Race Fixing Debate

[dellinger63]

Originally Posted by seconditis

Help me out here, I got into an argument with a guy the other night. We both agreed that their obviously is no place for race fixing or any cheating in the sport of kings. Certainly not condoning it at all. The debate was this: the guy listed about a dozen tracks he won't play because of suspected cheating. I have no problem with that, it's your money you should feel confident and comfortable. I mentioned that their is a chance that a race being fixed can just as easily help your wager as it can make your ticket a loser.

You throw out a horse you don't like, who actually could have hit the board but is kept out of the money. You love a huge longshot that actually would not have a chance, but they juice him up and does run for you.

My point being, I hate the race fixing, we all do, but it never really goes through my mind when I bet a race because the way I look at it maybe the races fixed that end up helping me cancel out the others in the long run. What do you think?

that was kind of funny. You obviously are a possitive guy. Kind of like saying after a car accident, "my car needed to be washed anyway."

[TheSpyder]

Race fixing is the same as the 15%-20% handle being taken out only it's selective. In otherwords if you play the game some % is lost when a fixed race doesn't finish fair and you would have won that race otherwise. Just another or the infinate variables you're up against that you might miss i.e. track bias, wind bias, bad trip, the jockey falls at the start, the horse is extra washy, milkshakes, and on and on and on. IF there's a fax and you lucky to have it, it's the same as all those variables helping you