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Originally Posted by freddymo
It will have zero effect on real racing regardless if it the geatest hit in HBO history or the worst flop ever. You think my girlfriend gives a darn about betting on a horse race? She has been to the Derby 4 times BC 3 and a few Belmonts. She could care less about racing unless I tell her we are going and then its all about what shoes she needs to buy with whatever new hat and dress. Not to mention were we are staying and what places are we going to dinner. You think the public doesnt know horses breakdown. geez math they unfortunately have seen the best on the biggest days breakdown for years now?
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I have to admit Freddy, it's not even the breakdowns. Now granted it's only one episode and I have no idea what's going to be covered. But the thing that concerns me the most is the whole angle/storyline regarding the trainers. We have all been there, "how did that horse improve/end up winning", "Are you kidding me, a horse that's coming off a 4 year layoff wins for fun" "This game is impossible, I'm through with it" and so on. Obviously we are the die hards and love the game too much to actually quit betting, besides we usually factor those angles into our capping anyway. So I worry that fringe players or people who might be interested in the sport might see things like the put-over scene (potential drugs in the future?) and realize that betting on horses is probably proposition. Let alone other factors, such as Takeout, surfaces, biases, pinhead jockeys etc.............. The sport needs bettors to survive and although they did plant a good seed with the whole pick 6 storyline, I have a feeling that the whole shady trainer angle will negate any of the positives that they might have created.
12-15-2011, 09:11 AM
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