OTB behaviour

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Originally Posted by GPK

Some things money cant buy....lol

Im not like that with every race, on when EC is racing.

What woulda been really funny is if you were wearing nothing but underwear and socks....

Come on, you guys are forgetting about one of my favorite guys. I love the guy who is screaming for his horse coming down the stretch. He's going absolutely crazy trying to get his horse up for first and when he does finish first, I say congratulations or nice hit or you got it. What is the first thing this guy says, "Who got second?!, who got third?!, who got fourth?!, You tell him and he rips up his tickets.
You are cheering that loud and making an ass out of yourself for a horse to finish first and you still need 3 prayers behind him to cash?

[brockguy]

nice replies guys, i certainly see that there are so many tracks and horses and jockeys to follow that the easiest thing to do is just scream out the number. I can get into a tendency to scream out "come on ya boyo" as well. As regards to guys seen in a bookies over here, my favs are the ones that blame the jockey no matter what happens. A horse could fall but it was the jocks fault for not holding on, or the horse is ridiculously slow but the jockey hasnt made enough effort, its always the jockeys fault.

Its easy to get lost in the moment and do stupid things especially when there is alot of money to be won (or lost), but doing every time sort of takes the fun and spontaneous element out of it. I remember at cheltenham hugging and kissing a woman beside me after hitting my 4th winner in a row and the last came in at 66-1!!

[zippyneedsawin]

Originally Posted by seconditis

Come on, you guys are forgetting about one of my favorite guys. I love the guy who is screaming for his horse coming down the stretch. He's going absolutely crazy trying to get his horse up for first and when he does finish first, I say congratulations or nice hit or you got it. What is the first thing this guy says, "Who got second?!, who got third?!, who got fourth?!, You tell him and he rips up his tickets.
You are cheering that loud and making an ass out of yourself for a horse to finish first and you still need 3 prayers behind him to cash?

I think I know that guy!! LOL!

[whorstman]

Originally Posted by chromer

If I ever bet on a dog race I will always cheered for "Rusty" regardless of the names of the dogs. He was my pet when when I was a kid and it will make me feel good and better still confuse the people around me.

I never bet on a dog races though so as kent says, that's not my point.

They don't ask me the horses name when I place the bet. In fact they frown on it. So it isn't like I'm encouraged to memorize the name of the 16,000 claimer I think is the least worst in the field.

I think people that cheer at an OTB are showing signs of desperation anyway. Why are they so excited that their 3/5 shot is on the lead in the backstretch? My theory is that winners are quiet.

I'll quietly whisper to my friend's "what's that jackass think he's doing moving so soon?" but otherwise I'm like a teenage couple with the parents in the next room. So far as everyone around knows I'm still doing homework.

That's awesome, I went to the dog track once a few years bak. Every time they ran, I cheered "GO BUSTER!". That was my boy when I was a kid.

[jpops757]

There is this guy at LS simo pavilion that always is yelling come on "baby boy". Baby Boy runs every race.. I mostly yell for the jockey to make the horse go faster or make a better move. Nearly all of my urging comes in the form of using the jockeys name. Another funny result is confusing the 9 and 5 and also confusing the7 8 and 1 because of the closeness in colors.

[Suffolk Shippers]

Originally Posted by GPK

My girlfriend saw me for the first time watching a horse race. We were at my place on Sat. for The Manhattan...lol.

When they made the turn for home, I jumped off the bed, screaming at the top of my lungs at English Channel....hitting my hips...snapping my fingers...2 feet from the tv....

When the race was over, she literally had this look on her face...It was all I could do to keep from laughing my ass off. I think I scared the poor woman. I am taking her to Colonial Downs this Saturday for opening weekend. She is actually excited...lol

Qualifies as POST OF THE DAY for June 12. Reminded me of the time I was cheering home 60-1 longshot My Cousin Matt in the BC Sprint in 2004. I had him in my tri's and him hitting the board was a big pay day for me. I was at my girlfriends place absolutely going nuts, jumping off chairs and knocking down vases and such (im 6'2" 270lbs I do some damage jumping around).
She was petrified at my actions, but since I raked in $2800 for the tri, I said I'd take her out to dinner.

If she put out

[2Hot4TV]

Originally Posted by GPK

My girlfriend saw me for the first time watching a horse race. We were at my place on Sat. for The Manhattan...lol.

