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[blackthroatedwind]

Originally Posted by freddymo

Actually she is very smart, but she would have zero shot following Moss not that he isn't excellent just that his style is completely geared for someone with a racing base of knowledge.

Handicapping is incredibly complicated with a myriad of disciplines. How the heck is the average person who has a once or twice a year interest in racing going to be entertained by speed figs. pedigree info, trip evaluation, morning works, Jockey evaluation, track conditions, racetrack configs etc etc.. Its WAY to much for the twice a year fan.

John Madden did it with Football.

[freddymo]

Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind

John Madden did it with Football.

I am not sure that is a fair comparsion. The office pools for 5 bucks create a lot of average joe viewers. That all of a sudden have a interest on who wins, not to mention the immense illegal gambling. Plus there are only two teams one wins the other loses.

Moss is no Madden and unless you are going to yell BOOM when Lookin at Lucky slams into Ice Box then I don't see the comparsion. Actually in retrospect your Dunce Hat routine is exactly the type of silly yet veiwable act that people could relate too. My "sister" would watch if all of a sudden on a broadcast a guy was doing something silly and explained why..