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02-21-2020, 01:47 PM
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Investor in a equine market?
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02-21-2020, 03:12 PM
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clean money
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Investor in a equine market?
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yea, but probably need the word 'betting' before 'market', to clarify.
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02-21-2020, 03:48 PM
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The Voice of Reason!
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Originally Posted by jay68802
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Horse meat futures? 
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02-21-2020, 05:26 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by jay68802
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Parimutuel investor in equine futures markets.
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02-21-2020, 11:51 PM
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Originally Posted by AndyC
Parimutuel investor in equine futures markets.
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I like this one.
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02-22-2020, 08:13 AM
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clean money
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Originally Posted by AndyC
Parimutuel investor in equine futures markets.
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OMG, TALK ABOUT EGO! 
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02-22-2020, 09:43 AM
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The Voice of Reason!
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I still like Robert Goren's Racing Form Detective.
That and his avatar were cool!
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02-22-2020, 11:37 AM
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statistics analyist
statistics analyst
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02-22-2020, 01:08 PM
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Everybody I know knows I bet horse races. It's usually the first thing they ask me when I see them after being apart for a spell. "How you been doing at the track?"
But times have changed. I haven't been to the "track" more than a handful of times in the past decade. I "handicap" (assess a handful of races) everyday, but only bet when I like a horse.
I have no idea what term they use for me. I guess I kind of view myself as an opportunist. They probably view me as a gambler, though they all know that 99.9% of my action is on horses. Aside from a handful of games that I think got mis-seeded the first Thursday and Friday of the NCAA tournament, every bet I make annually is on a horse race. I haven't touched the NFL in years.
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02-22-2020, 01:09 PM
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Short-term, high risk, result dependent investor.
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02-22-2020, 03:43 PM
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Race Player
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Home of the brave.
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Pittsburg Phil . . .
Here area a couple of terms from the Racing Maxims and Methods of Pittsburg Phil - by Edward Cole (1908)
Turf Speculator
Race Player <----- 
For those interested, you may find it interesting, here is the link to the etymology of the word:
Over time, the name of this game became shortened from hand-in-cap to hand i’cap, then handicap. In time handicap came to grow beyond just being the name of a barter game; the word came to refer to any specific action that worked to make a contest more equitable.
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02-22-2020, 04:01 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ultracapper
Everybody I know knows I bet horse races. It's usually the first thing they ask me when I see them after being apart for a spell. "How you been doing at the track?"
But times have changed. I haven't been to the "track" more than a handful of times in the past decade. I "handicap" (assess a handful of races) everyday, but only bet when I like a horse.
I have no idea what term they use for me. I guess I kind of view myself as an opportunist. They probably view me as a gambler, though they all know that 99.9% of my action is on horses. Aside from a handful of games that I think got mis-seeded the first Thursday and Friday of the NCAA tournament, every bet I make annually is on a horse race. I haven't touched the NFL in years.
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I grew up in a community where a "gambler" was viewed as being a candidate for bankruptcy and homelessness. Even my own father was heartbroken when he discovered my gambling disposition. Consequently, very few people know this side of me...and I never talk about gambling matters when I am with friends and relatives. I've been living a lie for the better part of my life...and I continue to live this lie now...in the hope that my son will not view gambling as some sort of recommendation for his own path in life. It's the price that I've had to pay in order to live the only type of life that ever appealed to me. Some CHOOSE gambling...and others have been CHOSEN by it. I belong with the latter...and I must suffer the consequences in order to enjoy the benefits.
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02-22-2020, 04:34 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by thaskalos
I grew up in a community where a "gambler" was viewed as being a candidate for bankruptcy and homelessness. Even my own father was heartbroken when he discovered my gambling disposition. Consequently, very few people know this side of me...and I never talk about gambling matters when I am with friends and relatives. I've been living a lie for the better part of my life...and I continue to live this lie now...in the hope that my son will not view gambling as some sort of recommendation for his own path in life. It's the price that I've had to pay in order to live the only type of life that ever appealed to me. Some CHOOSE gambling...and others have been CHOSEN by it. I belong with the latter...and I must suffer the consequences in order to enjoy the benefits.
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Almost brought a tear to my eye with that one Thask….the undercover gambler, betting in dark corners of the Internet.
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02-22-2020, 04:34 PM
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The Voice of Reason!
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I think I have seen these at another site before....(pace site)
Paceologist
Velociteer
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02-24-2020, 09:09 AM
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I prefer "Magister of Equine Prognostication."
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