Early Bookmaking

[PatCummings]

Still having trouble getting top barns from the west to come to the Spa. Nothing has changed

[Calzone Lord]

Originally Posted by PatCummings

Still having trouble getting top barns from the west to come to the Spa. Nothing has changed

I think they referred to Kentucky as "the west" in the 1870's and 1880's. Brown Dick was a Kentucky horsemen.

[Calzone Lord]

Here is what bookmaking in American racing has been reduced to ... yesterday's last race at Presque Isle....

Early:



Late:

[randallscott35]

Show the actual American pools....I took one look at the pools on DRF a few weeks ago and kept right on going. Any decent bet is basically playing against yourself. No thanks.

[Calzone Lord]

$15,000 in the win pool $16,673 in the exacta pool ... but there were two late scratches in the race - including the heavy favorite.

http://www1.drf.com/drfPDFChartRaces...=20110621&RN=8


But yeah, you have to get pretty creative if you want to make big wagers at a track like that. The pools aren't any better on the weekends - in fact, they're worse.

Shame too, because super speed favoring synthetic tracks with live rails are as good as it gets for wagering conditions IMO.

[randallscott35]

Originally Posted by Calzone Lord

$15,000 in the win pool $16,673 in the exacta pool ... but there were two late scratches in the race - including the heavy favorite.

http://www1.drf.com/drfPDFChartRaces...=20110621&RN=8


But yeah, you have to get pretty creative if you want to make big wagers at a track like that. The pools aren't any better on the weekends - in fact, they're worse.

Shame too, because super speed favoring synthetic tracks with live rails are as good as it gets for wagering conditions IMO.

There is too much racing. And it looks like a nice enough track. But you have to be an idiot to bet into those pools. I would consider playing them offshore if they didn't dump into the pools but guess what, that doesn't exactly help the racing industry.

[Calzone Lord]

No worries, money up front, and I'll book your action.