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horses4courses · 03-02-2014, 05:31 PM

I pay a short visit most Sunday afternoons to a local racebook in nearby Nevada, so that I can place a wager on the Twin Quinella they offer.

Turns out that today, the first leg of it (R5 Oaklawn) got rained out.
No harm done - I live to fight until next weekend for the $3800 pool.

So, I'm about to leave when I notice a race at GP has an inquiry going on.
It got my attention when this $5 bettor guy who's regularly around happened to decisively state
"Oh yeahhhhh......I think this

is comin' downnnnn"
His voice carries for city blocks - you know the type - and there's not much he doesn't have an opinion on.
So I says to myself, what's he on about this time?

Here comes the head-on. The

(wearing bright red blinkers) was 16-1 with Lanerie on it. I have no interest in the race, but it's plain as day that he was well clear when he crossed over a few paths towards the rail inside the sixteenth pole.
Never made contact, or interfered, with another horse - not even close.
There was a significant bump involving other horses behind him, but nothing to do with the winner. I stopped for a second, and looked at this guy getting all worked up, and trying to convince his $2 buddy that they had a shot to get put up.

I had to say it. "What race are you guys watching? That winner was clear by daylight - he's not coming down"
The $2 guy nearly chokes on his cigarette.
The $5 guy pipes in - "You wait. I'm telling you. Gulfstream stewards."
I smile, and head out to the car.

Get home and check the results.
R7 GP

wins paying 34.20
Another horse did get DQed down to 4th for the only bump.
Justice done.

Fairy tales don't come true very often.

jballscalls · 03-02-2014, 06:20 PM

Our loudmouth guy does the following almost every race....

Announcer: They're into the stretch and it's the

the

and the

Loudmouth guy: "Cmon, stay there,

stay there"

Announcer: Now the

flies up to get the lead

LG: "Oh i got the

I got the

"

announcer: And down the far outside

and

"

LG: "Bring the

baby!"

I swear the guy has every horse in every race!

horses4courses · 03-02-2014, 06:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jballscalls

Our loudmouth guy does the following almost every race....

Announcer: They're into the stretch and it's the

the

and the

Loudmouth guy: "Cmon, stay there,

stay there"

Announcer: Now the

flies up to get the lead

LG: "Oh i got the

I got the

"

announcer: And down the far outside

and

"

LG: "Bring the

baby!"

I swear the guy has every horse in every race!

We used to have a guy like that, too.
Ex-cab driver.
Think he's down in Arizona now.
Amazing to listen to.

Stillriledup · 03-02-2014, 07:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jballscalls

Our loudmouth guy does the following almost every race....

Announcer: They're into the stretch and it's the

the

and the

Loudmouth guy: "Cmon, stay there,

stay there"

Announcer: Now the

flies up to get the lead

LG: "Oh i got the

I got the

"

announcer: And down the far outside

and

"

LG: "Bring the

baby!"

I swear the guy has every horse in every race!

There's a guy like that at every track....screaming for a horse who's in the lead and when the flying closer gets into the picture, magically, the guy has that horse too!

Exotic1 · 03-02-2014, 07:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jballscalls

Our loudmouth guy does the following almost every race....

Announcer: They're into the stretch and it's the

the

and the

Loudmouth guy: "Cmon, stay there,

stay there"

Announcer: Now the

flies up to get the lead

LG: "Oh i got the

I got the

"

announcer: And down the far outside

and

"

LG: "Bring the

baby!"

I swear the guy has every horse in every race!

That's pretty funny. He had the exacta too !!

Mineshaft · 03-02-2014, 07:14 PM

Sometimes at the track we will be watching the tracks host race and they break out the gates and they enter the 1st turn. If its some longshots on the lead I will say "Stop the race" meaning I got those horses in some kind of exotic wager. You should see the people turn around and look and ask "you got that"?

Fingal · 03-02-2014, 09:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jballscalls

Our loudmouth guy does the following almost every race....

Announcer: They're into the stretch and it's the

the

and the

Loudmouth guy: "Cmon, stay there,

stay there"

Announcer: Now the

flies up to get the lead

LG: "Oh i got the

I got the

"

announcer: And down the far outside

and

"

LG: "Bring the

baby!"

I swear the guy has every horse in every race!

Probably does as the ones like that I've been around usually pull out what seems to be a dozen different tickets to go through after the race. Problem is they're usually not on the same ticket. OOPS.........

