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Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind
" Instant gratification ", at the racetrack, is for losers. We are all in this for the long run. The same mentality that worries about when they DON'T win in this current discussion will also lead to trying to " get out " in the last race. There is only one actual " last " race to a horseplayer and in general we don't know when that is coming. A horseplayer does not divide his playing by days....just by cumulative results.
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Exactly the point I was making... (or trying to.)
There are those (like my Dad, for example) who love to just bet on the triple crown days, etc. For him, instant gratification is what he wants. He's not a real horseplayer.