TG Sheets for Barrel Racing

[miff]

JB,

Was thinking of taking a shot with this new barrel racing. Any chance you will be doing figs w/race shapes? Think averaging track speed will matter much re the variant?

Mike



\"Firestorm brewing over future of Florida horse racing\"
 
In a small North Florida town of fewer than 2,000 people, a firestorm is brewing over the future of Florida horse racing and the hundreds of millions of dollars it generates annually.

In mid-October, the Florida Division of Pari-mutuel Wagering granted a license to Gretna Racing to hold a first-of-its-kind pari-mutuel barrel-racing meet.

Gretna is located about 30 miles west of Tallahassee, near the Florida-Georgia border.

Barrel racing has never been a wagering event, but in issuing the license the division noted that the law is not specific as to the manner of racing.

\"State law requires that at least 50 percent of the horses used in quarter horse racing be registered quarter horses. The track was issued an operating license to conduct races for its quarter horse permit,\" said Sandi Copes Poreda, director of communications for the Department of Business and Professional Regulation.

Quarter horses are the breed typically used in barrel racing, which is traditionally a rodeo event. It is primarily a women\'s discipline, with timed runs around a set of barrels.

[elkurzhal]

Never understood why tracks don\'t go after the ability to offer parimutuel wagering on other \"events\", ie Nascar, NFL, etc... They would have no cost, and may actually get people familiar with how you bet horse racing.  

The $2 NFL Pick 16 w/carryover could be a huge bet.  Indy 500 superfecta...

If the state lotto\'s don\'t get there first...

[TGJB]

Depends on whether we can get live ground.