FFS, horse racing. Why you not bet oon a proper sport

Yeah like wrestling where matches are not at all fixed, cough cough.

betting on organic basket-weaving just doesn't have the same punch, sorry mac.

rugby,cricket even goddam football mate

Those all SUCK BALLS as betting sports.

Now if you ask me to actually bet on some guys sucking balls and how far they'd get I might take a wager or two...

Mate, cricket is the best sport to bet on (perhaps not t20 but the longer versions yes) you're not guarantteed always to make a profit, but unless you're incompetent, you should be profiting on 80% of the games

Yes, but there are no horses and the bats the crickets carry are so small you can hardly follow the game...

also, in all seriousness, handicapping the races is my favorite part (well, that and watching them live and cashing a ticket). But the pre-race analysis is my fav part of the game. Then getting to watch the horses in action and seeing if my analysis was correct. Whether or not I lose $ or make $ I love the sport.
Can't say that about any team sport so far except maybe watching Tom Brady's tight ass in latex...but that's a different type of analysis.

Ugh...I went to the Belmont Stakes in 99 and there were 120,000 people there. There and then I said never again...hate crowds like that packed like sardines. Tapwrit won so guessing you made out Peeps, sweet.

Yeah, these big race days I stay home now. I went to the Preakness in 2009 when the filly won it and there were ~120,000 screaming, drunken college students staggering everywhere. Meh, the race was good though. My SoCal years were the best though: I got to see many prominent horses and humans up close, even on the smallest of weekend events. The racing out there was top notch when I lived there and has gone down slightly since Hollywood Park closed in 2008.

Plus I got to see the weiner dog races at Los Alamitos. Man, that was a trip.

In 99 when I went Lemon Drop Kid upset a horse I can't recall who was trying to win the Triple Crown who was ridden by Chris Antsly...who mysteriously died/murdered a few weeks later. Belmont is a great park to hang out and play on a regular day but Stakes Day is another story. I only live around 12 miles away. Aquaduct is the absolute worst...Saratoga the best.

In 99 when I went Lemon Drop Kid upset a horse I can't recall who was trying to win the Triple Crown who was ridden by Chris Antsly...

That was Charismatic... he broke down in mid-stretch and Antley saved the horse's life by holding his injured leg stationary until the ambulance arrived. The horse healed and subsequently went to Japan for stud duties. I think he might reside in the KY horse park now.
Antley himself had drug problems for most of his career... I think that was related to his death. Apparently, from what I've heard, he was a good guy, but had a lot of emotional baggage.

Belmont is the only NY track I haven't been to and I was supposed to go in September, but my mom wants me to go with her to visit family in the midwest the weekend I was supposed to go, so that's out. I'll get there eventually.
I LOVE the Spa. It's my favorite track easily, now that Hollywood Park is gone. Aqueduct isn't bad, but not great and it's in a less-than-desirable area (Though, that neighborhood PALES to the grim warzone around Pimlico. I swear Baltimore has the worst slums of any US city I've visited so far. That's saying something because I lived right next to the projects in South Philly for 2 years in the 90s and also in the hood in Venice Beach for 3 years with gang warfare and guns going off most nights).

Ah Charismatic...thank you Peeps, was on my way to work on the smartphone and couldn't Google it between texts rolling in waves at the time. The only other track I've been to was Monmoth besides the ones mentioned. If Aquaduct didn't add the casino there a couple of years ago it woulda went under for sure. They couldn't get an attendance of 500 most days before then!

one for today:

Churchill Downs race 7: #5 Big World- WPS

Big World has to beat a champion-caliber mare (Forever Unbridled) that raced last in a championship race in November. That one is coming off a 7 month layoff and Big World has current form and is on a 4 race win streak. If I can get 5-1 or better then hopefully cha-ching!

Damn Peeps...9:00 post time, talk about keeping a douche like me in suspense! Just placed a $50 W/P wager in. Good luck to us...I'd love to take down a 4/5 favorite!

Well, good luck to us both. I'll be catching the replay since I'm going out in a bit. And no complaints if Big World tanks!

I'm a big boy and looked into it myself...You didn't put a gun to my head and say "MAKE THE PLAY"! I said to myself that's a smart spot to pick. I like smart spots so lets hope for the best and hope things go our way....OR ELSE! Jk there at the end.

No dice. I think the distance got Big World. She's prob better at 8.5 furlongs vs 9. Maybe also elevated by the off track last time. I actually thought it was going to rain in Louisville yesterday. Got a bad forecast I guess... one of the vagaries of this sport I love so much.

Also, the horse that won the turf stakes last night (Kasaqui) was my pick in an online contest, but I didn't bet him.

No worries...like I said in chatbox, I played the chalky exacta in the next race and got close to Even Steven anyways. I think you were right though she lost steam down the stretch. Odds dropped to 7/2 at post time so was disappointed especially since at the end of 6th race she was holding at 6-1...some whale must of entered the situation and lost a bundle. Anyways we'll get em next time.

I use to bet on the horses a few years ago. For the most part I would make a profit. I wouldn't be a big bettor but I use to win a nice few hundred. Nowadays, I don't bet, unless it was a Grand National, but otherwise not.