BC Voting - COLORED SADDLE CLOTHS :)

[jballscalls]

chicklets are the most annoying thing ever. How Keeneland and Del mar do it is good, just the numbers across the bottom, but those dancing things are the worst. I am all for tradition, but BC Day is a day we can showcase our great game to many many new fans as well as try to get casual fans more involved, why make it more confusing by having the same color saddle towels??

[Scav]

Originally Posted by jballscalls

chicklets are the most annoying thing ever. I am all for tradition, but BC Day is a day we can showcase our great game to many many new fans as well as try to get casual fans more involved, why make it more confusing by having the same color saddle towels??

Have you been to Keeneland or seen the Woodbine simucast?

It is far from annoying, give someone that is actually watching the race the opportunity to find their horse.

[jballscalls]

Originally Posted by Scav

Have you been to Keeneland or seen the Woodbine simucast?

It is far from annoying, give someone that is actually watching the race the opportunity to find their horse.

I've been to Keeneland tens of times and i've watched the woodbine simulcast quite a bit. I just dont care for them at all with the bouncy thingys, i do however like when they just post the order in a straight line.

Just my opinion, i can understand where your coming from completely, if i had the option i wouldnt have them.

[NTamm1215]

The Woodbine simulcast signal is horrendous. They've taken up half the screen to put up the chicklets that not only bounce around all the time but switch over every time a turn is made.

I love what Keeneland and Del Mar do and Woodbine could immediately improve their signal by following suit.

NT

[Bigsmc]

Originally Posted by jballscalls

I've been to Keeneland tens of times and i've watched the woodbine simulcast quite a bit. I just dont care for them at all with the bouncy thingys, i do however like when they just post the order in a straight line.

Just my opinion, i can understand where your coming from completely, if i had the option i wouldnt have them.

I agree, keep them on the bottom of the screen and all is well.

[Travis Stone]

Originally Posted by jballscalls

but BC Day is a day we can showcase our great game to many many new fans as well as try to get casual fans more involved

In my opinion the BC is more about the veterans and hardcore players... two days and 13 races is too much for someone to jump into this game. It's way too much racing for a newbie to understand.

Races like the Kentucky Derby and Belmont (with TC on the line) are better venues for new fan attraction.

[jballscalls]

Originally Posted by Travis Stone

In my opinion the BC is more about the veterans and hardcore players... two days and 13 races is too much for someone to jump into this game. It's way too much racing for a newbie to understand.

Races like the Kentucky Derby and Belmont (with TC on the line) are better venues for new fan attraction.

Good point. However, i consider myself somewhat of a hardcore fan/player and when i was watching the races at our OTB where you couldnt hear Trevor, i had no clue what Desert Code or Goldikova's silks were, hence it would have been really nice to know they were the 9 or 4 horse with their saddle towel. As a fan and bettor, its hard enough to try and pick winners out of the form, no sense in making them memorize silks to 200 horses over the 2 days.

[SuffolkGirl]

Colored saddle cloths please.

In an attempt to meld the tradition of purple cloths and insure that the races don't look like every other race at some B level track couldn't they use the standard colored cloths with a BC purple border? Granted, some of the combinations will be difficult and/or hideous to look at but it might be a start.

[PatCummings]

If using "chicklets" the Keeneland/Del Mar model would certainly be best. I completely agree there.

What is the issue with OTBs not playing sound? Even on track simulcasting areas should play sound. It is the two biggest days in American racing and you don't get sound?

Talking about colored saddletowels - if you are sitting at an OTB and don't have personal TV in front of you, with the lack of clarity in these signals anyway, your chances of clearly seeing the saddle towel colors is limited. I'm not saying it wouldn't be some help, but I think it can be a bit overblown.

[jballscalls]

many OTB's don't get sound, but Pat, i dont care how loud the volume is up, when you have lots of people in an enclosed/inside area, you can't hear the announcer, plain and simple, unless its somebody screaming at the top of their lungs, which nobody wants to hear anyways.

[letswastemoney]

I'm not saying colored saddle cloths are a bad idea but...you should be able to recognize a lot of these horses just from following them throughout the year. Horses don't change equipment very much. They tend to be wear the same shadowroll, blinker, etc. that they always wear.

[Scav]

Originally Posted by letswastemoney

I'm not saying colored saddle cloths are a bad idea but...you should be able to recognize a lot of these horses just from following them throughout the year. Horses don't change equipment very much. They tend to be wear the same shadowroll, blinker, etc. that they always wear.

But how is someone new suppose to know what the hell is going on. Alot of people go to the BC because it is 'in the area' and they heavily market the area when it is there.

[letswastemoney]

Originally Posted by Scav

But how is someone new suppose to know what the hell is going on. Alot of people go to the BC because it is 'in the area' and they heavily market the area when it is there.

That's true. Hmmm well then I join everyone in saying hooray!