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Old 12-01-2018, 12:15 PM   #181
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Actually interviewed with youbet back in the days. Think there were in woodland hills at the time. They were a disaster.
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Old 12-01-2018, 01:10 PM   #182
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Another stupid move by track management. I hope it bites them in the butt.
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Old 12-01-2018, 02:21 PM   #183
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Actually interviewed with youbet back in the days. Think there were in woodland hills at the time. They were a disaster.
I always felt youbet was like Netscape taking on Microsoft. They were innovative, but in the end having the backing of industry bigwigs is necessary to succeed. TVG and xpressbet and Twin Spires had that.
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Old 12-03-2018, 05:03 PM   #184
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Mirahmadi is at Aqu right now but will start at SA next meet. He's okay but nowhere near the level of Wrona. Maybe Wrona will end up in NY.
Meanwhile that is Trevor Denman finishing up at Delmar...
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Old 12-04-2018, 10:25 AM   #185
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Oh geez! A looooong long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, I think my first internet ADW was with Youbet.com, then switched to America TAB when YB started getting crazy with wager fees. In fact, the twinspires.com pro interface resembles that of the old Youbet.
Twinspires acquired YouBet in 2009.
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Old 12-04-2018, 05:42 PM   #186
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Twinspires acquired YouBet in 2009.
That’s correct and TwinSpires also bought America TAB. Big fish eat little fish.
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Old 12-24-2018, 11:15 AM   #187
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Read BH headline that Rivoto gave an interview about stuff. Did he provide any intel on why this transpired?
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Old 12-24-2018, 12:14 PM   #188
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Read BH headline that Rivoto gave an interview about stuff. Did he provide any intel on why this transpired?
He did. Discussed it for about 2 mins towards the end of the interview. Nothing much different than the quotes he gave right after the change.
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Old 12-24-2018, 01:07 PM   #189
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There was a huge dust up when Michael was made Announcer and it didn't sit well with some powerful people. This is just politics gone wrong IMO

and Frank is gonna be fine as well.
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Old 12-25-2018, 07:59 AM   #190
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There was a huge dust up when Michael was made Announcer and it didn't sit well with some powerful people. This is just politics gone wrong IMO

and Frank is gonna be fine as well.
Hey Rona Barret, keep your gossip in your twit feed OK.
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Old 12-25-2018, 09:36 AM   #191
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Generally if someone is the type of person that would bounce a check at the racetrack, I would like them more. Thats like an “up vote” to me.
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Old 12-26-2018, 09:55 AM   #192
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Generally if someone is the type of person that would bounce a check at the racetrack, I would like them more. Thats like an “up vote” to me.
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Old 02-03-2019, 01:44 PM   #193
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Just in case anyone is wondering, Mr. Wrona was calling races in Qatar yesterday:
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Old 02-04-2019, 12:58 AM   #194
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Thanks for that. I like Wrona.

What a wild video. Some real cool rail shots, the buildings around the outside of the facility are all stucco looking. No wood or steel or anything like you'd find in this part of the world. No tote board, just a big timer and clock and lots of Longines adverts. Trophy presentation was cool, getting their pictures taken one by one, and then the group photo.

I think it was the second guy to receive a trophy. Nice suit. Damn.
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Old 02-04-2019, 08:31 AM   #195
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Takes some balls to apply for a job in Qatar.


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