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03-12-2011, 01:40 AM
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The worst thing is the "oooooooooooooooooohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh" that accompanies every spill. You can be in the john and instantly know a horse went down.
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03-12-2011, 01:47 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Hoofless_Wonder
Great Thread. Reminds me why I like ADWs so much.
I don't mind so much the snapping, smacking, yelling and other antics, EXCEPT when it's the resident LOSER rooting for my horse. I still clearly remember Kentucky Derby Day, 1991, at the Birmingham Turf Club, when I was cursed by a loud drunk who began bellowing out my my key horse's number as soon as the gate opened. For a stretch of five out of six races, he was cheering for my nag, none of which even hit the board. It's bad enough to lose 5 races, but to know you're dead in the water 5 seconds into the race is just disheartening....
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I suppose that I have heard many of these phrases at the track so often that I have become numb to them, which is why I still love going to the track as opposed to wagering through an ADW from my living room.
The color of the personalities at the track -- the atmosphere -- beats the comfort of home.
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03-12-2011, 03:03 AM
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Location: Canada
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....Or the newcomer who cashes a few in a row and says" Wow how long has this place been open?"
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03-12-2011, 07:21 AM
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Join Date: May 2007
Location: Worcester MA
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I Dont have much Co- Some--Hopefully Capt MT Sees this
No matter the race, the outcome-- I sit in the Cozy Bud Recliner.
This Fool watches jumps---Says 3 words win or lose... " I Knew It" I Knew It
The Change "I ****ing Knew it"
The Average race 20 some odd Minutes----He is still saying it.
Finally I said Thats It-No Mo; bets if your stuck bitching in the prior race
I like The Company BUT---Cmon----I almost shot him--- i knew Hes Gone....
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03-12-2011, 08:28 AM
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cmon 1, cmon1, go 1 ,go 1 ,whip his azz!!!whip his azz!!!!----------------------------------DAM!!!!!!!!!!!!
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03-12-2011, 08:41 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Brogan
Go to urbandictionary.com...its the biggest curse a Jamaican can utter.
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.....always wondered what that means.....some jamaican dude at my off track says that 3 or 4 times every fcking race.
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03-12-2011, 09:02 AM
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Just Deplorable
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Lebanon, Ohio
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Bruddah
I admit to the annoying habit of riding my horse and whipping him with a program. But to me, when you have from $200- $1000 bet on the nag's nose, you get to program whip them once in a while.
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When I was an extra during the filming of the match race scenes in Seabiscuit, I gave 'em some riding and whipping action, about 20 yards worth as they neared the finish. All for naught, as my "method acting" didn't make the final cut.
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03-12-2011, 10:23 AM
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Location: Manhattan
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How about "The Narrator"? You know, the guy who is incapable of having an unexpressed thought. He handicaps aloud. He doesn't shut up during the race, and you always know exactly how much he's up or down.
These guys can ruin your day. Instead of concentrating on 'capping and betting, you spend your time rooting against him and thinking of ways to kill him.
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03-12-2011, 10:33 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Cajunland
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There's also the sore loser.....
I know a guy at EvD who chastises winners,
"Oh you had that one huh? What did ya win...$35 bucks?"
Now, he has a point. Some folks scream like bloody murder for their 4-1 shot to win so they can cash their $5 win bet.
I'll never forget him getting on my case when Thor's Echo and Street Sense won in the BC, both at good mutuels (each paid about $30 to win)...and I had more than a fiver on them.
Sucker...
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03-12-2011, 11:12 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2003
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Badactor
"STOP THE RACE!"
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At the one furlong pole.
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03-12-2011, 11:22 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2003
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There's a guy who's handicapping is so good, he'd win 100% of the time.
Unfortunately after some(most) races he whines loudly "Did you see the ride I got by the #*&% jockey? He cost me the race."
"He finished 6th." Someone points out.
"If the jockey didn't ride like a moron, he would've won."
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03-12-2011, 11:49 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2008
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Quote:
Originally Posted by QuarterCrack
The one that gets me is when someone keeps shouting, "One time!"
Don't they know that yelling "One time!" implies that they lose all of the other times?
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When they yell " One Time " I wonder what line they will they use next time- It can't be " One Time " because they already used up that " One Time ".
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03-12-2011, 11:51 AM
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Just Deplorable
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Lebanon, Ohio
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"One More Time!!" I presume. "Please!"
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03-12-2011, 12:18 PM
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#74
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Join Date: Apr 2007
Posts: 7,656
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Yelling the horse's number. Example= "Die 6, Die, c'mon you, SOB, die."
This one gets me. Hear it a lot.
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03-12-2011, 01:26 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: New York
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Quote:
Originally Posted by PhantomOnTour
Back to the topic.
A lady at the OTB I used to frequent would stand directly under the TV set and begin rooting as soon as the gates opened;
"Come on wit dis hoss boy" all the while snapping her fingers at the hip. This went on the entire race and you never knew which horse she was rooting for. She either won with no emotion or she never won at all, as that was all she ever said.
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Yuh did see dat? Im get wan big lick fram de hoss.
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