Santa Anita decision between Noon-12:30p

[The Indomitable DrugS]

Originally Posted by SCUDSBROTHER

Don't understand why the dirt-only race fans are interested in this.

Because they also bet?

[SCUDSBROTHER]

Originally Posted by The Indomitable DrugS

Because they also bet?

People routinely bet races run on the synthetic, but they hate synthetic? There's no carry-over into today's card.

[Alan07]

Tommorow is starting to look iffy

[The Indomitable DrugS]

Originally Posted by SCUDSBROTHER

People routinely bet races run on the synthetic, but they hate synthetic?

They hate it as fans of racing. Why should that stop them from betting on it?

[SCUDSBROTHER]

Originally Posted by The Indomitable DrugS

They hate it as fans of racing. Why should that stop them from betting on it?

Because they don't want to support the use of it? Isn't that what consumers are supposed to do (stop supporting it with money) if they don't like something?

[The Indomitable DrugS]

Originally Posted by SCUDSBROTHER

Because they don't want to support the use of it? Isn't that what consumers are supposed to do (stop supporting it with money) if they don't like something?

I hate to be the one who has to break it to you .... but there are a lot of horsebettors who aren't fans of the sport ... and there are a lot of fans of the sport who aren't horsebettors.

[SCUDSBROTHER]

That's a dog paddle.

[pick4]

Hopefully Stronach does the right thing and installs a dirt track. The sham of synthetic surfaces have been exposed.

[Indian Charlie]

Originally Posted by The Indomitable DrugS

I hate to be the one who has to break it to you .... but there are a lot of horsebettors who aren't fans of the sport ... and there are a lot of fans of the sport who aren't horsebettors.

Don't even try talking sense with him.

[SCUDSBROTHER]

Originally Posted by Indian Charlie

Don't even try talking sense with him.

You get your rocks off by taking air out of another person's tires. That makes sense? Messing with stuff you don't own?

[2MinsToPost]

Originally Posted by The Indomitable DrugS

I hate to be the one who has to break it to you .... but there are a lot of horsebettors who aren't fans of the sport ... and there are a lot of fans of the sport who aren't horsebettors.

Break it down -

Numbers and odds players are not fans of the sport

vs

Cappers and the like who are fans of the sport

meaning -

Guys and gals who wait until a couple minutes to post and then play their numbers

versus

Cappers

no form versus a form in hand

I gotta believe the pool numbers would weigh heavily towards Cappers versus number and odds players

The funny flip side of my post is this - I am equally a fan of this sport as well as a bettor and I have found over the last couple of years I gamble a lot less when on track at a nice place like Churchill, Saratoga, Keeneland etc then I do when betting from an otb or dump like Beulah when I lived there.

Guess I am talking out of both sides of my mouth but I gotta believe the total numbers in the pool are heavily favored towards the Cappers, especially on weekends at the good meets versus the dumps and numbers players who fill the pools at tracks like Beulah and Mountaineer.