Where Have All The Horses Gone?
klausi
Junior Member
The excitement of watching Thoroughbred Horse Racing consists of having a full field of horses, spinning out of the turn , and racing down the 'stretch' towards the finish line. It doesn't make a difference if champion horses like "Secretariat" or "Ruffian" are in the field, though that would be nice. It's just pure excitement to have these Thoroughbred Horses compete in the "Sport of Kings".
If you are at the track or gaming online, you may have a vested interest in the race; and your excitement level rises with every nose, head, or length lead that your horse is approaching the finish line.
If you are a serious horse player handicapping horses using the "Daily Racing Form" with a gaming strategy, you want to be successful with the horse selections you have made; and thus produce a financial benefit, namely MAKE A PROFIT!
It is very disappointing when you discover that the race or races you have focused on have been
reduced to fields of three, four, or five horses. Not only has the potential of having decent betting odds been reduced, but most of the exotic gaming has been cancelled. Some of this is a result of weather conditions, horse trainer's decisions where they entered horses as part of an entry, and later scratched one of them, or a poorly written condition book by the racing secretary that fails to attract horses and stables to a particular race course.
Unfortunately, this seems to be happening more and more at race tracks across the country, great and small, including the best known race tracks, like Arlington Park, Belmont Park, Calder, Churchil Downs, and Hollywood Park to name a few.
I love Thoroughbred Racing. But with these short fields and low odds, how can someone make a profit? But the even bigger question has to be answered - "WHERE HAVE ALL THE HORSES GONE?
If you are at the track or gaming online, you may have a vested interest in the race; and your excitement level rises with every nose, head, or length lead that your horse is approaching the finish line.
If you are a serious horse player handicapping horses using the "Daily Racing Form" with a gaming strategy, you want to be successful with the horse selections you have made; and thus produce a financial benefit, namely MAKE A PROFIT!
It is very disappointing when you discover that the race or races you have focused on have been
reduced to fields of three, four, or five horses. Not only has the potential of having decent betting odds been reduced, but most of the exotic gaming has been cancelled. Some of this is a result of weather conditions, horse trainer's decisions where they entered horses as part of an entry, and later scratched one of them, or a poorly written condition book by the racing secretary that fails to attract horses and stables to a particular race course.
Unfortunately, this seems to be happening more and more at race tracks across the country, great and small, including the best known race tracks, like Arlington Park, Belmont Park, Calder, Churchil Downs, and Hollywood Park to name a few.
I love Thoroughbred Racing. But with these short fields and low odds, how can someone make a profit? But the even bigger question has to be answered - "WHERE HAVE ALL THE HORSES GONE?
Comments
so you get big fields, i think santa anita is going to a thursday-monday
with no racing on tuesday or wednesday......it's sad...but
i'am glad that i did get to see some true champions come down
the lane......would not trade the memories with nobody!!!!
I will actually enjoy gaining monday racing.
Monday is a very weak day for racing.
I totally agree with you. I enjoy throughbred horse racing very much
since my late teens. It's very disheartening to have my two favorite
horses in a race go off at the pauper odds of 8/5 or 9/5 making it
rather foolish to place any exotic bets. As I like to place "show
bets" as well, it is very discouraging to see payoffs of $2.10.
The question arises what will have to be changed in horse racing to
provide better PAYOFFS. Small fields of horses is another issue you
raise. Should a race be cancelled, if there are only three or four
horses left at post time, as the real loser is not the horse that
comes in last in this race, BUT THE BETTING PUBLIC WHO BRING THEIR
HARD EARNED MONEY TO THE TRACK FOR SOME FUN AND GET NOTHING BACK IN
RETURN.
I hope that many other thoroughbred horse racing enthusiasts are going
to join your newly founded group so that we can get different opinions
on these kind of issues.
Until next time
Ilusch
Response to my article, which I also published in my Google group, "Success with Horses" that I recently established.