BC Voting - COLORED SADDLE CLOTHS :)

[The Indomitable DrugS]

No need.

[The Indomitable DrugS]

Deep closing winners might have the front dirty:




But the back in normally clean:

[Bobby Fischer]

nice pics

[The Indomitable DrugS]

It's the purple saddle clothes that make them so pretty.

Start using all different colors and you wind up with a race that looks like the third at Emerald Downs on a tuesday.

[VOL JACK]

Originally Posted by The Indomitable DrugS

It's the purple saddle clothes that make them so pretty.

Start using all different colors and you wind up with a race that looks like the third at Emerald Downs on a tuesday.

Im in favor of having a Mountaineer style Breeders Cup.
The #10 horse would get overbet in every race with those pretty polka-dot silks.

[The Indomitable DrugS]

Originally Posted by VOL JACK

Im in favor of having a Mountaineer style Breeders Cup.
The #10 horse would get overbet in every race with those pretty polka-dot silks.

Mountaineer is straight

Yeah .. the inside posts get stuck with the solid colors. Godolphin owns every 3 horse to ever run at Mountaineer.

[TheSpyder]

Keep the silks purple but dye the horses like Easter Eggs.

Happy Easter

Spyder

[Bigsmc]

Originally Posted by The Indomitable DrugS

No need.

From my awesome seats , unless they were on the lead the whole way, they all looked brown with purple saddle cloths until they were well past me and then I could see their colorful backs.

[philcski]

Originally Posted by Bigsmc

From my awesome seats , unless they were on the lead the whole way, they all looked brown with purple saddle cloths until they were well past me and then I could see their colorful backs.

i really did have awesome seats and i still couldn't figure out who was who.

[NTamm1215]

Originally Posted by Bigsmc

From my awesome seats , unless they were on the lead the whole way, they all looked brown with purple saddle cloths until they were well past me and then I could see their colorful backs.

And it was even worse if you bought one of those ear radios and were certain Maryfield was getting the lead but hadn't gotten a call from the announcer.

I was in the grandstand with binoculars and couldn't tell much regarding silks, although I did know that it was that big SOB Midnight Lute coming down the middle.

NT

[philcski]

Originally Posted by NTamm1215

And it was even worse if you bought one of those ear radios and were certain Maryfield was getting the lead but hadn't gotten a call from the announcer.

I was in the grandstand with binoculars and couldn't tell much regarding silks, although I did know that it was that big SOB Midnight Lute coming down the middle.

NT

Mine shorted out about 20 minutes after I bought it!

[2MinsToPost]

colored saddle cloths please

[Travis Stone]

I'm pretty sure the non-change to this point has to do with the brand, marketing... purple saddle cloths = BC... hands down. Photos, collateral etc., it's all the same.

[2MinsToPost]

Originally Posted by Travis Stone

I'm pretty sure the non-change to this point has to do with the brand, marketing... purple saddle cloths = BC... hands down. Photos, collateral etc., it's all the same.

yeah, not pointed at you but

screw the bettors who have to strain their eyes thru the race

the bettors who help fuel this sport 40 some weekends out of the year, the bettors who fuel this sport thru the week etc etc

just my opinion, one of the biggest wagering days of the year why would they cater to those who fuel the pools the other 40 plus weekends etc etc?

nah, lets cater to the celebs and high profile types? guarentee you "our" (us hard core week in week out) "players" far exceed this portion of the wagering dollar, the "high profile" weekend player on BC Day, KY Derby Day etc..

[PatCummings]

Originally Posted by 2MinsToPost

yeah, not pointed at you but

screw the bettors who have to strain their eyes thru the race

the bettors who help fuel this sport 40 some weekends out of the year, the bettors who fuel this sport thru the week etc etc

just my opinion, one of the biggest wagering days of the year why would they cater to those who fuel the pools the other 40 plus weekends etc etc?

nah, lets cater to the celebs and high profile types? guarentee you "our" (us hard core week in week out) "players" far exceed this portion of the wagering dollar, the "high profile" weekend player on BC Day, KY Derby Day etc..

The bettors will get paid winnings regardless of the color of the saddletowel.

While it might be a BIT easier to follow the race for a few seconds...you still may or may not know who is getting up in time...

Truly, I believe following the silks is what you should do, but save changing the saddle towels, why not adding Trakus and showing the chicklets?

[MaTH716]

Originally Posted by PatCummings

The bettors will get paid winnings regardless of the color of the saddletowel.

While it might be a BIT easier to follow the race for a few seconds...you still may or may not know who is getting up in time...

Truly, I believe following the silks is what you should do, but save changing the saddle towels, why not adding Trakus and showing the chicklets?

Not might, it would be a hell of a lot easier if they colored the saddlecloths. Are you saying that's it's easier to remember the silks of 4-5 horses that you might have in a leg of a pick 3 or 4? I really don't know why they are so stubborn on this issue. But then again why should I be suprised. These are the same people that decided to go back to back years at Santa Anita.

[jballscalls]

chicklets are the most annoying thing ever. How Keeneland and Del mar do it is good, just the numbers across the bottom, but those dancing things are the worst. I am all for tradition, but BC Day is a day we can showcase our great game to many many new fans as well as try to get casual fans more involved, why make it more confusing by having the same color saddle towels??