TimeformUS Weekend Stakes Plays - Bed o' Roses and the Summertime Oaks

re: TimeformUS Weekend Stakes Plays - Bed o' Roses and the Summertime Oaks

Pedigree Ann — Thu, 26 Jun 2014 07:10:51 GMT

For those of us who care about the sport aspect over the gambling aspect, weekends like this are of no consequence; it was like watching two 0-6 football teams duke it out. Maybe it's because I am coming off a high from the Royal Ascot meeting - competitive, high-class fields in the Pattern races, huge, competitive fields in the handicaps - I couldn't see much in these two races worth my time. No, I am not a "real horseplayer", I am a $2-bettor who likes to have a rooting interest.

re: TimeformUS Weekend Stakes Plays - Bed o' Roses and the Summertime Oaks

Plod Boy Phil — Sun, 22 Jun 2014 10:28:11 GMT

Yet somehow more than $10M was wagered on that boring Belmont card. Thank goodness for real horseplayers.

re: TimeformUS Weekend Stakes Plays - Bed o' Roses and the Summertime Oaks

Pedigree Ann — Sun, 22 Jun 2014 09:28:39 GMT

Yawn. What a couple of boring races. Another 7f race, another 1 1/16 race, summer weekend at major tracks offering mediocre stakes racing. Putting all their eggs in one basket on 'big racing days' means that the product the rest of the time is at a modest level, to say the least.