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06-05-2014, 10:58 PM
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drf....wow
up to nine bucks at tampa bay downs
looks like the race to 10 is on
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06-05-2014, 11:07 PM
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The Voice of Reason!
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: Canandaigua, New york
Posts: 112,744
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The price is moving like a tremendous machine!   
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Who does the Racing Form Detective like in this one?
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06-05-2014, 11:14 PM
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Veteran
Join Date: Oct 2009
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Originally Posted by Tom
The price is moving like a tremendous machine! |
What they're supposed to do is keep all their info and not sell it. In other words, don't put a price on it...just say "not for sale".
That way, they can hold the "Games" info for hostage instead of pretending they're actually selling it.
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06-05-2014, 11:56 PM
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Join Date: May 2013
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DRF........The role model for Churchill Downs. 
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06-06-2014, 12:57 AM
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PA Steward
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: Del Boca Vista
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The race to 10? Is that cover price, or number of threads on the price of the DRF?
People pay $4.00 for a track program with two tracks in it (and Equibase figs), but they'll complain about paying $9.00 for a DRF with five+ tracks in it (and Beyer figs and articles and all the other stuff in there)?
I don't get it...
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06-06-2014, 12:59 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: May 2009
Posts: 1,283
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The price of the DRF is rising faster than the cost of my health insurance.
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06-06-2014, 01:49 AM
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Originally Posted by PaceAdvantage
The race to 10? Is that cover price, or number of threads on the price of the DRF?
People pay $4.00 for a track program with two tracks in it (and Equibase figs), but they'll complain about paying $9.00 for a DRF with five+ tracks in it (and Beyer figs and articles and all the other stuff in there)?
I don't get it...
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You don't get why people would want to pay NINE dollars for PPs so they can have a blended 20% taken out of every dollar for the privilege of betting?
Maybe Las Vegas should start charging 9 dollars for people to enter their casinos.
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06-06-2014, 02:02 AM
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PA Steward
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: Del Boca Vista
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Originally Posted by Stillriledup
You don't get why people would want to pay NINE dollars for PPs so they can have a blended 20% taken out of every dollar for the privilege of betting?
Maybe Las Vegas should start charging 9 dollars for people to enter their casinos.
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Read my reply again...you've taken my words WAY out of context...but you do that a lot around here...pick apart words to create entirely new thread drift...
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06-06-2014, 02:15 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: South Jersey
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Originally Posted by PaceAdvantage
The race to 10? Is that cover price, or number of threads on the price of the DRF?
People pay $4.00 for a track program with two tracks in it (and Equibase figs), but they'll complain about paying $9.00 for a DRF with five+ tracks in it (and Beyer figs and articles and all the other stuff in there)?
I don't get it...
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I don't get it either pricewise. My Friday DRF cost $7.50 ontrack and $9 offtrack (I bought it offtrack). It's got 8 tracks in it. That's $1.12 a track. No way can I bitch about the price.
My complaint is the abbreviated names of horses. It's beyond pathetic. Here's an example from my Friday DRF that includes the early Pick 5 Saturday at Belmont as well as the 8 full cards on Friday:
The Brooklyn is the 3rd race Saturday. The #4 (Cat Burglar) ran 3rd in the Pimlico Special. I forgot who beat Cat Burglar that day but - no problem - DRF lists the top 3 finishers in the PP's. Here are the top finishers as they appear in my DRF:
Win Rltnr
Place PrrfrRlf
I did the only thing I could do after looking at that brain teaser - I looked up the results of the Pimlico Special online. 
Anyway, in case you forgot too:
Rltnr is Revolutionary
PrrfrRlf is Prayer for Relief
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One flew over the cuckoo's nest.
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06-06-2014, 02:17 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: South Jersey
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I should add I'm praying for relief too.
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One flew over the cuckoo's nest.
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06-06-2014, 03:21 AM
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PA Steward
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: Del Boca Vista
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I only bring this up because in another thread someone championed the on-track programs...as if that is some sort of bargain versus the DRF.
Yes, the on-track program is cheaper, but there's a reason for that. And that's why the program exists. To serve the customer who only wants one or two tracks worth of PPs.
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06-06-2014, 05:28 AM
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Veteran
Join Date: Oct 2009
Posts: 25,607
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Originally Posted by PaceAdvantage
Read my reply again...you've taken my words WAY out of context...but you do that a lot around here...pick apart words to create entirely new thread drift...
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To me, the "i dont get it" seems to indicate that you don't understand why people complain about paying 9 bucks.
Was the "i dont get it" about something else?
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06-06-2014, 06:39 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: MILWAUKEE
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OK.....I don't get it.
if you go to the track and have a smart phone, tablet etc you can bet from your seat and download Bris for free.
I would assume you could use your DRF online account as well.
what am I missing?
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Have you ever noticed that those who do not have a pot to piss in nor a window to throw it out of always seem to know how to handle the money of those who do.
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06-06-2014, 09:23 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: On The Bay
Posts: 9,857
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Originally Posted by HUSKER55
OK.....I don't get it.
if you go to the track and have a smart phone, tablet etc you can bet from your seat and download Bris for free.
I would assume you could use your DRF online account as well.
what am I missing?
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06-06-2014, 09:44 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 1,043
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I always have a DRF...along with some other information from other sources i find useful in my handicapping. I am quite used to the format.... but I agree with other users that the new edition abbreviations in the running lines is now sub par. Occasionally I am puzzled on what tracks they elect to include/exclude in my region. Hey---- I wish they would raise the price to twenty bucks---- so less people would have it! 
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