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08-25-2020, 04:10 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by CBYRacer
I love 'wire wire wire' as a desperate plea for the wire to magically shift up a couple of lengths. I've been there many times...on the brink of another heart wrenching defeat after stressing the whole stretch.
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Mine is "Where's the wire?" strung all together and repeated faster and faster - "where's the wire? ... wheresthewire...wheresthewirewheresthewire" and ending with an "Ooooooooooooo" or a "Yesssssssssssss"
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08-25-2020, 04:11 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by BarchCapper
Mine is "Where's the wire?" strung all together and repeated faster and faster - "where's the wire? ... wheresthewire...wheresthewirewheresthewire" and ending with an "Ooooooooooooo" or a "Yesssssssssssss"
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Haha. So funny. I'm definitely using this one!
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08-25-2020, 04:13 PM
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I tell friends I spend afternoons yelling at the TV. Those who play the ponies know what I mean, but others just think I'm losing it.
If my pick is in contention I have two favorite yells. When on the lead I use "Keep him together" and when coming from behind it is " Get him up".
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08-25-2020, 04:14 PM
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Originally Posted by CBYRacer
Haha. So funny. I'm definitely using this one!
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I'd caution you about using it at the upcoming Kentucky Downs meet - you're liable to hyperventilate and pass out when they switch to the SECOND stretch run camera! 
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08-25-2020, 04:25 PM
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Originally Posted by RunForTheRoses
Its no big deal, you should have fun. The other extreme of just sitting passively would not be fun. At a sporting event you root. But visit mainline one at Meadowlands one day...
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The fun for me is cashing the ticket.
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08-25-2020, 04:26 PM
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Originally Posted by thaskalos
I'm not into "cheering"...but I've adopted an effective way of "coaxing" my horse to the wire when it has secured a contending position while turning for home. I'll roll up my Racing Form and hold it whip-like in my hand...and then rhythmically strike it against the side of my thigh while maintaining a slightly bent-over stance. Vocal encouragement is optional. Call me crazy, but I've found that it helps if I increase the frequency and force of the flailing movement as my horse nears the finish line.
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08-25-2020, 04:34 PM
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Originally Posted by therussmeister
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It's so hard to be "original" in this game.
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08-25-2020, 05:41 PM
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I've never seen that clip. So funny. Thanks for sharing!
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08-25-2020, 05:49 PM
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Good thread CBY. I commend your practice of calling the horse by name. Shows due respect as opposed to just another number.
I've been on Barch's cheer wagon more than a few times.
Because most all my racing these days is at home in front of my big screen (and no one besides my dogs to offend) I get involved in the race I'm playing. I rarely play the W pool these days, so I have at least 4 horses to get home. Their order of finish is important to me, so I have developed ways to help. I put my hand up in front of a horse coming on too strong for my picks, trying to hold him back. Or I blow air at their their face. Anything to help get my choices home for the big hit.
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08-25-2020, 06:38 PM
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Originally Posted by Appy
Good thread CBY. I commend your practice of calling the horse by name. Shows due respect as opposed to just another number.
I've been on Barch's cheer wagon more than a few times.
Because most all my racing these days is at home in front of my big screen (and no one besides my dogs to offend) I get involved in the race I'm playing. I rarely play the W pool these days, so I have at least 4 horses to get home. Their order of finish is important to me, so I have developed ways to help. I put my hand up in front of a horse coming on too strong for my picks, trying to hold him back. Or I blow air at their their face. Anything to help get my choices home for the big hit.
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Thanks, Appy. Appreciate the comments.
I like your techniques. Do any of them work?  Maybe you need some sugar cubes to distract the closers?
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08-25-2020, 09:48 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by CBYRacer
I've never seen that clip. So funny. Thanks for sharing!
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Who was the race caller in that clip? Was in Wrona?
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08-25-2020, 10:26 PM
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I like to scream out the name of a horse that’s in the last race and watch everybody start going through their programs half way through the stretch
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08-25-2020, 11:21 PM
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in a tight stretch battle I usually call for to dig ,dig ,dig, on the note of enjoying a fellow horseplayers chagrin while rooting for own horse, one year while playing a remington simulcast at blue ribbon downs. there was a particular horse player who always bet the favorite and would often let you know that the horse you bet shouldn't win . anyway the horse he bet was a front runner and i had bet a horse Court Judge . at the top of the stretch the favorite begin to tire and Court Judge started rolling from off the pace . at that point I began hollering here comes da judge,here comes da judge . he won the race and I enjoyed it more so looking at the expression on know it alls face
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08-25-2020, 11:37 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Frost king
Who was the race caller in that clip? Was in Wrona?
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Not sure, Frost King. Anyone else know who was calling this race?
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08-25-2020, 11:38 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by JustRalph
I like to scream out the name of a horse that’s in the last race and watch everybody start going through their programs half way through the stretch
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Man, these are funny guys. Making my day with these great ideas. 
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