Dustin Hoffman, Nick Nolte join 'Luck' cast

[freddymo]

Originally Posted by MaTH716

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.

Big cast big money behind it, very strong producers, not some sh!!tty espn production give it time