am I the only one
 

that gets a kick out of when they are all loaded in the gate...but maybe one or two of the horses aren't ready...you start hearing..

"NO...NO....NONONONONONONONONO"

I find myself laughing like crazy everytime I hear that:D

you do seem to have a sickness...;)

I do...don't I?? Just very easily amused I guess.:o

I also laugh at that, especially because as the guy is saying no no no no no, the gates suddenly open.

i really notice it in NY, but I think its everywhere.

and yes pais, before you even ask, i have a sickness.:D

s'okay...as kev can attest I have a few of my own:D

Sounds like the NY crew is saying 'ALLAHLALALALALALALALALAALALALALALALA!'

That always cracks me up, but it seems like it's only in places with good gate crews. You never hear the "no no no" at Penn National.

Soooo....I guess admitting to walking around work all day and mumbling to myself under my breath..."NONONONONONONO" is not a good thing either??:o

it's the first step...11 more to go....

Rehab is for quitters:p and I ain't quitting this game anytime soon:cool:

In Cali they yell, burrito, burrito, chimichanga and then the gates open.....of course, this is coming from my middle child.

not good.

also, if you're in a meeting and suddenly blurt out "annnnnd theirrr off!!", it might be frowned on depending upon where you work.

More amusing than anything is the piped in sound of hooves hiting the ground during the race.

Hee hee. This is a funny topic. It does always make me giggle kev. You are not alone.

I do yes... :eek:

You are right!! The only place I know that does that is Hawthorne and it is the most ridiculous thing you'll ever hear. When the gate opens the hoofbeats start. when they cross the wire the sound is switched off yet the horses are still running. It is so stupid.

ESPN used piped in crowd noise during the Breeders Cup as swell as Travers, made me want to vomit.

lol
so many directions you could take with this post.....

i don't know how it could be both. but if you can say down the stretch, i guess it could be up the backside...lmao, still sounds bad!!

just don't see how it could be down the backside and the stretch, where's the up part of the race?

but definitely running up, rather than running down the backside....because 'running down the backside' is the worst of all!!

thanks!! i enjoy shakespeare very much...romeo and juliet is probably the one i like the least. i think othello is great, as is hamlet.

The other day I heard a new one from either a jock,or a member of the gate crew: "I knew I should of gone to college."

Down the Stretch has a very nice backside (so I've been told).
Some times it's up, sometimes it's down.
Any more questions?

No, I don't know how to post pics.

DTS

thank God for small favors! (j/k)

thats an image i could have done without.

ahhhhhhh if only we could record voices here id do a perfect imitation of the gate guys here in chicago LOL! i can stand by the gate all morning during training in chicago and listen to the guy yell"comin out" or stand by it during races and hear the guy yell twoooooooooooooooooooooooo out, 1 out jimmy lolollol!