Re: Where's the outrage??? (961 Views)
Posted by:
TheBull (IP Logged)
Date: June 19, 2017 11:22AM
Id argue that the real stupid one is the person who lectures about horses or uses every baffert or any horse for that matter, without regard for price and the value that the propositon offers. This isnt football where no matter which team you take, you lay 110 to win 100. Thats my problem with Baffert and the other magicians. Value. Did any Baffert horse that day offer any value? You used every Baffert and Pletch in the pk5 and got back 199 bucks......Whoopdee doo. At their best, these guys are only winning up to 30% so getting Baffert at 8/5 every race is not profitable. If every Baffert horse went off 5/1, then yeah, life would be pretty easy. Therein lies the problem. In racing, markets are fairly efficient and correct themselves very quickly. Combine that with 15-20 cents of every dollar being taken off the top, and you can see why guys who juice are a real problem for people who wager serious money in this game.....whether through the windows or the ownership/breeder side like some of us (or both). And I dont think it makes any of us "stupid".