CincyHorseplayer · 03-02-2014, 10:00 PM

There's an old guy at River Downs like that and he looks like the most miserable human being on the face of the planet.Been there for as long as myself,18 years.Over the years there have been times I have been in the bathroom and he's walked in.I've contemplated drilling him on more than one occasion.Never did.But the look and the scurried activity tells me he knew I was thinking it too!

Mystic · 03-02-2014, 10:34 PM

Went to Delta last night with my son and there was one there too. I'm sitting there going over the next race and he just starts talking to me like I'm his long lost friend, saying how he hadn't been in the place 5 minutes and already cashed his first ticket (that was done blindly of course.. )

I wanted to tell him the same thing happened to me, but I didn't

Needless to say, you could hear him here and there the rest of the night and it took all I had not to tell him to shut the hell up...

PhantomOnTour · 03-02-2014, 10:38 PM

Don't ever get lured into a conversation with one of these guys...they are all looking for a friend, and will never leave you alone.

I made that mistake once, once.

Mineshaft · 03-02-2014, 10:43 PM

4 days ago im at the track and this guy is sitting 5 feet from the TV. he stands up and leans against the table and probably says at least 20 times-Whip him, whip him, whip him, whip him, whip him, whip him and the horse had just got to the top of the stretch when he started screaming to whip the horse.

taxicab · 03-03-2014, 12:15 AM

This thread has definite potential.
A few come to mind.
Lets see.....

How about the guy at the track that never loses.
He has the exacta/tri/P-4 nonstop.
Of course he has on the same clothes every single day.
Or what about the guy that always picks a loser.
When he tells you he likes your horse, you actually consider changing your selection.
And then the horse always loses.........Uncanny!
Let us not forget when our horse looks unbeatable at the pole, and some guy yells out "the 7 horse is gone!".
Do I even have to tell you how that turns out.

PhantomOnTour · 03-03-2014, 12:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by taxicab

This thread has definite potential.
A few come to mind.
Lets see.....

How about the guy at the track that never loses.
He has the exacta/tri/P-4 nonstop.
Of course he has on the same clothes every single day.
Or what about the guy that always picks a loser.
When he tells you he likes your horse, you actually consider changing your selection.
And then the horse always loses.........Uncanny!
Let us not forget when our horse looks unbeatable at the pole, and some guy yells out "the 7 horse is gone!".
Do I even have to tell you how that turns out.

Yes!

I hate it when someone calls my horse a winner

thaskalos · 03-03-2014, 12:57 AM

There is a regular at my local OTB whom I'll call "Fred", because he resembles Fred Flintstone...both in looks and in voice. He bets mainly the Chicago harness tracks...and he loves deriding -- in a thundering voice -- some of the harness drivers whom he considers to be "less than honest".

"ATTABOY WIDGER! ANOTHER STIFF-JOB!"

"ATTABOY DAVEY! TAKE THE LONE SPEED ALL THE WAY TO THE BACK OF THE FIELD!"

This would go on all night long.

One night, I got to the OTB and sat by another regular player who is always very quiet and polite. Never had any of us ever seen this guy misbehave...regardless of the circumstances.

Everything was going along nice and quite -- since Fred was winning for a change -- until a race at Penn National came up. In this race, a stretch-running longshot made a menacing move 7-wide around the far turn...only to miss by a diminishing nose. Without any warning whatsoever...the quiet and polite guy next to me slams his fist on the desk...and then he punches the wooden divider that separates one player from another...sending the broken wood flying in all directions. He jumps to his feet, kicks his chair aside, and then storms out of the room...while giving the door a swift kick on his way out.

As all of us were looking at each other, speechless after this unexpected show of emotion...Fred's booming voice filled the room:

"ANOTHER SATISFIED CUSTOMER", he said with delight, as laughter filled the room.

It happened years ago...and I still laugh when I remember it.

SharpCat · 03-03-2014, 02:34 AM

Last Tuesday I was at Ellis Park and there was a guy sitting 2 tables to my left. He bets an exacta at Sam Houston. He has the 5 who was 1/2 over the #2 and #3. Of course he gets beat in the final jumps with #2 and #3 coming in 3rd and 4th. For about the next five minutes all he does is call the jockeys that finished 2nd, 3rd and 4th f-ing c-suckers. Me and several other regulars were trying are hard not to laugh. The very next race he bets the 6 to win at 3/5. As they are coming down the stretch the #6 is head and head with the 4 and he is yelling repeatedly get him up you c-sucker. He loses by a head and someone shouts out way to beat that #6 horse. He stands up and shouts f-ing c-suckers and f anybody that didn't like my #6 horse. Everybody started laughing at the guy and he stormed off up to the bar.