Hey General,
I owned race horses at Monticello, the shittiest track on EARTH! I had a horse that couldn't go faster than 204, a pure piece of crap, couldn't give him away. Told my trainor to give him some PASTA,lol! He gave him 3 lbs. of spagheti the day before a race! The SOB ran 1:59 and won by 10 lengths and went of at 20-1, Well he was claimed the next race and I at least broke even on him,lol! Yes you are correct MOST races are fixed to a point! Its easier to hold your horse back then to win! I know some drivers that got their asses kicked for holding or blocking certain horses during races, !!
I owned race horses at Monticello, the shittiest track on EARTH! I had a horse that couldn't go faster than 204, a pure piece of crap, couldn't give him away. Told my trainor to give him some PASTA,lol! He gave him 3 lbs. of spagheti the day before a race! The SOB ran 1:59 and won by 10 lengths and went of at 20-1, Well he was claimed the next race and I at least broke even on him,lol! Yes you are correct MOST races are fixed to a point! Its easier to hold your horse back then to win! I know some drivers that got their asses kicked for holding or blocking certain horses during races, !!
I think that story does more harm than good for the sport. I personally don't think that but a few races are fixed and that is at the minor tracks for the most part. (I'm not talking about harness racing, because I think that is a joke to start with.)
But if people think thoroughbred races are fixed, why even bother with it. I'm one that loves it and has learned that patience is the key.
But if people think thoroughbred races are fixed, why even bother with it. I'm one that loves it and has learned that patience is the key.
More than half of them are fixed. If a trainer tells the jockey to hold back a key horse that has a chance to win if allowed to run, that's fixing. It doesn't matter who else wins.
At small harness tracks, every race is fixed that way. Arabians----every single race is fixed except the biggest stakes. At thoroughbreds, the small tracks are terrible. Fixing in 70% of the races. That doesn't mean they know who will WIN. It means they know who will LOSE at a short price. Big edge in the exotics. The worst are Charlestown and Mountaineer, then Penn and the Ohio Tracks, then the Massachusetts and Louisiana tracks, but almost any track with a base purse under 10,000.
The most profitable trick is the chalk-bomb exotics The even money runs like it should, but the next two or three short prices are all held back. Throw out a couple more that aren't fit, and you have a 5 horse wheel. The favorite almost always wins because its competition isn't trying. The next three are all over 10-1. The exacta will be $40 for $10, the Tri $200 for $40, the super $1,500 for $120. Good money for a $4.00 horse. It happens two or three times a week at the little tracks.
At small harness tracks, every race is fixed that way. Arabians----every single race is fixed except the biggest stakes. At thoroughbreds, the small tracks are terrible. Fixing in 70% of the races. That doesn't mean they know who will WIN. It means they know who will LOSE at a short price. Big edge in the exotics. The worst are Charlestown and Mountaineer, then Penn and the Ohio Tracks, then the Massachusetts and Louisiana tracks, but almost any track with a base purse under 10,000.
The most profitable trick is the chalk-bomb exotics The even money runs like it should, but the next two or three short prices are all held back. Throw out a couple more that aren't fit, and you have a 5 horse wheel. The favorite almost always wins because its competition isn't trying. The next three are all over 10-1. The exacta will be $40 for $10, the Tri $200 for $40, the super $1,500 for $120. Good money for a $4.00 horse. It happens two or three times a week at the little tracks.
Do you think any of the following jockeys ever hold a horse? Day--Bailey-Santos--K.Desormeaux,-Pincay-(retired)The list goes on .
I think at the Penn Nats of the world-yes many. But then you don't see those guys riding in Triple Crown Events.
Harness--A Carnival game or shell game--for sure!
I think at the Penn Nats of the world-yes many. But then you don't see those guys riding in Triple Crown Events.
Harness--A Carnival game or shell game--for sure!
