NHC Roll Call

[miff]

\"I would make it about a million to one against winning this by only hitting place bets\"


JB,

Agree but that possibility should be eliminated.Honestly think, because of format,one could pick out of a hat, hit a few cap horses and win.

Mike

[TGJB]

That becomes more likely if you eliminate place bets.

[miff]

Player tells me that like 85+% of the winners of non cash qualifiers catch a cap horse. Seems without a cap winner,if one or more hits, you have little chance.

[TGJB]

When all players are not betting the same races (meaning the optional ones) and there are hundreds of players and 7 tracks, there are going to be some big prices, and several people are going to have them. That means you have to be one of them.

Unlike daily playing, where you\'re trying to end up in the black (and are risking real money), here you need to end up in the black A LOT, in a small sample.

They could easily reward consistency if they wanted to-- just give everyone an extra $2 (or some other amount) on top of the mutuel price every time they have a winner. Would take some of the emphasis away from bombs.

[TGJB]

Alan says he counted wrong, final total is 55.

Still...

[TGJB]

Looks like none of our guys made the top ten, which was no shock to me since I was one of our 55 who did not, and there wasn\'t much to get your hands around.

The 50-1 shot that won at GP on day one might be the least likely winner I have ever seen, should have been at least 500-1.

[mbeychok]

It was a tough weekend for everyone. I made it to 17th early on Day 3 but then fired blanks although a win by Wild Heiress would have gotten me to the final table (she lost a 3-horse photo at 15-1). There is NO way I could have won it though as the final table 7 races totally chalked out and I was too far behind to catch up.

Weird sequence of winners made for a jammed up leaderboard day 2. Any winner jumped you up dozens of spots. I fell to 382 early day 2 and ended at 24th while not having the greatest day. Planned to play chalk/short priced horses on Day 3 to chip up but after hitting a 9-5 --- YES I played a 9-5 -- I kinda tilted after Wild Heiress lost and went back to trying to hit the one buster I knew I needed with no luck.

Thanks again to Thorograph for free stuff and there is NO way I would have ever played Spirit Rules if not for Thoros. I had a generous interpretation of his line that was more of a desperation read than anything else.

thanks,
Michael

[mattjr62]

Thanks again to everyone at Thoro-graph for helping me to finally cash (after going 0 for 6 in Nhc) finished 19th for $18,400.Thorograph made Double Secret in Tampa\'s 10th a strong contender and in this tourney to contend you need a limit job. Made a run on Sunday to reach 10th but flattened out! Wore the cap proudly when they took my pic but after I fell out of the top ten sure they burned the photo. The usual cast of characters were there with all their noise and bravado. Would recommend to a new qualifier they get a seat in the main room for the pageantry but sitting in the smaller room offers less distractions. But either way it was nice to be in a event where they celebrate the horseplayer. The banquet was (though a touch long) outstanding as they played Steven Crist\'s introduction at the eclipse awards. Crist let the racing gods know that this game is a niche sport without us players. Nice tribute to Ron Rippey and Mike Mayo who passed away and were inducted into the new handicappers hall of fame (hope its not in a trailer like the old boxing hall of fame)! Thanks again Thoro-graph staff for all you do.