When they made the turn for home, I jumped off the bed, screaming at the top of my lungs at English Channel....hitting my hips...snapping my fingers...2 feet from the tv....

When the race was over, she literally had this look on her face...It was all I could do to keep from laughing my ass off. I think I scared the poor woman. I am taking her to Colonial Downs this Saturday for opening weekend. She is actually excited...lol

I was in Las Vegas at a new hotel sports book and the place was almost empty on a Thursday afternoon. I placed a win bet in a maiden race and when they got to the 1/4 pole I knew I had some horse left for the run to the wire, so I started to my race track dance,,,,(it starts out at a normal voice level and ends up pretty loud). I start by telling the Jockey what to do,,,, Give him his head Chris,,,,, come on Chris,,,,,,, Thats it,,,,,,, Hit him Chris,,,,,, and a whole lot of comotion till they hit the wire and one big OH YA! Well when I went to cash the ticket the cashier looked at me and said "All that noise for a 10 Dollar win ticket?"

[zippyneedsawin]

Originally Posted by GPK

My girlfriend saw me for the first time watching a horse race. We were at my place on Sat. for The Manhattan...lol.

When they made the turn for home, I jumped off the bed, screaming at the top of my lungs at English Channel....hitting my hips...snapping my fingers...2 feet from the tv....

When the race was over, she literally had this look on her face...It was all I could do to keep from laughing my ass off. I think I scared the poor woman. I am taking her to Colonial Downs this Saturday for opening weekend. She is actually excited...lol

OK, I have to ask since no one else did... What were you doing watching horse racing from your BED!!!!!!!!!!

[randallscott35]

I actually bought a jockey whip signed by Johnny V. If its a big race and I'm home, I'm usually whipping the **** out the couch. Funny stuff.

[ArlJim78]

Here is another one you've all seen. There are some guys either inexperienced or clueless but they just can't seem to be able to judge the finishing pace and momentum of horses coming to the wire. I'll hear someone calling a number very loudly, over and over, then I'll look for that horse to find out where it's at and its a hanging horse in fourth or fifth place with no shot to win. But the guy will keep screaming over and over as if this horse is likely to suddenly jump up into the photo.

When I'm near these guys I'll usually say something like "What race are you watching?"

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Originally Posted by 2Hot4TV

I was in Las Vegas at a new hotel sports book and the place was almost empty on a Thursday afternoon. I placed a win bet in a maiden race and when they got to the 1/4 pole I knew I had some horse left for the run to the wire, so I started to my race track dance,,,,(it starts out at a normal voice level and ends up pretty loud). I start by telling the Jockey what to do,,,, Give him his head Chris,,,,, come on Chris,,,,,,, Thats it,,,,,,, Hit him Chris,,,,,, and a whole lot of comotion till they hit the wire and one big OH YA! Well when I went to cash the ticket the cashier looked at me and said "All that noise for a 10 Dollar win ticket?"

LOLOL....that is SO me ! the big player that I am (not).

ArlJim, I can't believer I forgot about those guys. I love them. I also like when their horse is passed by a couple horses coming down the stretch and they are yelling how he is going to come back.

My least favorite guy, the guy that knows the finish of every race 100%, but are wrong 100% of the time. These guys can see a 4 way dead heat and immediately tell you what the order was incorrectly. They also can tell me I'm wrong when I tell a buddy he lost or won because they saw it perfectly. I really like when they tell me it was the 9 that got up and it is a 8 horse field!!!!!!!!

[Suffolk Shippers]

Originally Posted by zippyneedsawin

OK, I have to ask since no one else did... What were you doing watching horse racing from your BED!!!!!!!!!!

An excellent question lol

[GPK]

Originally Posted by zippyneedsawin

OK, I have to ask since no one else did... What were you doing watching horse racing from your BED!!!!!!!!!!

umm.....I plead the 5th

[GPK]

We were talking about it again last night on the phone and laughing. I asked her how bad I scared her. I had to reassure her that I would not be acting in that manner this Sat. at Colonial Downs. I told her its not every day that English Channel races. I fainted and dropped the phone when she said "English WHo?"

This woman still has no idea what she has gotten herself into.

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(wife) come on 4, come on 4.....come ON FOUR !!!!.....YES!!!!!!!
HONEY WE WON !!!WE WON!!!! Honey? Honey? You DID play the 4-5, right?

(honey) I thought you said the five - four....