luckiest track, unluckiest track?
 

Hi guys, just killing time while playing this hollywood friday night card.

I was just curious, what is your luckiest track and unluckiest track of all-time?
The track where everything seems to make sense, and the track where no matter what, can't even cash a 1/5 favorite.

For me, i would go with Hollywood Park for my luckiest track, for some reason, It makes sense there.

Unluckiest, I think I would have to go with the fairgrounds. I like the track, but I don't think I have ever cashed a winning ticket there. :eek:

I'll bite...not so much for a lucky track, but Monmouth is, by far, a track where I never get anything to go right. Just never, EVER.

Best: HWD PARK

Worst: Both Miami tracks

hey scuds, I'm with you HP, florida, calder and gulfstream? or tampa?

Interesting question..

Luck: Saratoga
Suck: Del Mar

best-Kentucky tracks
worst-West Virginia tracks

I will say this- never give up on the worst tracks.Time (and practice) can turn the tables. Never get too cocky at the best tracks, they're stabilizers for the bad times.

Lucky: Kentucky tracks:$:
Not So Much: California tracks:(

Luck: Keeneland
Stuck: Fair Grounds

Lucky ~ Gulfstream
Unlucky ~ Colonial

Luckiest: Delaware
Unluckiest: Delaware

Luckiest: CD or AP
Un Luckiest: Any NYRA track

gambling reminds me of the first line of a tale of two cities. 'it was the best of times, it was the worst of times'.

i've had great luck at cd, ap and oaklawn. i've also had bad luck at those same tracks.

Good--Belmont--Churchill
Bad- All synthetic tracks except Woodbine & Arlington

Good: Churchill and Sunland :D
Bad: Fairgrounds and Oaklawn

Only because you use my Ken Tohill angle.;)

Tohill rules!!!!

Luckiest - Northfield Park (Home of the Flying Turns)
Unluckiest - Belmont Park (Home away from home)

luckiest....Penn National
unluckiest....Arlington, Mountaineer, Charles Town

Luckiest: Kentucky Downs, Colonial Downs
Unluckiest: Turfway Park, Hawthorne

I've always thought that it wasn't handicappers adapting to tracks, as much as it was specific tracks playing into ones innate skills as a handicapper. In other words, we all look at races a certain way. Some tracks play into our skill set and give us success, some don't and break us. When I say "tracks", I mean the physical track and of course the usual horse/trainer population.

Luck: Kee
Suck: Florida

Luckiest: CD and Saratoga
Unluckiest: Synth Tracks

Luckiest: Keeneland

Unluckiest: (tie)Turfway since the change from dirt OR
anything on the dirt at Saratoga

Luck: None of them
Suck: All of them

...only semi-joking.

Luck: CD, MTH, LS
Suck: KEE, AP

luck Aqueduct suck Gulfstream

Best: Oaklawn, Santa Anita, Churchill, Belmont
Worst: Turf Paradise, Suffolk, Monmouth

Lucky: Belmont

Not so Lucky: Churchill

Lucky: Hollywood grass
Sucky: Hollywood poly

Same here. I love Monmouth, but I can count on one hand the number of tickets I've cashed there. I usually do relatively well at Fair Grounds, Saratoga and occasionally Keeneland.

As a friend of mine would say, 'ya get what ya deserve betting those tracks'.

other then belmont, aqueduct, toga, cd and hollywood they are all unlucky for me...

arlington, monmouth, philly are all especially bad

The beast track to bet ever was the Lincoln State Fair Park. I used to be there on business for a week for several years running. At this track, regardless of distance or field size, whatever horse had the lead after the first call always won.

Paul

Luck: Churchill, Belmont, Ellis

NoLuck: Keeneland. Beautiful place, but I can't seem to catch a break there.

Not to worry. I never bet more than a few races before determining they were pretty much impossible so no great loss. Actually, I never bet a couple of these at all, I just remember them from the old Pick 6 challenge that ESPN used to do.

This couldn't be more true as I've been there several times and bet the track regularly because I live in Omaha. The trick, however, is figuring out which horses aren't too sore to actually try to get the lead AND which jockeys have the 1/2 a brain needed to go for it.

Luck : SoCal :tro:
Suck : FG :zz:

Classic pick pweizer. I have been to State Fair Park on numerous occasions before moving to Montana. Bull-ring racing at its best, get to the front. FYI..........this is their last season, the track property is being gobbled up by the Univ of Nebraska. Future racing in Lincoln is uncertain at this point. A couple of groups are trying to get something put together for a new one mile track.

Luck: Saratoga
Suck: Gulfstream

Yeah, that...Exactly that.

Luck = CD & Toga

Suck= all 1 turn races on the Belmont turf...and Tampa dirt.

Luck: CD and OP
Stuck: Delmar, Hollywood Park, Calder and Woodbine

I like Woodbine but... even when you cash it isn't worth it.