Lower Takeouts!!!!!!!!

[The Indomitable DrugS]

A 1% takeout is pretty easy to beat.

[hi_im_god]

Originally Posted by The Indomitable DrugS

A 1% takeout is pretty easy to beat.

not when they drag their feet.

[The Indomitable DrugS]

In harness racing, I think there is a lot more integrity to those races than people think.

[Split Rock]

Originally Posted by The Indomitable DrugS

In harness racing, I think there is a lot more integrity to those races than people think.

Those two words do not go together. It's like Apples and Tuesday's.

[The Indomitable DrugS]

Perhaps I'm being naive....I certainly haven't played harness races in a long time.

This was way back when I was a pre-teenager, maybe 11 or 12 years old, but I taped the meadows races every night, kept programs, and handicapped them...and bet my allowance money, or had my grandpa bet his money on them when I had none to bet.

Still remember some of the local horses from way back than...Morepowertoya, Jubilee Cosmos, etc. You had Palone, Snyder, Stillings, Hammer as the major drivers. Roger Houston and Jerry Ernstein as the TV analysts.

Anyway, I thought the races were very honest. There's just a lot that can tactically go wrong in harness races.

I'm not saying their isn't some larceny going on every now and again....I just don't think it's nearly at the level most other people seem to think.

[mes5107]

Am I correct in assuming that by "on-track commission" they mean you have to place your bets at the track?