Re: does the punishment fit the crime? (418 Views)
Posted by:
Uncle Buck (IP Logged)
Date: November 29, 2006 06:25PM
imallin Wrote:
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> > The Powerscourt DQ made me a really nice score. I
> don't remember what i bet, but i remember hugging
> someone after they took that number down.
I remember throwing up. I saved the tickets I was so pissed. I had the trifecta for $3 on seperate $1 tickets and a $10 exacta PC to KK. I remember calling my buddy on my cell phone telling him how f-ing rich I was about to be. I can't remember the 3rd place horse but I was looking at about $1,500 per tri-ticket and at least a grand on the exacata. All tolled woulda been a great score but nope - Jamie Spencer was taken down and I went down with him.
This led me to cry for change in the DQ rules. Why not leave the parimutual pool alone and pay gamblers as to the order of finish as they crossed the wire. Then you DQ/change purse money only. That way the riders and owners and trainers are in their own race and us handicappers are in our own race. It makes no sense to punish the dilligent handicapper who does his home work properly, see's his efforts and win tickets come to fruition in an exciting rush and gets paid acordingly.
Why wouldn't my theory be best? If I'm not mistaken, Steven the Weenie Crist agrees with me - or I stole the idea from him. Can;t remember which...