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06-10-2011, 01:18 PM
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Would you teach your kids the game?
My son is now attending college hes now coming home for the summer.My question to this forum is would you ever take time to teach your kids how to handicapp?And do you think its a bad thing since most of the public opinion view is gambling is for degenerates.IMO personally me i would say no,and if i did my wife would put a stop to it quickly!
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06-10-2011, 01:29 PM
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your son is in college and he doesn't know how to read a form yet?
my dad had me reading the forum in elementary school
think of it this way
one day, even if he doesn't believe in gambling, one day some hot girl is going to drag him to the track or some friends are going to drag him to the track..
would you rather him spend hundreds of dollars on tips and touts, or would you rather at the very least have him equipped to hold his own while he's there?'
my 21 year old brother, just like me went to the track with dad alot growing up. But he really didn't get into horse racing growing up like I did. But he still knows what's going on. He told me a few weeks ago he went to the Arkansas derby with some friends and how everyone was looking at him for advice and following him around because he was the only one that had a clue as to what was going on. Impressed the girl he was with and everything.
Last edited by toussaud; 06-10-2011 at 01:33 PM.
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06-10-2011, 01:43 PM
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Absolutely YES.
It's a great intellectual pursuit, it teaches you discipline, and it also reveals a lot about how others think.
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06-10-2011, 01:43 PM
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My grandfather showed me the 'telly' when I was 10. Hit 6 wins in a row when I was 16.
Son went to Preakness for the concert. Called and asked for horses to play. Had a time explaining to him about how to give bet info to teller. Would like to keep it that way.
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06-10-2011, 01:46 PM
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Originally Posted by toussaud
...one day some hot girl is going to drag him to the track...
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Where can I find hot girls that drag guys to the track, please?
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06-10-2011, 01:47 PM
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No! Never! Absolutely Not!
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Some day in the not too distant future, horse players will betting on computer generated races over the net. Race tracks will become casinos and shopping centers. And some crooner will be belting out "there used to be a race track here".
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06-10-2011, 01:48 PM
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Not a day goes by when I don't worry that the gambling gene might be inherited... 
If my son (who is now 12) ever expressed a true interest in this game as an adult...then I would feel obligated to teach him what I know...as I have long believed that a true mentor is invaluable in learning how to sidestep the game's many pitfalls.
I would never encourage him though...
The skills - and effort - necessary to beat this game would be much better rewarded in practically any other arena...
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Last edited by thaskalos; 06-10-2011 at 02:03 PM.
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06-10-2011, 01:49 PM
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Originally Posted by Robert Goren
No! Never! Absolutely Not!
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Why?
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06-10-2011, 01:49 PM
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Originally Posted by GameTheory
Where can I find hot girls that drag guys to the track, please?
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college
you will eventually have a friend that takes everyone to a big race day or a girl who has a dad or a dad's friend who owns a horse and you will go to the track.
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06-10-2011, 01:51 PM
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Originally Posted by gm10
Absolutely YES.
It's a great intellectual pursuit, it teaches you discipline, and it also reveals a lot about how others think.
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My sentiments.
With this addition: I wouldn't go out of my way to show him/her what handicapping is all about, unless he/she showed an interest in what I was doing; had a somewhat analytical mind; and was of a generally stable character.
BTW, I was also taken to the track by my uncle at 10 yrs old and learned the rudiments of reading the Form.
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06-10-2011, 01:53 PM
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Originally Posted by GameTheory
Where can I find hot girls that drag guys to the track, please?
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Dollar beer night and a live band and there are tons
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06-10-2011, 02:04 PM
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Originally Posted by toussaud
one day, even if he doesn't believe in gambling, one day some hot girl is going to drag him to the track
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STAY OUTR MY DREAMS HOT SHOT
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Preparation. Discipline. Patience. Decisiveness.
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06-10-2011, 02:05 PM
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Originally Posted by thaskalos
Not a day goes by when I don't worry that the gambling gene might be inherited...
If my son (who is now 12) ever expressed a true interest in this game as an adult...then I would feel obligated to teach him what I know...since I have long believed that a true mentor is invaluable in learning how to sidestep the game's many pitfalls.
I would never encourage him though...
The skills necessary to beat this game would be much better rewarded in practically any other arena... |
True words were never spoken. At one time a person with those skills from a lower class back ground might not get the opportunities to put them to work in other ways. I do not believe that has been true for very long time. This game will eat a person without the necessary skills alive. I firmly believe that 99% of the handicappers would be better off if they never had bet a race.The social stigma alone is reason enough not to go near. Even the people who put it on have nothing but contempt for the bettors.
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Some day in the not too distant future, horse players will betting on computer generated races over the net. Race tracks will become casinos and shopping centers. And some crooner will be belting out "there used to be a race track here".
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06-10-2011, 02:07 PM
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Originally Posted by Robert Fischer
STAY OUTR MY DREAMS HOT SHOT
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06-10-2011, 02:12 PM
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Originally Posted by toussaud
college
you will eventually have a friend that takes everyone to a big race day or a girl who has a dad or a dad's friend who owns a horse and you will go to the track.
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The only college girls I ever saw at a race track were waiting tables part time and I haven't seen one of them in a long time. For that matter I haven't seen many college boys there either lately.
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Some day in the not too distant future, horse players will betting on computer generated races over the net. Race tracks will become casinos and shopping centers. And some crooner will be belting out "there used to be a race track here".
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