HRRN BRIS Call in show

[Tom]

Anyone listen to this tonight?
Last half hour, a listener calls in to asks about nasal strips - a horse won at SA wearing them, and he wanted to know if this was something that was going to be in the PPS.

The "seasoned professional" (:pound:) Tony, Big A (how appropriate!) acts like a little school girl and whines about the lousy callers tonight and totally brushed off the guy. He is more concerned about the 16 stakes races coming up this weekend and throws the guy under the bus. Real professional.

What a Pompous ASS this clown is. A simple question about HANDICAPPING on a HANDICAPPING call in show and the jerk act like someone pissed in his beer.

Guess standards at HRRN are pretty low.

[ronsmac]

Anyone listen to this tonight?
Last half hour, a listener calls in to asks about nasal strips - a horse won at SA wearing them, and he wanted to know if this was something that was going to be in the PPS.

The "seasoned professional" (:pound:) Tony, Big A (how appropriate!) acts like a little school girl and whines about the lousy callers tonight and totally brushed off the guy. He is more concerned about the 16 stakes races coming up this weekend and throws the guy under the bus. Real professional.

What a Pompous ASS this clown is. A simple question about HANDICAPPING on a HANDICAPPING call in show and the jerk act like someone pissed in his beer.

Guess standards at HRRN are pretty low.I remember when nasal strips first came to the forefront when Lukas won 2 breeders cup races with longshots in the 1999 Breeders Cup with nasal strips. Almost 20 years later and the betting public has little information about them. I wonder if they actually help horses or not?

[Jeff P]

Do nasal strips help horses?
https://www.horsetalk.co.nz/2014/05/22/nasal-strips-help-horses/

Do horses derive any benefit from the strips, which are designed to tape open the nostrils and keep them open? The answer, it would seem, is yes.

Researchers have found that equine nasal strips reduce lung damage. However, in the most sensitive question for the racing industry, there is a possibility they also may improve performance.


-jp

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[Tom]

Exactly my point. A legitimate quesion brushed off by a pompous ass's hissy fit.

Tony is the same guy who said, on air, that Arrogate was a better horse than Secretariat. Arrogate then proceeded to lose his next two races and retire. :lol::lol::lol::lol:

HRRN needs to upgrade the quality of its on air talent(?).

[1GCFAN]

The Big A has strong opinions on horses, Arrogate and California Chrome come to mind. He is a good handicapper but not keen to talk about the subtleties of racing. Usually his co-host will weigh in. I remember a call last year about the progress of the IRS bill to change what constitutes a minimum bets for tax purposes. He claimed not to be following the legislative effort. Fortunately, Ed stepped in an updated the caller.

[BCOURTNEY]

Anyone listen to this tonight?
Last half hour, a listener calls in to asks about nasal strips - a horse won at SA wearing them, and he wanted to know if this was something that was going to be in the PPS.

The "seasoned professional" (:pound:) Tony, Big A (how appropriate!) acts like a little school girl and whines about the lousy callers tonight and totally brushed off the guy. He is more concerned about the 16 stakes races coming up this weekend and throws the guy under the bus. Real professional.

What a Pompous ASS this clown is. A simple question about HANDICAPPING on a HANDICAPPING call in show and the jerk act like someone pissed in his beer.

Guess standards at HRRN are pretty low.

2 ways to prevent bleeding are lasix and strips.

[Tom]

That info used to be in the PPs.
BRIS still has a space for it in the data fields, but nothing there.
I remember some nice form reversals with NS on.

Must be the whales are buying that info now? :rolleyes:

My point though, is why be a total dick to your listeners?
I don't care if he hits 90% with an ROI 0f 4.00 - no excuse for a so-called professional to act like a baby girl on the air.

And he was a total dick.:ThmbDown:

[the little guy]

Can you at least call him Anthony and not Tony?

[Tom]

Certainly.
Not that is makes any difference in his behavior. :rolleyes:

[the little guy]

Certainly.
Not that is makes any difference in his behavior. :rolleyes:

That's fine. Anthony is my friend. If you knew him, I am confident you would really like him.

[thaskalos]

That's fine. Anthony is my friend. If you knew him, I am confident you would really like him.

That aside...do you think that Tom is right in criticizing Anthony's handling of the nasal strip question of the caller? It may be reassuring to discover that an on-air personality is 'very nice' in real life...but his audience only has his on-air performance to judge him by.

[Suff]

Having met both of them, I think most people would like the BIG A & Tom.

I was here.. Front Row! Two months ago. I didn't know much about Anthony until I went to this show. A fantastic evening. Chris Kay NYRA CEO was the headliner.

