15% rake NYRA P5 officially starts Saturday

[ateamstupid]

Originally Posted by -BT-

watching and handicapping are two very different things.
i can watch football at 9-10AM
Having to get up at 9-10AM get scratches/changes etc. etc. etc. and then formulate a strategy/opinion to invest in this pool isn't gonna be a thrilling idea for those out left who want to participate.

I understand why they're doing it, i get that it will eat away at the PK6 which is huge in NY. Aside from Del Mar, can you name another circuit who offers a pk5 on race 1, better yet, a circuit on the east coast who offers one?
I'd be interested to see how this affects the early pk4. And now, do you give more consideration as to where to place certain races ie: 5K, MSW, SMSW now that this wager is apart of your daily card?

-bt-

You say "aside from Del Mar", but SoCal is the only other circuit that handles the kind of Pick 6/late Pick 4 money that NY does. Comparing NY pools to anything but SoCal is apples and oranges.

The time thing is a minor inconvenience for a terrific wagering opportunity. If you really want to get down to it, having races during the day on weekdays is in itself an inconvenience for people with 9-5 jobs, having races at night is an inconvenience for people with kids, etc. and players adapt.

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by ateamstupid

You say "aside from Del Mar", but SoCal is the only other circuit that handles the kind of Pick 6/late Pick 4 money that NY does. Comparing NY pools to anything but SoCal is apples and oranges.

The time thing is a minor inconvenience for a terrific wagering opportunity. If you really want to get down to it, having races during the day on weekdays is in itself an inconvenience for people with 9-5 jobs, having races at night is an inconvenience for people with kids, etc. and players adapt.

[asudevil]

I don't have hard data on this, but I'm pretty certain that in CA, the late pick 4 has become a direct beneficiary of the players pick 5. Putting Del Mar aside, where the pick 4 is always huge (and there's only 1 per day), it seemed as if both Hollywood's and SA's pools have been larger over the past year. The late pick 4 benefits by:

1. Those people that hit the pick 5, feel confident, and want to take a stab at the pick 4. In most instances the pick 6 would have already commenced.

2. Those that may have gone 4 for 5, are pissed, and out for revenge in the pick four. Let's not all believe that everyone has terrific discipline with regards to money management.

I'm curious to see if this holds true at NYRA.

[ateamstupid]

Originally Posted by asudevil

I don't have hard data on this, but I'm pretty certain that in CA, the late pick 4 has become a direct beneficiary of the players pick 5. Putting Del Mar aside, where the pick 4 is always huge (and there's only 1 per day), it seemed as if both Hollywood's and SA's pools have been larger over the past year. The late pick 4 benefits by:

1. Those people that hit the pick 5, feel confident, and want to take a stab at the pick 4. In most instances the pick 6 would have already commenced.

2. Those that may have gone 4 for 5, are pissed, and out for revenge in the pick four. Let's not all believe that everyone has terrific discipline with regards to money management.

I'm curious to see if this holds true at NYRA.

This is right. The churn effect is one of the reasons early Pick 4's caught on.

[asudevil]

Yes, and on those days, it probably gives the pick 4 even more churn.

[-BT-]

Originally Posted by ateamstupid

You say "aside from Del Mar", but SoCal is the only other circuit that handles the kind of Pick 6/late Pick 4 money that NY does. Comparing NY pools to anything but SoCal is apples and oranges.

The time thing is a minor inconvenience for a terrific wagering opportunity. If you really want to get down to it, having races during the day on weekdays is in itself an inconvenience for people with 9-5 jobs, having races at night is an inconvenience for people with kids, etc. and players adapt.

my point was no track, small or large, that i know of, offers a pk5 to start off their card (excluding del mar of course), if that's NYRA's angle, great, go for it, you're the only track that offers it. These are the races where people generally sit on the sideline and get a feel how the track is playing, and maybe jump into the pk4 that starts in race 2. Now, what about how new york tracks are notorious for carding MSW MC races early in the card, is that going to change?
To me, the idea of having multiple maiden and claiming races in a pick 5 doesn't appeal to me. When i'm looking at investing in a pick 5 it's usually with higher class stock of horses.

totally get the churn point you're making, people will definitely chase if they get knocked out in race one.

I'm not an every day/weekend new york track player, but when i do play them, i think in the past 15 years i might have played the first race of the day there less than 10 times, for multiple reasons, but that's just me

-bt-

[Kasept]

Originally Posted by -BT-

my point was no track, small or large, that i know of, offers a pk5 to start off their card (excluding del mar of course), if that's NYRA's angle, great, go for it, you're the only track that offers it. These are the races where people generally sit on the sideline and get a feel how the track is playing, and maybe jump into the pk4 that starts in race 2. Now, what about how new york tracks are notorious for carding MSW MC races early in the card, is that going to change?
To me, the idea of having multiple maiden and claiming races in a pick 5 doesn't appeal to me. When i'm looking at investing in a pick 5 it's usually with higher class stock of horses.

totally get the churn point you're making, people will definitely chase if they get knocked out in race one.

I'm not an every day/weekend new york track player, but when i do play them, i think in the past 15 years i might have played the first race of the day there less than 10 times, for multiple reasons, but that's just me

-bt-

The P5 is R1-5 at all the So. Cal circuit tracks (HOL/SA), not just DMR.

You can be assured that the NYRA racing office will do the best they can to make the sequence attractive as possible quality-wise.