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04-17-2020, 10:43 PM
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#61
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Registered User
Join Date: May 2008
Location: Nebraska
Posts: 15,123
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What Immortal6 is saying is true. I am usually at the same table with my friends every weekend. Not shy about buying drinks either. Anyone that finds themselves at Fonner is welcome to look me up also. First time I met Immortal he PM me and asked where I was, my reply was "Sitting at the bar."
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04-17-2020, 11:19 PM
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@TimeformUSfigs
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Moore, OK
Posts: 46,828
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Originally Posted by Immortal6
Some people may think it’s fake nicety, or odd that people don’t find it necessary to be rude to strangers but it is just how so many of us are raised here. My parents taught me from a young age that it doesn’t cost anything to be open and welcoming to others. “Nebraska Nice” is a real thing and my offer stands to Thaskalos or any others on this board that they can PM me any time they somehow find their way to Fonner on a cross country road trip and if possible, I will give them a tour of the place, barns included, and buy them a beer.
Honestly, I’ll be glad when Fonner is a blip on the radar again because it means we are over this Covid BS and are back to living our lives.
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Similar here in OKC and all of Oklahoma. Took some getting used to for someone raised on the east coast but it is part of why I settled here.
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04-17-2020, 11:45 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jan 2006
Posts: 28,567
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Originally Posted by Immortal6
Some people may think it’s fake nicety, or odd that people don’t find it necessary to be rude to strangers but it is just how so many of us are raised here. My parents taught me from a young age that it doesn’t cost anything to be open and welcoming to others. “Nebraska Nice” is a real thing and my offer stands to Thaskalos or any others on this board that they can PM me any time they somehow find their way to Fonner on a cross country road trip and if possible, I will give them a tour of the place, barns included, and buy them a beer.
Honestly, I’ll be glad when Fonner is a blip on the radar again because it means we are over this Covid BS and are back to living our lives.
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Please accept my sincere apology for not giving a prompt reply to your kind response. And, should the travel venues open up again...I just may take you up on your offer. And if Fonner Park doesn't tap me out completely...the second round of drinks is on me.
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04-18-2020, 12:23 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jul 2013
Posts: 17,095
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Originally Posted by AndyC
I'll never forget my first visit to Aksarben when every teller would smile and say thank you after I was through betting.
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Ah, Ak-Sar-Ben.
My first, and perhaps befogged by the passage of time, the top of the list of the ones I'd love to visit today.
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04-18-2020, 08:27 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2017
Posts: 3,641
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Originally Posted by jay68802
Caught the late Double, 1 nice tri, and 4 exactas today. Do not understand the bitching.
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Jay you often play Fonner even before it was one of few tracks running, right? Thought I've seen you cash some decent pick tickets in the past at Fonner.
I don't follow the track so I don't know about jockeys not trying, but horses at a certain level you probably can't push them too hard anyway, they are already being held together with duct tape.
Last edited by clicknow; 04-18-2020 at 08:28 PM.
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04-20-2020, 12:45 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Mar 2020
Posts: 4,442
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Originally Posted by PaceAdvantage
Stinky jocks or not, how does one explain the ride on J Train in the 1st last Monday (4/6)?
Somebody brought this race to my attention just now, so I looked on the board here to see if it was brought up...couldn't find anything.
The ride on that 9-5 horse would be a reason not to bet Fonner when other tracks open back up, that's for sure.
Somebody even thought enough about this race to put it on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HaTSlu-h5YQ
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Okay we have us a rematch in race 4 today.
One big difference. J Train gets a major positive jockey change
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04-20-2020, 01:26 PM
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Son O'War
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Bettorthaneverstreet, Boston
Posts: 7,211
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Originally Posted by Clocker
Ah, Ak-Sar-Ben.
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Took me some time to see that was Nebraska spelled backwards
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04-20-2020, 03:39 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Dec 2011
Posts: 4,285
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Quote:
Originally Posted by BIG RED
Took me some time to see that was Nebraska spelled backwards
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Ironic that a poster with the handle "Big Red" wouldn't pick right up on that.
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04-21-2020, 01:35 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Mar 2020
Posts: 23
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When you run cheap claimers at any track, it is always a grab bag of mixed results everytime. Fonner this season has been very consistent when running at the allowance or minor stakes level.
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04-22-2020, 08:43 PM
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THEY SEND IN THE MAN
Join Date: May 2014
Posts: 263
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Fonner is raking in the cash. For a bullring, this kind of money is relatively rare
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04-22-2020, 09:49 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2017
Location: Near Lexington, KY
Posts: 3,246
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Sheesh
Nice ride by Armando Martinez on the 4/5 favorite in the 6th race today. I understand things can happen in a race, and certainly can at this tier of racing. Problem is...in the 4 weeks I have been watching this track, this happens a LOT with Martinez.
I understand stuff like this is sometimes part and parcel of the game we are playing. I suppose the games are hidden better at the better tracks.
Armando Martinez is a disease.
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04-22-2020, 10:26 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Apr 2012
Posts: 1,115
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For me the issue isnt that its cheap claimers or a bullring........its a short meet with horses you hardly see race anywhere else.If it was a longer meet it would probably be a better product from a betting perspective, and maybe the riders would improve or at least have a chance to attract some better ones.
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04-22-2020, 11:40 PM
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#73
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Registered User
Join Date: Jan 2015
Posts: 915
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Can someone explain something to me - the early pick 5 at Fonner is always listed in charts as "Jackpot pick 5" but only shows a payout, never a carryover. Is the early pick 5 actually jackpot, if so how does it work with the early/late pick 5 rolling over each other, like if there's a sole winner of both the early & late pick 5 is the holder of the late ticket screwed over from any carried over money?
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04-23-2020, 01:25 AM
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#74
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Registered User
Join Date: May 2008
Location: Nebraska
Posts: 15,123
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Quote:
Originally Posted by SG4
Can someone explain something to me - the early pick 5 at Fonner is always listed in charts as "Jackpot pick 5" but only shows a payout, never a carryover. Is the early pick 5 actually jackpot, if so how does it work with the early/late pick 5 rolling over each other, like if there's a sole winner of both the early & late pick 5 is the holder of the late ticket screwed over from any carried over money?
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The early P 5 is not a jackpot bet. I has nothing to do with the late P 5.
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04-23-2020, 01:37 AM
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#75
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Registered User
Join Date: May 2008
Location: Nebraska
Posts: 15,123
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Elkchester Road
Nice ride by Armando Martinez on the 4/5 favorite in the 6th race today. I understand things can happen in a race, and certainly can at this tier of racing. Problem is...in the 4 weeks I have been watching this track, this happens a LOT with Martinez.
I understand stuff like this is sometimes part and parcel of the game we are playing. I suppose the games are hidden better at the better tracks.
Armando Martinez is a disease.
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What exactly was wrong with the ride?
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