The Big A was the Opener..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCv5v1ahXxU

And the Looch also! BIG A and Looch stole the show. This was at the Parting Glass Pub in Saratoga.. The final show of the 2018 season.

Looch was great, and just like you might imagine. He showed up late , looking great and happy, he had a posse, 4 people, two of them looked like super models! :D They broke out a new table for The Looch and his Crew. Like a scene from Goodfella's :lol:

Looch was smart, funny, humble, but a big Swagger too! Cool Guy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5yjWJXvW0Q

Remember too, about The Big A and guys like him, these are New York Race Track Guys... tough and seasoned people. They step on toes, they walk with big sticks, they consider themselves at the top of the heap. So they piss you off here and there. Comes with the territory.

For example, I stopped by the BIG A's table on my way out and had a quick hello, love the show, and good bye. But I did mention that I learned my early handicapping at Suffolk Downs, and the Big A looked at me as if I said The Carousel at Disney. :lol:

The Big A is not just NY, he's Queens, Howard Beach. I circled in & out of HB a few times.. Howard Beach generates more NY street guys than any other place on the east coast. Its a great place to be from.

[the little guy]

That aside...do you think that Tom is right in criticizing Anthony's handling of the nasal strip question of the caller? It may be reassuring to discover that an on-air personality is 'very nice' in real life...but his audience only has his on-air performance to judge him by.

I didn't hear the show. Someone else I know, who doesn't know Anthony, took Anthony's side.

[1GCFAN]

Listened to the replay this afternoon. I think there might have been a few production problems and then the caller who supported Catholic Boy as potential for the Eclipse set him off. Callers wanted to talk about the super trainers and then nasal strips was the last straw.



Personally, I like discussions about super trainers and racing in general. Often this show gets only a few callers (I listen every week to the replay). Their best show was when the Little A was a co-host. Her knowledge and discussion points brought a different perspective.



By the way if you haven't heard the one hour interview on HRRN with Uriah St. Lewis, go listen to the replay.

[AltonKelsey]

I remember when nasal strips first came to the forefront when Lukas won 2 breeders cup races with longshots in the 1999 Breeders Cup with nasal strips. Almost 20 years later and the betting public has little information about them. I wonder if they actually help horses or not?




Even if they don't , its a great place to put paid advertising. Gotta think out of the box

[HalvOnHorseracing]

Horses only breathe through their nose. If the nasal strip opens up the nasal passage, it has to be some help.

Mouth for eating, nose for breathing.

[Suff]

L



By the way if you haven't heard the one hour interview on HRRN with Uriah St. Lewis, go listen to the replay.

I took you up on that and did. I think I caught most of it. It should be sent out to anyone running a business. I caught all the parts where he described how he gets Hay, Feed, Shavings etc.. and saves a couple of bucks any way he can.

Hard working immigrant who values every penny he has.

Reminds of my Grandfather who said things like "I'm going to make the electric company happy today and listen to the Red Sox on the radio"
:)

[bobphilo]

2 ways to prevent bleeding are lasix and strips.

Contrary to popular belief, Lasix has never been proven by any scientific study to prevent bleeding. To the contrary, the only study done indicates it likely has no such effect. It has been proven, however, to be performance enhancing, which is why it is banned everywhere but in North America. The reason for this effect is not clear though one theory is that it masks other drugs. In any case, performance enhancement is why everyone uses it whether they have a bleeder or not. They don't want to be at a disadvantage to everyone else. We need further studies as this is a widely used potent medication, but this is unlikely given how no one wants to give up on a performance enhancing substance.

It is still not clear whether or not nasal strips prevent bleeding though one study posted here suggests they may do so since they help horses with breathing problems. We need further studies here too and I hope they do since they are not a drug and there would be no excuse for using Lasix. Among other special interests, Big Pharma is making big bucks off the wide spread use of Lasix and are unlikely to support the search for a non-drug alternative.

[ubercapper]

Nasal Strips were added to the database shortly after they starting being used and letters were assigned for inclusion in the medication/equipment field in pps for pp providers that wanted to use them - S for Nasal Strip and Q for Nasal Strip off.

If I recall correctly some tracks reported them and/or entered them when sending entries to Equibase but some did not and that is why most pp providers didn't put them in pp lines because of the likelihood for inconsistency.

[ubercapper]

That's fine. Anthony is my friend. If you knew him, I am confident you would really like him.


I second what Andy said. Anthony is a wonderful person. I worked with him for years on the HRRN Live afternoon show, the Weekend Preview and occasionally on the call-in show. He does have the persona that sometimes smacks of being brash, but he's never dull.