'Horseplayers' on ESQ TV -- Debuts 1/21, 10p ET

[pmayjr]

Originally Posted by PatCummings

Racing people need to realize this show is NOT for them. It's not. Feel slighted by that if you will, but this show is for people who aren't fans or current racing bettors. Come to it from that perspective and take a chill in the interim with a lack of 100% accuracy. NO reality TV shows represents reality as it happened.

Fair or not, a lot of people think regular horse players are kinda greasy lowlifes... The premiere episode of this show didn't do anything to change anyone's opinion of that.

Team Rotundo and the dude with the magnifying glass made me think this could be "the Situation", Ronnie and Vinny from Jersey Shore when they're in their 50s .

They're colorful personalities to watch, but they're greasy as f*ck (I say this as a member of the Walmart crowd, I'm no snoot).

[Left Bank]

I thought it was pretty entertaining, and I will watch it again, as long as they stick with the racing and don't start to dwell into their personal lives too much.