tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8560898823512627114.post5692978442643903723..comments2024-02-01T00:37:24.768-05:00Comments on PTP: Why Horseplayer Advocates (& Horseplayers) Give Up the FightPull the Pockethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05082676049275768769noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8560898823512627114.post-20839146727608519342017-06-12T18:57:48.548-04:002017-06-12T18:57:48.548-04:00I am a little surprised at your reaction, especial...I am a little surprised at your reaction, especially given how vocal I remember you being about Churchill cancelling the last race on a card and depriving a bettor of a chance to hit a jackpot six (or whatever it's called). Here, a scratch would have had the same impact. The potential jackpot ticket would have been flipped to the post-time favorite, and the ticket would have won only the regular pick-6, not the jackpot. Wouldn't it be fairer to the jackpot bettor to let the horse run, but deprive the owner of the purse and fine the trainer. Of that doesn't really solve the problem of pick-6 qnd pick-4 players who left the new gelding off their tickets.BitPlayernoreply@blogger.com