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Originally Posted by cmfhb411
This has come up more than once in the past seven years.
How difficult could it be to make sure all wagering is closed before the first runner gets into the gate ?
It should be ridiculously simple. The starter doesn't let any horses in the gate until he gets confirmation that all wagering has closed.
The starter gets word from the stewards. The stewards don't give the word if they have ANY DOUBT of wagering being closed.
It should be set up where someone in the chain has to lose their job if anything like this happens again.
How ****** hard is this to understand ?  |
How difficult is it for you to understand that the tracks are trying to get every drop of handle that they can and the fact is that people bet at the last minute. I am not condoning it at all. But I can see the bitching now when you get shut out of a big score because they closed the windows a minute early, or there is a gate scratch that effects the race dramatically and you cant cancel your ticket or bet a last minute saver. I would think aggravation caused by closing the pools prematurely would far outweigh the aggrevation caused by the pools closing late once in a great while.