a new low at Mountaineer?

[arw629]

Originally Posted by Inner Dirt

With lemon and butter?

Yes and I couldn't get the smell of crab and butter off my face for a few days ...the place was packed with people shoveling crab legs in their mouths...they also had prime rib, shrimp, and a handful of other options....the dessert options were excellent ...I had cheese cake and this oreo cookie cake that far exeded my expectations

[AltonKelsey]

You want a pick 3 with a $5000 at best pool? Really? I don't think so.

[Elliott Sidewater]

To Peter Berry and Mountainman - I really appreciate your candid replies, and wish you both a better ending to the 2017 meeting than the start. I've seen other tracks cancel whole cards due to lack of entries. It's to your credit that MNR did not do that. The show went on, but last night's card at MNR was kind of a shocker for me and my closest track is Parx, so the bar is not all that high.

[Marlin]

Originally Posted by AltonKelsey

You want a pick 3 with a $5000 at best pool? Really? I don't think so.

Biggest misconception, big pools equal bigger payoffs. Totally untrue. Big pools equal fair payoffs. Small pools equal unfair payoffs. There is an advantage to be found.

[HalvOnHorseracing]

The competition in the mid-east is reminiscent of a time when there were enough patrons and horses to populate the tracks. You have tracks in NJ, PA, MD, OH, WV, DEL, and KY often running the same sort of horse in the same sort of race. It's pretty stiff competition, and there isn't the same number of potential runners available. I'm not sure how long the situation can sustain under current conditions.

[Inner Dirt]

Originally Posted by AltonKelsey

You want a pick 3 with a $5000 at best pool? Really? I don't think so.

Originally Posted by Marlin

Biggest misconception, big pools equal bigger payoffs. Totally untrue. Big pools equal fair payoffs. Small pools equal unfair payoffs. There is an advantage to be found.

Exactly, with small pools quite often you can get some astoundingly high pay-offs considering the odds of the horses. I don't think I have ever seen a pick 3 or pick 4 pay a 2 out of 3 or a 3 out of 4 at a major track, yet it happens all the time at smaller venues. That is a benefit of the small pool and some of the prices on those tickets have been pretty good. It was many years ago but I picked up over $600 on a 3 of 4 at EMD if my memory serves me right a couple $15 horses and a $30 one caused that pay out.

[onefast99]

Originally Posted by arw629

Yes and I couldn't get the smell of crab and butter off my face for a few days ...the place was packed with people shoveling crab legs in their mouths...they also had prime rib, shrimp, and a handful of other options....the dessert options were excellent ...I had cheese cake and this oreo cookie cake that far exeded my expectations

can they send some of that food to Monmouth? Or at least the recipes???

[whodoyoulike]

Originally Posted by Marlin

Biggest misconception, big pools equal bigger payoffs. Totally untrue. Big pools equal fair payoffs. Small pools equal unfair payoffs. There is an advantage to be found.

I've always felt bigger payoffs were related to horse field sizes e.g., in 10 horse fields the payouts are usually greater for WPS than 4 -5 horse fields. I would think it would carry over to the exotics and probably also result in larger pools.

[Tom]

Originally Posted by Peter Berry

Our field sizes will pick up now that our Ohio neighbor Mahoning Valley has closed and also the return of turf racing on May 1 should be a huge boost. That said, the small fields so far this meet have been disheartening and, yes, embarrassing. We are doing our best with the horse population available.

Try opening later next year?