Redboarding

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Originally Posted by Travis Stone

If a friend of yours called you right now and told you about the pick four he hit today, do you interrupt and go, "Redboarder!"

What if you're alive after 5 legs in the pick six, and you let everyone know before the last leg, are you a 5/6's redboarder?

If we were all sitting around a campfire at the track after the last and one of us shared the winning pick four story, would the rest of us throw marshmallows at him for being a redboarder?

Or, is redboarding limited to the internet?

I've never once thought of my horseplaying friends as redboarders when they call me up and share a great score. If they always did it, and never talked about how they just missed, I might get annoyed. Why is it any different here?

This is a good point, however on a horseracing board, full disclosure is probably the only way to go. I think all of us have hit longshots from time to time, to selectively brag about it doesn't truly reflect one's handicapping ability. For instance how many attempts did it take before the squirrel found the nut.