tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8711985.post7276921734635800569..comments2024-03-05T05:38:22.024-05:00Comments on Left at the Gate: Wanna Bet?Alan Mannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12570505944559196118noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8711985.post-86038927891519144012011-12-16T01:25:55.860-05:002011-12-16T01:25:55.860-05:00Do you think Attorney General Eric Holder will wag...Do you think Attorney General Eric Holder will wager $10,000 to prove that he had no culpability in the "Fast and Furious" fiasco? His refusal to show Congress his e-mails may incriminate a lot of higher up Democrats besides himself. He's been a total idiot of an AG since he was first appointed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8711985.post-65826787898983042652011-12-15T21:20:41.328-05:002011-12-15T21:20:41.328-05:00JK,
Horseplayers deserve MUCH better than the ign...JK,<br /><br />Horseplayers deserve MUCH better than the ignorance displayed in that HANA blog. It's a shame that they pretend to represent horseplayers yet understand the issue as poorly as suggested in that blog.<br /><br />How come nobody at HANA has ever verbalized that the reason Tampa Bay has decreased their takeout from year to year ( aside from it being unreasonably high to begin with ) is that given how little of their handle is derived on-track, takeout decreases affect them minimally at best? I know why. They don't really understand the issue. I just wish, given this situation, that they would stop pretending they represent horseplayers. They don't represent me, and I'm a horseplayer.<br /><br />No argument that takeout is a major issue in this game. But, it is more complicated than their simplistic approach, and that's giving them credit, and the only way to effect real change is to actually understand the issues.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8711985.post-2226631959807323152011-12-15T15:05:31.987-05:002011-12-15T15:05:31.987-05:00The drumbeat is growing for NYRA to use slot money...The drumbeat is growing for NYRA to use slot money to decrease takeout. Everyone (except horseman) agrees purse increases alone will not cut it. The takeout is too high if the purse is 40k or 50k. The glamorous surroundings provided for the slot players is more salt in the wound for the on track customer. The ball is in NYRA's court.<br /><br /><br />http://blog.horseplayersassociation.org/2011/12/press-bettors-customers-turn-up-heat-on.html<br /><br />Press, Bettors, Customers Turn Up the Heat on NYRAjknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8711985.post-13050431271421564952011-12-14T22:28:00.155-05:002011-12-14T22:28:00.155-05:00AQ's card last Saturday wasn't much for su...AQ's card last Saturday wasn't much for sure, but I just compared GP & AQ for this coming Saturday, and GP isn't that much better. Plenty of maiden races and low level claiming there too. The fields are larger but that's supposed to be the boutique meet of this season.<br /><br />Thoroughbred race cards really do seem much worse than a decade or two ago.<br /><br />As for the human species, didn't the band Devo take its name from the idea that we're devolving? Who cares. Let's go back to ignoring climate change and debate the Kardashian divorce.steve in nchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04061356872686618093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8711985.post-56425785904282901092011-12-14T15:55:59.807-05:002011-12-14T15:55:59.807-05:00Perhaps not so much in print, but the Times does h...Perhaps not so much in print, but the Times does have an active hockey blog that it promotes and that's updated regularly - I give it more credit for its hockey coverage than its racing coverage.<br /><br />And in this case, at least someone decided that the issue of fighting, hits to the head, and their effects were worth investigating. I think, and hope, that the Branch series will be the beginning of a game-changer. Kudos for devoting the resources for such an exhaustive piece.Teresahttp://www.brooklynbackstretch.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8711985.post-46538575699748346082011-12-14T11:44:33.023-05:002011-12-14T11:44:33.023-05:00Candidates judged mostly on short sound bites-&quo...Candidates judged mostly on short sound bites-"$10,000 bet" sounds bad, "Hope and Change" sounds good-maybe we deserve the politicians we electSaratogaSpahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05181152277681879529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8711985.post-58801710088378740892011-12-14T11:12:49.235-05:002011-12-14T11:12:49.235-05:00I had to laugh at all the White liberals in the me...I had to laugh at all the White liberals in the media trying to make a big thing from a $10,000 bet.It didn't work.Mr Dutrow must be having a good laugh.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8711985.post-84028976055693136962011-12-14T10:21:32.735-05:002011-12-14T10:21:32.735-05:00The NYT reports on the haves and the have nots at ...The NYT reports on the haves and the have nots at Resorts World.<br /><br /><br />http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/14/sports/at-aqueduct-clubhouse-and-casino-are-different-turfs.html<br /><br />At Aqueduct, Clubhouse and Casino Are Different Turfsjknoreply@blogger.com