After 45 years I'm finally done

[Brown jug]

certainly some truth in the comments although not new
here is a thought
avoid betting all overnight races
selectively bet stakes races
many of the sires stakes you must qualify for a very rich final by getting points during the preliminary legs
and of course finals are even better
i know that does not help those that must bet every night and especially during the winter

[Trottin Man]

I owned a few nice trotters in the 80's. After a few 4-5-6 finishes in a row, I'd go see my trainer and say, "i'd like to cash a ticket on one of my horses. The next week he tells me my horse is leaving hard and will win. Sure enough my horse goes wire to wire at 10-1. I'm not a big better, but I made a nice score in front of my friends. This really opened my eyes on Harness Racing. After all these years, the only thing that has changed is they juice them up before they tell the driver to leave hard.

[Rabbi Of Racing]

Silva was good back in the day! Never will forget those white patton leather boots he always drove in while in Detroit!

Yep,the white boots! I remember 

[Joe Dirt]

Silva was good back in the day! Never will forget those white patton leather boots he always drove in while in Detroit!

ANOTHER IDIOT THAT MUST HAVE BEEN AT THE TRACK ON DAYS WHEN SPELLING CLASS WAS HELD

pat·ent leath·er

noun

noun: patent leather

leather with a glossy varnished surface, used chiefly for shoes, belts, and purses

[eyeinthesky]

Thanks JoeD

When he wrote "patton" leather.......... I thought maybe they were an old pair of white boots  originally worn by General Patton

[bigwrench]

 

[Bernie Madoff]

Ray Gillilan.

[The Exporter]

Joe marsh jr wore white patent leather boots, along with the golden boy Gene valandingham and Ray j gilligan all in chicago at OLD SPORTSMAN PARK in chicago {cicero il]......



George Gilmour did the same.

[pugdog1]

Dwight Banks a white boot guy to

[Redb2011]

Leo LaCost also. Good luck to all---

Paul Gatley drove in sneakers.

[kantseeback]

I have to agree with the original post. I remember RR, YR, M1, Monti, packed with fans. One time in the 70's my uncle and I snuck into the reserved section of the old YR grandstand to promptly get booted by the usher, yes in those days there was an outdoor section of the old grandstand marked reserved and packed.

I rarely bet now.

Maybe a few races were  fixed back then but they left enough meat on the bone for the public to make a few bucks.

Nowadays its empty tracks with greasy slimy trainers with mega drugs. Might as well enter the track, buy a program, and promptly proceed to the closest bathroom and use the program for toilet paper.

[kantseeback]

Joe marsh jr wore white patent leather boots, along with the golden boy Gene valandingham and Ray j gilligan all in chicago at OLD SPORTSMAN PARK in chicago {cicero il]......

Tony Dandeo wore white cowboy boots

[Sam R]

Paul Appel and Ricky Kurtz white boots. Bill Pocza too.

[bigwrench]

Stick to the casinos!
They are always honest
And everybody is a winner

[kantseeback]

Stick to the casinos!
They are always honest
And everybody is a winner