through their 4-year old seasons, the following horses (barring injury, and mysterious owner imposed injury... see Smarty hoof brusing lol) could be in the BC Classic this year:
Street Sense, Hard Spun, Curlin, Rags to Riches, Invasor, Bernardini, Papi Chulo, Perfect Drift, Lava Man, Discreet Cat, etc etc etc. Some of these are stretches, but...

Now I have a solution for owners that would try to claim injury so they don't risk their horses running: Don't let them breed until they turn 5. Have a Vet do a paternity test on every foal and how old the foal is compared to the father. If he is foaled too early, deem him ineligable to ever race (ONCE AGAIN, I KNOW THIS IS A PIPE-DREAM).

To even think of that idea, you're taking a hard line vs. the Sheiks and the Coolmores and whoever else. They might say, "if you don't give us the choice of when we can run/retire/breed our horses, we won't show up at Keeneland with our $$$". But at this point, I think the sheiks and the Coolmores are ruining racing by buying up all the talent and summarilty retiring them anyway. So let them boycott.

I KNOW THIS IS ALL SOME CRACK-HEAD PIPE DREAM STUFF, BUT RACING THROUGH TH BC AT AGE 4... IS THAT ALL THAT MUCH TO ASK?

[Left Bank]

This should help boost the sport
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/moore/317217_moore25.html

[Zippy Chippy]

Originally Posted by SentToStud

The only horse racing game I ever played was in Vegas. The one that had 4 mechanical horses under a plastic dome. Bet quarters on which exacta would come in...the odds changed for every race. I spent a lot of hours in the 80's playing that game.

I've wasted a lot of quarters playing that machine at the Riviera . . .

[zippyneedsawin]

Originally Posted by SentToStud

The only horse racing game I ever played was in Vegas. The one that had 4 mechanical horses under a plastic dome. Bet quarters on which exacta would come in...the odds changed for every race. I spent a lot of hours in the 80's playing that game.

I played that.. It was in the MGM.

[ShadowRoll]

Originally Posted by SentToStud

The only horse racing game I ever played was in Vegas. The one that had 4 mechanical horses under a plastic dome. Bet quarters on which exacta would come in...the odds changed for every race. I spent a lot of hours in the 80's playing that game.

They have this game at an arcade on the boardwalk in Wildwood, NJ. Boy, it's a lot of fun.