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Originally Posted by Dahoss9698
Excellent point. It's one of the things often misunderstood about this game. It's not nearly as random as some make it seem.
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Amen
The thing that kills me is the way the game is approached and covered by major networks. While there may be some serious handicapping talk, it is ALWAYS hand in hand with the telephone number, kid's birthday, cute jockey silks systems and whatever crap they come up with.
What does this say to the casual person who tunes in and wants to know more about horseracing? It must look like the lottery to them, with much smaller payouts.
Almost every on air personality plays along with this act, esp if they pick a few losers early in the card...it's 'shot in the dark' time by race 4.
To realize how great this game is, all anyone new needs is to handicap (not guess at) a race and have it unfold the way they envisioned it...and cash a ticket.
The rest is history.
