... and are you the type who yells at the jocks and calls all the horses by their numbers only or are you the quiet type (well what didja think I was talking about in the heading you pervs?
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At the track, do you always hang out in the same area? Do you stay in one place or go to the paddock and the finish line, anywhere and everywhere?
Rarely go to the track, mostly OTB.
Do you drink? Drink too much? Eat? Get there early for workouts and stay all day? Leave after the big race?
If I'm up on the day, I will splurge on a plate of cheese fries
Do you cap the night before or when you're there?
Both
Do you have superstitions... a good luck charm of any kind?
All pick 3 and pick 4 plays must be written down on a piece of paper, then I go punch the ticket in the machine. The written ticket MUST stay on top of the machine ticket at all times. Never use the bathroom 5 minutes or less before post.
Are you the type who smacks the form during the races and who barks out orders to the jocks?
I don't smack the form but I do snap my fingers like crazy during the stretch run if my horse has a shot.
Do you bring your kids, your significant other or go with friends? Alone?
ALONE!!!
How much does it annoy you when you're in line and the race is about to go off and the person in front of you has no clue what they're doing? Do you feel like you're going to have a heart attack, going to kill them, or both?
Never real crowded, except big days.
When you make a great hit do you announce it to the people around you? Do you congratulate strangers if they're nearby and you know they nailed whatever race?
Always depends on who is as the OTB. If I hit a signer and people hear about it, the dregs will be on my like flies on sh*t to sign it. I always sign my own.
Are you helpful to new-to-the-sport types or do you wish they would go the fuc* home?
Helpful, but only if they ask.
Do you tip the tellers?
Rarely use tellers. But if I hit and use them, I will. I was having a miserable ass day a few years ago. I had $9 bucks left on a voucher and told this teller to give me 3 across on any number horse she wanted. I never looked at the ticket til after the race was over. The horse won and it was a bomb. Winning ticket was worth $125. I gave her $25 and promptly left. I was at Colonial a couple years ago with EPBurns from the board here and hit a pick 3 for $800 and change. I gave the teller that punched the ticket $50. It helped that she was cute as hell and ended up going out with me a couple times.
Do you get dressed up at all? Go to the turf club? Hang with the lowlifes? Have a table at a restaurant for the day kinda thing?
shorts, t-shirt and flip flops
Tell me what it's like when you go to the track and which track you usually go to!