Cheering for horses

[CBYRacer]

Originally Posted by QuarterRACER

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

Wow. That would have been funny to see!

You could have also went with something like 'Pound that gavel, Da Judge...Pound that gavel!" Yours is pretty darn good though!

It's getting me to think that I need to come up with some catch phrases pre-race related to my horse's name. In fact, I might spend just as much time next trip to the track doing this vs. handicapping!

[trifecta]

There was a guy in Tahoe when I used to play at Harveys Race and Sportsbook years ago who used to root for whichever horse looked like the winner.

If the 5 was in the lead in mid-stretch, he'd yell "c'mon 5, c'mon 5!". Then if the 3 came up and looked like it was going to pass, he'd shout out "c'mon 3. c'mon 3!". And then if the 4 was coming quick on the outside and looked like it was going to pass the 3, he'd yell "c'mon 4, c'mon 4!"

It didn't matter who won, but once the race was over he'd look at the rest of us with a satisfying look on his face and say in a casual manner, "I had it".

[CBYRacer]

Originally Posted by trifecta

There was a guy in Tahoe when I used to play at Harveys Race and Sportsbook years ago who used to root for whichever horse looked like the winner.

If the 5 was in the lead in mid-stretch, he'd yell "c'mon 5, c'mon 5!". Then if the 3 came up and looked like it was going to pass, he'd shout out "c'mon 3. c'mon 3!". And then if the 4 was coming quick on the outside and looked like it was going to pass the 3, he'd yell "c'mon 4, c'mon 4!"

It didn't matter who won, but once the race was over he'd look at the rest of us with a satisfying look on his face and say in a casual manner, "I had it".

Haha...maybe he used the entire field in an exacta or trifecta box. He was simply rooting for the highest price combo as the leaders shifted back and forth.

[Secondbest]

Back in the 70’s I was at Aqueduct cheering for my horse who lost. I told the guy next to me I thought I had it but he faded. He shows me $200 win on the horse and said to me “ I knew he was dead once I heard you cheering, everytime someone cheers for my horse it loses”. For some reason I never forgot that. Turns out the same for me. If I hear someone screaming for my horse it never wins. So I never cheer. Out Loud.

[Johnny V]

Years ago when I used to go to Monmouth Park with my buddies there was this old guy who would rub a coin over the horse in the old small track program they had back then. He would rub the coin across over the horses name and number over and over the entire race. We would laugh our asses off. We would imitate the guy and exaggerate his movements trying to outdo each other. We were just kids but I still smile when I think of it.

[jk3521]

At the local OTB parlor, there used to be a guy who who scrape together 2 dollars here or there , beg, borrow or steal, and bet a horse to show. The "show bettor' never cashed.a ticket, never! One day someone gave me a tip on a long shot runner. I was just about to bet the horse, when I heard the "show bettor" touting the horse. I said "crap, I'm not going to bet that horse now, it's a sure loser!" I guess you can figure out the outcome, the horse won at 40-1 !

[groupie doll]

C'mon baby! C'mon baby! C'mon baby! C'mon baby! C'mon baby! C'mon baby! C'mon baby! C'mon baby! C'mon baby! C'mon baby! C'mon baby! C'mon baby!


...not uncommonly I'll also use the horse's name or saddlecloth# in place of "baby".

[Robert Fischer]

2020?? = I yell " Come on with the !!" and my dog gets into full-Kramer mode, and we cheer a horse home together.

I have probably reinforced the behavior, because he knows a big score usually means celebratory wrestling and treats...

At the track ? - either I know i'm winning long term and have a relatively small bet and some mild interest.
Or I'm overbetting, or trying to bring home a multi-race or exotic, and varying levels of body-english, program tapping/whipping etc...


The only stuff I mind and dislike, are the real negative types: Aww you @#$! jockey wtf, c'mon you pig!! or the worst "Fall down !"

[Robert Fischer]

I know a winning horseplayer, who has his home betting office set up like Major League Baseball or the NBA...

He's got cardboard cutouts of horseplayers...

At the 2nd call, there's a fan voice pumped in that says "Stop the Race!"

One of his AC vents wafts in unpleasant cigar smoke

[Appy]

Originally Posted by CBYRacer

Thanks, Appy. Appreciate the comments.

I like your techniques. Do any of them work? Maybe you need some sugar cubes to distract the closers?

The one that works most often is holding my hand in front of the threatening horse coming on late in the stretch (and he has low late running skill numbers and a low ranked jock aboard).

[metro]

Twenty years ago or so there was an annoying guy that used to sit in a paid room at Keeneland when it was just simulcast wagering. Every race he played it was on an odds on horse with speed, and every race his rant was the same. "go on with it." "gonewithit" for short as if it was one word. He would say it a at least a dozen times during a typical race driving all the regulars nuts with his rant.

One day he played a horse called Booty Baby, another 3/5 chalk type the guy loved to play, and he was in his usually rant as the race was unfolding...."gonewithit" "gonewithit Booty" "gonewithit Booty Baby", "open up on'em Booty." As Booty hit the 1/8th pole, with a seemingly insurmountable lead, he proclaimed "that's it Booty Baby you're an easy winner." On cue Booty Baby started to shorten stride and as it did, and another horse.... from the clouds started to cut into the lead, the entire room rose in unison cheering for this Silky Sullivan wannabee to run down this guy's 3/5 shot staggering home. Needless to say Booty Baby was nailed in the last strides and you would have thought everyone had just hit the pick 6 the way the place erupted with most of us not even having a wager on the race. I don't think we ever saw the guy again.

[tbwinner]

I go with Come on Baby or Come on *Jockey*, "Let's go, you're in a GREAT spot" or "What the F**k are you doing on the lead?!"

If its a heated stretch duel and I am on one of them, the whip of rolled up Brisnet PPs comes out

Some of the things I've heard at tracks/simulcasts:
-*1:09 of yelling in spanish* following by "YEESSSSSSSSSSSSSSS"
-Don't fall off
-Beat that Chad Brown!
-Come on 6-4-8! I Need it Straight!

One guy would keep running back and forth between 3 TVs as if 1 of them had a better angle than the other 2



More favorite than hearing people during a race is the post-race analysis on why they failed to have the winner:
-He was gelded 3 starts back, he figured it out!
-He was juiced!
-They held him back!
-He ran well on turf 348280 starts back!
-I had the 6-4-8, I should have done 6-8-4!

[groupie doll]

Originally Posted by tbwinner

If its a heated stretch duel and I am on one of them, the whip of rolled up Brisnet PPs comes out

I love it when people do this... it brings me joy.

[f2tornado]

My brother likes to say, "End the race!" when his trifecta combo is running 1-2-3 in the early stages. I'm pretty simple. Go! or.... Come on (number)!

[therussmeister]

Originally Posted by f2tornado

My brother likes to say, "End the race!" when his trifecta combo is running 1-2-3 in the early stages. I'm pretty simple. Go! or.... Come on (number)!

Of course, if they really did end the race at that point, it would be declared a no contest. Everybody would get their money back. I would only use that cheer when my horses are running 10-11-12.