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Originally Posted by GMB@BP
So yesterday I was reading Mark Cramer's Thoroughbred Cycles when my kid walks up and asks what I was reading, I told him, and he said "think I should read that book"?
I asked him why and he said "I wanna learn how to bet the horses".
Now he is 15 and been around this his whole life, not only have I been doing it forever I have a family friend who is in the business so we always watch the BC and Derby, go to see people in California and Ky where my wife is from. So its not new to him.
I told him this is the not the book for you to read to learn, its more advanced concepts, but beyond that I could teach you more than is in most books.
The question is, is that a good idea? Should I even subject my kid to this game? Will he wander that ways anyhow?
Was a bridge I didnt expect to cross, my kid aint exactly like me in many regards.
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I would tell him to act like you, be respectful of the game, and don't get mad when you lose. My first time at MP with my dad was right after Hurricane Agnes the thrill of playing the horses and the possibility of winning lots of money(a $10 dollar bill was a homerun then)just added to the excitement. My dad stuck with his favorite numbers I played the horses names and if the jockey only came over to ride one horse for the day from another track I was in. The angles were all there and the memories will never fade. Great game, good people and based on todays exotics the money you can win now exceeds any other game where the odds aren't 26,000,000 to 1 to win!
