Picantel Where You Playing Horses?

picantel · 08-28-08, 07:31 PM

youbet.com

I will use an offshore book when hell freeze over. Betting up to the point of loading the gate. No max odds. Decent rewards system. They overnight checks for $20 I can cash at walmart for $3.

robmpink · 08-28-08, 07:34 PM

Originally posted by picantel

youbet.com

I will use an offshore book when hell freeze over. Betting up to the point of loading the gate. No max odds. Decent rewards system. They overnight checks for $20 I can cash at walmart for $3.

Pay taxes though, no?

picantel · 08-28-08, 07:42 PM

yep on a single bet if that payout is over $600 on a $1 bet.
Most offshore books have like 100/1 max odds on perfectas and such. I would rather pay taxes on $600 then get maxed out at $100

picantel · 08-28-08, 07:47 PM

I am looking at tomorrow's card now which sucks without meadowlands but I cannot figure out wtf is going on here.

Friday Mohawk Race 8
#4 Dreamfair Eternal(15/1 ML)

This horse has been racing well lately. Last week he had post 10 and had no shot but still closed decently. Saftic gets off him this week and Whelan(who sucks btw) gets on. The ML fave in this race closed the same as dreamfair at high odds and was not that impressive. Now dreamfair moves in as a closer and unless he drives him like crap(which is possible) could get a 2nd over trip here. I just do not get it that is for sure and I will have him across the board and all over pers, tris, pic3s, ect. bad sign if saftic gets off but in horse racing anything is possible and this possible will be at too big an odds to pass up.

picantel · 08-28-08, 07:51 PM

Mohawk race 10
#6 Pink Kangaroo(7/2 ML)

This looks like an idea spot for this 3rd fave. The first 2 faves are not that impressive and could ideally battle on the front end). Enter PK in a short field and I could see him sweeping the field and winning by 3-4 lengths.

jjgold · 08-28-08, 08:42 PM

I play with nj account wagering, I like it because real fast, has all the tracks and nj residents only allowed to play which keeps bandwidth down..

madmaxx · 08-28-08, 09:24 PM

5dimes is actually good for horses, can place a bet until they leave the gate, offers all wagers and the max payouts are high. Most books are very poor for horse racing with crappy limits (300/1 or 600/1 for trifectas/pick3s)

picantel · 08-28-08, 11:21 PM

Never had a problem with video speed. Only track I wish I got was meadows but I suppose I could open an xpressbet again to do that. I would also kill for one of those cable networks that carry horse racing live including my fave the meadowlands.

madmaxx · 08-28-08, 11:41 PM

TVG rules, HRTV is crap

cobra_king · 08-29-08, 02:50 AM

Originally posted by picantel

Mohawk race 10
#6 Pink Kangaroo(7/2 ML)

This looks like an idea spot for this 3rd fave. The first 2 faves are not that impressive and could ideally battle on the front end). Enter PK in a short field and I could see him sweeping the field and winning by 3-4 lengths.

Pink Kangaroo is the best horse in that field. The only thing that prevents her from winning more consistently week to week is the Dave Wall experience!

As for the M/L on Dreamfair Eternal......I don't know how close you follow Mohawk, but even if you do a little bit, than you know that the guy doing the morning lines and the write ups is about as sharp as a butter knife.

betplom · 08-29-08, 02:58 AM

Originally posted by cobra_king

the Dave Wall experience!

Dave Wall, AKA "porky the pig".

He's right up there with Tom Strauss, Roger Mayotte and Bill O'Donnell on my unbettable drivers list on the WEG circuit.

picantel · 08-29-08, 07:39 AM

Originally posted by cobra_king

Pink Kangaroo is the best horse in that field. The only thing that prevents her from winning more consistently week to week is the Dave Wall experience!

As for the M/L on Dreamfair Eternal......I don't know how close you follow Mohawk, but even if you do a little bit, than you know that the guy doing the morning lines and the write ups is about as sharp as a butter knife.

Yah lol. A couple weeks ago there was a horse with a ML of 20-1. He went off something like 8/5 and beat the field by 6 lengths. The guy was just a wee off on the ML. As for PK, I agree. I am hoping with the short field he won't do something stupid like go first over and will cruise by them. Of course, sometimes in a short field the front end gets away with murder and nobody catches them. Last week PK with dead cover(one of the faves in this race no less) closed a ton from wayyyy back.

picantel · 08-29-08, 07:42 AM

Another horse just popped up on my youbet watchlist.
Today(friday) Northfield Park
Race 1
#6 Roserun Keepsake(9/2)

The #1 in this race won last week as a huge i.e. 1/5 fave. I have not watched the replay on why I waited for this horse but if I remember he was putting on a big move and broke. I think he could have upset bigtime last week also.

picantel · 08-29-08, 07:48 AM

Originally posted by betplom

Dave Wall, AKA "porky the pig".

