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Old 12-27-2011, 11:28 AM
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But why punish the bettors? Couldn't they just give him days and leave the horse up?
That's what I say too when it works against me, blame the stewards. As players we suck it up and move on. What other choice do we have--none. I am sure there was a nice old lady who hit.
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Old 12-27-2011, 11:37 AM
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That's what I say too when it works against me, blame the stewards. As players we suck it up and move on. What other choice do we have--none. I am sure there was a nice old lady who hit.
Something tells me your opinion on this might be a little different if Liquidity Trap was the one DQ'd. Don't think you'd be so quick to "suck it up" had that happened.
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Old 12-27-2011, 11:54 AM
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Something tells me your opinion on this might be a little different if Liquidity Trap was the one DQ'd. Don't think you'd be so quick to "suck it up" had that happened.
I been down the road on many DQ's, I don't get all wrapped up in it like others do. If you play, you know what can happen. Nice try to derail the topic though. In fact, I didn't play the race.
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Old 12-27-2011, 12:32 PM
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I been down the road on many DQ's, I don't get all wrapped up in it like others do. If you play, you know what can happen. Nice try to derail the topic though. In fact, I didn't play the race.
Not derailing the topic at all. You did that. The topic was the takedown. Not Maragh or his history in your opinion. You don't like Maragh. Great, no one cares.

I don't like being robbed, which is what happened here.
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Old 12-27-2011, 12:36 PM
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Not derailing the topic at all. You did that. The topic was the takedown. Not Maragh or his history in your opinion. You don't like Maragh. Great, no one cares.

I don't like being robbed, which is what happened here.
Your horse had a bad ride, I pointed it out. You brought my son into it. You gambled, you lost. Get it? You think you got robbed, I think you got what the track gave all the bettors. Maybe next time.
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Old 12-27-2011, 12:43 PM
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Your horse had a bad ride, I pointed it out. You brought my son into it. You gambled, you lost. Get it? You think you got robbed, I think you got what the track gave all the bettors. Maybe next time.
The ride was pretty good in fact. He received a bad ride in his previous race, which was what made him attractive to me. I was right. But I and others got robbed by incompetent stewards.

That's the issue. It's not about gambling and losing. It's about expecting some kind of competency by the people making these decisions because we are betting our money with the expectation that the decisions will be dealt with fairly.

Apparently that's too much to ask by you and we wonder why we as bettors we are treated like crap.
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Old 12-27-2011, 12:55 PM
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The ride was pretty good in fact. He received a bad ride in his previous race, which was what made him attractive to me. I was right. But I and others got robbed by incompetent stewards.

That's the issue. It's not about gambling and losing. It's about expecting some kind of competency by the people making these decisions because we are betting our money with the expectation that the decisions will be dealt with fairly.

Apparently that's too much to ask by you and we wonder why we as bettors we are treated like crap.
You think incompentent stewards only work in GP? They breed them. They are everywhere. Move on, it's not changing anytime soon.
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