Mockery of Sport?

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by MISTERGEE

they may have paid similarly but i do not believe the situations are similar

they're very similar. a horse no one gave a shot in hell to win, did just that. don't you remember the immediate aftermath of that race giacomo won? lol people were pretty horrified. it was hilarious.

if anything, things like yesterday are a good thing. it showed once again that you can be lucky rather than good, and you don't have to be an oil-rich sheik or be able to afford pletchers day rate to win a big race. this is the only sport that you don't have to have mark cubans bankroll in order to be a participant.

[MISTERGEE]

Originally Posted by Danzig

they're very similar. a horse no one gave a shot in hell to win, did just that. don't you remember the immediate aftermath of that race giacomo won? lol people were pretty horrified. it was hilarious.

if anything, things like yesterday are a good thing. it showed once again that you can be lucky rather than good, and you don't have to be an oil-rich sheik or be able to afford pletchers day rate to win a big race. this is the only sport that you don't have to have mark cubans bankroll in order to be a participant.

yeah its nice about the "giantkillers" angle, but it doesnt make the heavy rollers bet any more next year. i venture to say they will bet less

Originally Posted by DaHoss9698

I don't really think Giacomo and Mine That Bird are similar at all. Mine That Bird should have been at least 500-1. I have yet to see where anyone gave him a chance based on anything he has done on the track. Giacomo had more than a few things going for him and at least had some sort of form. At least a few people fancied his chances. Mine That Bird was impossible to like.

Dick Burch's gaping hole had him.

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by DaHoss9698

I don't really think Giacomo and Mine That Bird are similar at all. Mine That Bird should have been at least 500-1. I have yet to see where anyone gave him a chance based on anything he has done on the track. Giacomo had more than a few things going for him and at least had some sort of form. At least a few people fancied his chances. Mine That Bird was impossible to like.

i never said the horses were similar. however, when i read that the fact a 50-1 shot was going to reduce handle, i compared yesterdays race result with giacomos-due to the final odds only.

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by DaHoss9698

I know, you said the situations were similar. I don't really think they were. Giacomo could be bet on form, Mine that Bird could not have.

i'm not saying bet-wise. the thread began with a post saying a horse winning at 50-1 would reduce handle, and had made a mockery of the sport. i disagree, and used giacomo to illustrate that horses have paid the same in years past, yet the sport, and the handle, survived the occurrence. that's all i wanted to illustrate by referring to giacomo.

[MISTERGEE]

Originally Posted by Danzig

i'm not saying bet-wise. the thread began with a post saying a horse winning at 50-1 would reduce handle, and had made a mockery of the sport. i disagree, and used giacomo to illustrate that horses have paid the same in years past, yet the sport, and the handle, survived the occurrence. that's all i wanted to illustrate by referring to giacomo.

I am the one who started the thread and I never mentioned the odds, it has nothing to do with that