He's right up there with Tom Strauss, Roger Mayotte and Bill O'Donnell on my unbettable drivers list on the WEG circuit.

Yep Mayotte sucks. I also do not like Keith Oliver, Mario Baillargeon, Jack Moiseyev(so bad it hurts to type his name out), both Hudons, and of course Filion.

I love Jody Jamieson, Saftic one in awhile although he can drive poorly sometimes too, Ouelette, and Paul MAcdonell. I think Jamieson is the best though.

My fave driver in all the circuits is George brennan. He really came around this year until he got hurt. Sears is usually good but I thought he raced poorly this year. Pierce is excellent also. I am not a Tetrick fan. He only appeared good because he drove like 150 horses a day. The year before I think he was at Cal Expo sucking as usual.

The 2 worst drivers on the planet that I cannot stand are Jim Morrill Jr(ugg he is awful) and Jim Marohn Jr. Both of them are at Tioga now and need to quit. Nothing makes me happier than seeing them on a fave as I just throw it out.

cobra_king · 08-29-08, 01:33 PM

The thing with Mayotte is that he is two different drivers depending on the horse he is driving. If he's driving his own, or for someone he has a strong relationship with he is entirely different than if he's catch driving. He's driven a few of my horses over the years and we've used him to help us sort out a problem or two that we've had with a horse. He is a quality horseman, but just as a catch driver, or a driver to bet on as a player, he's really really frustrating.

As for Keith Oliver, been saying for years that's he's completely hopeless, but even he isn't as bad as the Hudon's. They are just completely overmatched on the racetrack. Likeable guys and that's why Phil gets the drives he does.

Jamieson is clearly the best right now, can win with any type of horse and any type of style. Fortunate for me that he's pretty much first call driver on most of my horses. Paul Mac might be the only one in his league at this point on the WEG circuit.

picantel · 08-29-08, 05:41 PM

Originally posted by cobra_king

The thing with Mayotte is that he is two different drivers depending on the horse he is driving. If he's driving his own, or for someone he has a strong relationship with he is entirely different than if he's catch driving. He's driven a few of my horses over the years and we've used him to help us sort out a problem or two that we've had with a horse. He is a quality horseman, but just as a catch driver, or a driver to bet on as a player, he's really really frustrating.

As for Keith Oliver, been saying for years that's he's completely hopeless, but even he isn't as bad as the Hudon's. They are just completely overmatched on the racetrack. Likeable guys and that's why Phil gets the drives he does.

Jamieson is clearly the best right now, can win with any type of horse and any type of style. Fortunate for me that he's pretty much first call driver on most of my horses. Paul Mac might be the only one in his league at this point on the WEG circuit.

Who are your horses?

picantel · 08-29-08, 06:13 PM

Originally posted by picantel

Another horse just popped up on my youbet watchlist.
Today(friday) Northfield Park
Race 1
#6 Roserun Keepsake(9/2)

The #1 in this race won last week as a huge i.e. 1/5 fave. I have not watched the replay on why I waited for this horse but if I remember he was putting on a big move and broke. I think he could have upset bigtime last week also.

For anyone that played this:

Roserun Keepsake just crushed them into the ground. THe heavy 1/5 fave had nothing and broke out of the money with like 95% of the show pool lol so I am gonna make out nicely here. Roserun went off 3/1. I also have a ton of doubles with the 2 and 6 in the next race. Woot. Too bad the fave broke though as I had a 6-1-5 tri for $10 and it came in 6-5 duh.

picantel · 08-29-08, 06:14 PM

Originally posted by picantel

For anyone that played this:

Roserun Keepsake just crushed them into the ground. THe heavy 1/5 fave had nothing and broke out of the money with like 95% of the show pool lol so I am gonna make out nicely here. Roserun went off 3/1. I also have a ton of doubles with the 2 and 6 in the next race. Woot. Too bad the fave broke though as I had a 6-1-5 tri for $10 and it came in 6-5 duh.

Lol he paid $7.40 to win, $4.60 to place, and $12.40 to show.

cobra_king · 08-30-08, 02:50 AM

Originally posted by picantel

Who are your horses?

Best horse i've ever owned was Primetime Bobcat, world record holder from 2006. What a ride that was. Right now the best one i have a piece of is Escapable Beaux. Have a few others as well.

picantel · 08-30-08, 09:51 AM

Originally posted by cobra_king

Best horse i've ever owned was Primetime Bobcat, world record holder from 2006. What a ride that was. Right now the best one i have a piece of is Escapable Beaux. Have a few others as well.

Very nice. I am familiar with both horses and have bet on them before. Now pay me back lol.