WHAT DO YOU LIKE/DISLIKE AT THE BIG M SO FAR?

[Wilderness]

Some of us are over that damned hill and falling off the cliff

[CyberChamp]

I dislike the amount of time between post parade and the start of the race.  I appreciate the race starting "on time", but I believe the post parade should be moved up a few minutes to compensate.

My process has always been to cap the race, check the odds, watch the post parade, check the odds again, determine where the value is (win vs. exotics vs. pick3), go to the window and place my bets.  With the races starting "on time", there is barely enough time to scroll through the exacta probables after the post parade and before the race starts.  Then when I see my desired exacta paying little, I'm scrambling to figure out what my move should be (because it isn't the exacta).

Even when I'm playing online, I'm find that I have just enough time to get my bets in.  Maybe I'm retarded or need to change my process or both, but I'd hate to change what has worked for me - so I prefer that the post parade be moved up a few minutes.

 

[pezz97]

Champ, I think right now, the shortened Post Parades have been due to the weather.

[Wilderness]

Simulcasting has an effect on post times as well.

 A few tracks are coordinating their post times so as to increase wagering, while not being in conflict with other simulcast post times.

[CyberChamp]

Champ, I think right now, the shortened Post Parades have been due to the weather.

Just call me "retarded"...I set that one up on a tee for you.   

[CyberChamp]

LIKES:

-DZ's comments and morning line are leading to better payoffs for cappers like us.  (Okay, I promise that this is the last time that I will bash DZ.  He's a good kid and I'll give him a chance.)

-Ron Pierce not being around.  Can't believe that someone asked him to SPEAK in Sweden.   


DISLIKES:

-Are they no longer posting the "drivers' choices" on the M1 website?

-Poor IT support.  How many times have we seen the wrong winners on the payout screen, or payout screen popping up while the race is still running, or showing $0.10 super payouts when only $1 supers were offered.

[ZoomingOnBy]

Dislike:

1. Overall quality of horses and races. 
2. Driving colony isn't nearly what it used to be.
3. No rolling Pick 3's.
4. Darin Zoccali being a part of it.

Like:

Well it's still open so I guess there is always hope that it can be turned into what it used to be.

[geewhiz]

Likes: Pierce's short absence. (He married a Swedish girl last year and went over there to drive 3 and present an award.)

They are still in business!

Hambo going back to a heat format!

Dislikes:  Wendy Ross being in.  I susoect her working cheap is a real enticement for Gural. She doesn't even know who Jay Randall is, for Christ's sake!!!!  I could make a rather inappropriate comment about Gural's facial fuzz but I'll refrain.

Hollywood Heyden being out. He is a walking encyclopedia of both baseball and harness racing...he's been on the payroll since 1983, picks as many winners as the other guys  and deserves to be a part of the team.

Dave Brower is a like/dislike.  He was forced into a bad spot making the odds line and selecting races. Reading his book on handicapping, I found he handicapped races in hindsight. But he's paid his dues and should have been treated better.

[brownjug1]

I really like this guy who bets $2000.00 to win on 3 horses in the same race.....he might as well go ahead and file for bankruptcy!

[Dolfan]

Dislike:

1. Overall quality of horses and races. 
2. Driving colony isn't nearly what it used to be.
3. No rolling Pick 3's.
4. Darin Zoccali being a part of it.

I thought for sure you'd say "they didn't get John Bothe back"! 

Dislikes: 

Hollywood Heyden being out.

Dave Brower is a like/dislike. 
But he's paid his dues and should have been treated better.

Heyden, I agree but you need to move Brower's departure to "like".  They had to eliminate people & cut back & he was horrendous.  I agree that he's a nice guy but there are no harness tracks that can afford to keep "nice guys" who don't earn their keep.

[Elgin]

The fact that the Clairvest Group has made a commitment to invest $20 million in the Meadowlands is a very good sign that the track will be ready to max out their opportunity when gaming is approved.

http://www.harnessracing.com/news/grouptoinvest20milinmeadowlands.html

[NIATROSS]

I thought for sure you'd say "they didn't get John Bothe back"! 

I was / am a fan of John Bothe as an announcer.

[JuiceJunkies]

So far so good, Im impressed!!!

[GalloBlueChip]

Dislike....

The banking hasn't changed much from last year....FAVORITES still dominate, like they did last year.....

Last Saturday, 5 odds on winners, 9 of the 12 races had the Favorite in the Exacta...same thing last night.....8 of the 11 winners 3-1 or less....

Of course, some people don't mind this.......sucks for me,lol

As for Brower, he was treated just fine....all I can say is his leaving wasn't just the meadowlands doing.....

Until the CHALK stops dominating....there are no Likes.....all I can say is Thank God for Woodbine.........

[Hugh Jass]

I also miss the winner circle lady (the one that gave the drivers a piece of candy) she seemed to relate

to the horses better than this new one.