Racing boost???
 

I'm no genius, but am a cable/racing junkie who likes to gamble. If they really want to boost interest in the 'Sport of Kings' they should show the horse racing channels for free. Whenever they show an hour or so of free horse racing (it happens sometimes on my system), i always think, "Damn, I want to get in on that sort of action, I would have had that winner". I don't subscribe 'cause I would be too consumed to lead a normal life, but other channel surfers my get intrigued and begin to follow the sport. I'm I being naive, or am I on to something?

It is free in KY as long as you pay the cable company

of course you are! you'll fit in here just fine.:)

On my system it's an additional fee. I don't subscribe, 'cause it just a couple of more keystrokes to an online acount, and then all heck will/may let loose. Plus I like, no love, the on/off track atmosphere of actually being there.

Just a thought here.... when racing was really big, horses were more a part of a lot of peoples lives...kinda like Nascar is big now because cars are more a part of everyday life now....When I was a kid I had cousins that lived on farms and they had horses....my kids don't have cousins that live on farms and other than me they don't know anyone who is even interested in horses.

All that being said I've got no idea how to really bring racing back to prominence... maybe a cartoon character(sp?) super hero that is a race horse...maybe a few more TV series that have racing as a backdrop...maybe a Charlottes Web of horse racing....maybe a series of college course electives Handicapping 101...maybe playboy doing a series of issues on "Girls of the Backstretch"

stop pkucking over the gamblers....

It was pretty big in the 60's and 70's and I dont think the milkman was delivering by horse then.

Racing does not need to be brought back to prominence, just run it right, treat your customers better, understand where you stand in the marketplace and fight for lower taxation and we would be just fine.

Not sure that you get my point... and I'm guessing you are not real interested in even trying to.

Novel concepts. :D

All that is well and good but it would not hurt to be bringing a few more new "customers" into the game....and racing may have been bigger in the 30's and 40's when the milkman did deliver the milk by horsey

I think I'm kinda' addicted to "live' Tv. I can watch a live 1 to 2 minute event, that no one can predict how will end, except for the lucky bettors, and be excited, especially if I'm one of those lucky bettors. It doesn't get any better than that. Maybe that can't compete with casino gambing, or secks, but we gotta get more people involved. Hopefully secks timing might compare to a steeplecase race?

I'd gladly pay an extra $9.99 a month if Ken Rudolph would talk like Buckwheat.

A good video game might help.

You know how Tiger Woods has his own golf game every year and they call it Tiger Woods 06 or Tiger Woods 07? Well how about a....Funny Cide 07!! C'mon that would be the best idea ever! Funny Cide promoting horse racing to teenagers and young adults! :cool:

There was a video game with Ghostzapper on the cover but c'mon....the general public doesn't care about Ghostzapper! :cool:

I may have to pay the price, just to get that joke! Or wait for the all "Little Rascals" channel.

the winner gets to spot funny cide in a race he can win...lolololol

Game was the pits. I was sooo excited when I first heard about it. I was disappointed to say the least. It was sooo bad, they didnt even bother making it better the next yr. ..One and done...Not even Tom Durkin's voice could help, lol...

The only horse racing game I ever played was in Vegas. The one that had 4 mechanical horses under a plastic dome. Bet quarters on which exacta would come in...the odds changed for every race. I spent a lot of hours in the 80's playing that game.

holy **** sts ive seen those..lol