tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8560898823512627114.post6700845688577909190..comments2024-02-01T00:37:24.768-05:00Comments on PTP: Moving Forward ; & Some Amazing HyperbolePull the Pockethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05082676049275768769noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8560898823512627114.post-67895172371714236172009-09-15T23:42:08.349-04:002009-09-15T23:42:08.349-04:00Sunny Jim,
How much was in the pools? I wonder if...Sunny Jim,<br /><br />How much was in the pools? I wonder if a $20 or $40 ex could throw that off or not.<br /><br />Small payoff though for sure.<br /><br />Thanks.<br /><br />PTPPull the Pockethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05082676049275768769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8560898823512627114.post-53211085564702275712009-09-15T23:30:02.386-04:002009-09-15T23:30:02.386-04:00PTP said: "If we spend this much effort about...PTP said: "If we spend this much effort about a whip rule that might affect one race placing in Ontario out of the thousands we see, imagine if we had the same passion about a real problem which truly is tied to handle like takeout? "<br /><br />I was applauding this at my computer.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8560898823512627114.post-17994748825012069522009-09-15T23:06:20.496-04:002009-09-15T23:06:20.496-04:00Sorry to be off topic again, but here's anothe...Sorry to be off topic again, but here's another highly suspicious race result, this one at Pocono Downs in tonight's 7th race. Of course, many people have a long-held perception that harness racing is at its core dishonest and that many races are scripted. <br /><br />Pocono, as you know, is one of those tracks with casino-fueled purses and lots of lesser-performing horses. You will also find Howard Parker and Herve Filion, two drivers who both left this state (New Jersey) under clouds of suspicion a few years back. <br /><br />I don't know if either was driving in tonight's 7th race. As I did last week when I wrote here about the suspicious exacta payoff at Saratoga Harness, I am relying on the accuracy of the Equibase/E-Bet result board found on Penn National's website. <br /><br />The winner in this $12,500 claiming race was driven by Anthony Napolitano and paid $5. The place horse was driven by his brother George Napolitano, paid $21 to place and at 57-1 was the longest shot on the board in a 9-horse field. The exacta paid only $28. <br /><br />I realize that these other pools are separate from the exacta pool, but nevertheless there is no way that the longest shot on the board would normally return a $28 exacta with a $5 winner. I would love to know what kind of inquiry track management conducts whenever something so blatant takes place. Or is no one minding this particular store? <br /><br />I believe the sport ignores this sort of thing at its own peril. As mentioned, harness racing is not without its detractors, and not without an image problem among the general public.<br /><br />Thanks for the forum, and cheers.jamesphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10607923720458834783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8560898823512627114.post-33619702794434182262009-09-15T22:18:15.307-04:002009-09-15T22:18:15.307-04:00my thought is there should not
be another incident...my thought is there should not<br />be another incident, as this<br />has got to have gotten the<br />attention of all the drivers.<br /><br /><br />cheersAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com